Credible Messenger Bootcamp
The Credible Messenger Boot Camp is a 5-day intensive training experience for Credible Messenger Mentors who are working with system-involved youth. This transformative training prepares mentors both internally and externally to work with youth and lead them through a process of growth and change.
The Credible Messenger Boot Camp comprises 10 Modules that take participants through a journey from understanding the context of Credible Messenger Mentoring all the way through the skills for creating spaces and lessons that engage youth.
Training Agenda
Day 1: Credible Messenger Mentoring
The first day of training introduces Credible Messengers to the practice and philosophy of transformative mentoring. The orientation establishes the roles and responsibilities of the Credible Messenger, along with basic techniques and practices to develop mentoring relationships with youth.
Day 2: My Role in the Movement: Taking Care of My Self:
This day leads Credible Messengers through the process of recommitting to their personal growth and ongoing transformation. Credible Messengers identify areas of pain, wounds, and trauma that can threaten the integrity of their work. They explore the importance of ongoing self-care, inner-healing, and personal growth to ensure that they show up at their best for youth. Mentors learn to understand healthy boundaries, essential to the work of mentoring.
Day 3: Understanding How Youth Grow:
This day leads Credible Messengers through the process of recommitting to their personal growth and ongoing transformation. Credible Messengers identify areas of pain, wounds, and trauma that can threaten the integrity of their work. They explore the importance of ongoing self-care, inner-healing, and personal growth to ensure that they show up at their best for youth. Mentors learn to understand healthy boundaries, essential to the work of mentoring.
Day 4: Curriculum Development:
This fourth day equips the Credible Messenger to prepare effective group mentoring sessions for young people. This training day prepares Credible Messengers to design group mentoring workshops for youth using a template that includes team building activities, icebreakers, presentation of new information, testimonies, reflection, and other techniques that facilitate both group formation and the individual change process. This curriculum preparation training also teaches Credible Messengers to use media, popular culture, and spiritual and cultural traditions to communicate concepts that are relevant and engaging for young people.
Day 5: Group Facilitation:
This last day is a practicum session that builds on the previous day’s curriculum development training to give Credible Messengers the skills to effectively facilitate workshops for youth. Mentors learn the theory behind effective group facilitation and also practice specific techniques to maximize group participation. Participants have the opportunity to practice facilitating the curriculum they have been developing for their peers and receive feedback and coaching on ways to maximize their workshops. By the end of the 5-Day Training, all Credible Messengers will have demonstrated that they are equipped to prepare and deliver culturally competent workshops for youth that are lively, fun, and engaging.
NYC Credible Messenger Bootcamp
Upcoming Training Sessions
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If you or your organization is interested in receiving the Bootcamp training or have additional questions, please contact us at info@cc-fy.org
Based on available funding CCFY may offer a limited number of income-based scholarships and group rates on a sliding scale. For more information about scholarships and group rates, please contact us at info@cc-fy.org.