Certified Agile Facilitator™

Facilitation supports groups of people as they collaborate, create, and make decisions. The Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator (ACS-CF) course provides training for anyone interested in developing their facilitation mindset and knowledge while learning from experienced agile practitioners.

Completing this course is also a way forward on the path for those who want to become Certified Agile Coaches. Facilitation is one of the many tools essential to coaching, and this course will equip you to develop and hone the skill.

Learning objectives:

• Discover what a facilitator is and what they do
• Practice the mindset of a neutral facilitator
• Learn how to facilitate teams through conflict
• Understand the needs of different teams and dealing with difficult behaviors
• Learn what to do before, during, and after a facilitation event
• Facilitate - several opportunities in class to do this

WHO SHOULD TAKE THE COURSE?

If you’d like to develop your facilitation skills, the CAF® course provides many opportunities to learn and grow through classroom practice, observing the instructor modeling the techniques, hands-on activities, and self-reflection resulting in your personal backlog of ideas. This class will help you demonstrate a real difference in your skills, enabling you to help others by being more effective yourself. Many careers, industries, and teams need people who know how to facilitate. Become someone who can make sure all voices are heard, establish psychological safety, and create better meetings by attending this course.

The CAF course is right for:

• Anyone who wants to be an empowering and impactful facilitator
• Scrum masters on the path to Certified Scrum Professional® - ScrumMaster (CSP®-SM) 
• Agilists on the path to Certified Agile Coach®
• Anyone interested in growing their career with facilitation skills
• Anyone who believes in happier teams and better meetings