Becoming a Kaleidoscope Facilitator/Associate

Learn how to become a Facilitator or an Associate and assist with Kaleidoscope workshops in your area

As the Kaleidoscope Institute receives and accepts applications from churches and organizations that want to become part of our Collective, the Institute will need to develop more competent facilitators and associates who can facilitate workshops and retreats to meet their needs. Many of our facilitators and associates in the past have been our workshop participants who expressed interest exploring doing this work as part of their ministries. If you feel called to this ministry, here is the process:

To become a Facilitator/Associate for the Kaleidoscope Institute

1. Prerequisite: Complete the two basic courses of the Summer Institute:

Fundamental Skills for Building Inclusive Community.
Model and Processes for Community Transformation.
Or the equivalence which covers the 10 basic training Kaleidoscope Training Modules (see KI Training Modules descriptions, below).

2. To become a KI facilitator, you must

Demonstrate proficiency in Module I of the Kaleidoscope basic training.
Practice on an ongoing basis the skills of Module I in your ministry, such as a regular Kaleidoscope Bible Study group, running meetings using the skills, etc.
Then apply to become a KI facilitator.

3. Once you are accepted as a facilitator, you may be deployed by the Institute to assist KI associates in delivering our training and consulting. As a KI facilitator, you are expected to work toward becoming a full Associate of the Institute. You will need to:

Log at least 48 hours assisting in the delivery of Kaleidoscope Training Programs.
Demonstrate proficiency in delivering five more basic modules of the Kaleidoscope Institute’s basic training (see KI Training Modules descriptions).
Four volunteer hours per month in support of the Kaleidoscope Institute.

Once you’re accepted as an Associate:

You will be deployed as lead-trainer (and paid) in delivering our training and consulting services.
Four volunteer hours per month in support of the Kaleidoscope Institute.
Attend Associate meetings quarterly.

Kaleidoscope Training Modules

The knowledge you’ll need to learn how to lead

MODULE I

Respectful Communications Guidelines
Mutual Invitation
Kaleidoscope Bible Study
Genealogy Problem—Play and debriefing

MODULE II

Who Am I?
Cultural Make-up
Iceberg Analogy of Culture
Table Exercise

MODULE III

High/Low Context Communication Styles Presentation
Facilitation of self-assessment, small-group sharing and large-group debriefing

MODULE IV

What Color Should the Church Be? — Roleplaying and Debriefing
Power Distance Presentation

MODULE V

Pentecost—Debriefing of Bible Study
Power Analysis
Gospel Cycle of Living

MODULE VI

Bennett’s Intercultural Sensitivity Stages
Band-Aid – Play and debriefing
Facilitate exercise and discussion on “privileges”

MODULE VII

Photolanguage
Steps from Stereotype to Destructive “Isms”

MODULE VIII

Exclusive Boundary Function
Inclusive Boundary Function
How to Create a Grace Margin

MODULE IX

Exploring the History of Your Church – timeline
Is Your Church’s Ministry Balanced? — Three-legged Stool
Life Cycles of a Congregation and Church Sizes
Linking this to the future of the church

MODULE X

Process for Planned Change
Overview presentation
Presentation and facilitation of each step

Application

To apply to become an Associate or Facilitator, download this form, fill it out, and send it to us.