Become An Amazing ARISE Life-Skills Group Facilitator

The mediocre facilitator tells.
The good trainer explains.
The superior instructor demonstrates.
Great ARISE Life Skills Instructors inspire.

 
First, you must learn by attending an ARISE training, making notes and listening to others who know how to do it, but most especially by doing.
Then do some more facilitating. At this point, you’ll start to understand it. This stage could take months.
Do some more. After a couple of years, you’ll get good at it.
Do some more. If you learn from mistakes, and aren’t afraid to make mistakes in the first place, you’ll go from good to great
It takes years to become great at something, depending on how often and how much you do it. Some estimate that it takes 10,000 hours to master something, but I think it varies from person to person and depends on their passion and skills. There is no one who is great at facilitating groups for troubled youth who hasn’t been doing it for at least a year or so. Most have been doing it for two or three years and are still looking to improve. It takes desire, passion, commitment and lots and lots of doing. This “doing” is what makes an impact on groups of at-risk youth. So here’s the thing: don’t get discouraged when you’re just starting out. Have fun, like we all did in the beginning. Use the information you learned at your own training and you’ll learn to love working with these youth in groups, and THAT’S when it clicks. When you love something, you’ll want to do it all the time; you’ll jump out of bed, already  

thinking about sharing a story or something you read that you know will make an impact on the youth.

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”

- Albert Einstein