EDUCATING THE EDUCATOR

Educating the Educator Training Course Enrollment Form

The goal of the Educating the Educator program is to provide qualified ICEA educators to teach and sponsor ICEA approved Basic Childbirth Educator Training Workshops and ICEA approved Doula and Labor Support Training Workshops.

To achieve this goal ICEA is offering an Educating the Educator Training Course. The course will train qualified ICEA certified members as ICEA approved trainers (IATs). ICEA approved trainers can then provide ICEA approved Basic Childbirth Educator and Doula and Labor Support Training Workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and to the international community.

To qualify to attend this training course and become an ICEA approved trainer the applicant must be a member of ICEA and be ICEA certified in the field of her choice (either childbirth educator or doula), and have attended an ICEA Professional Training Workshop in the field of her choice or an appropriate training track at an ICEA convention.

Qualified applicants must preregister to attend the Educating the Educator Training Course. The fee to enroll in the Educating the Educator Course is $475 (US).

Upon completion of the course the applicant will be required to complete an evaluation and sign a commitment form. They will then be sent a Certificate of Completion, assigned an ICEA ID number, and become an IAT (ICEA approved trainer) for three years.

EDUCATING THE EDUCATOR TRAINING COURSE AGENDA

7:30 am - 8:00 am Registration

8:00 am - 9:00 am Role of the ICEA Approved Trainer (IAT)

• Describe characteristics of an ICEA IAT.
• List tasks an IAT must complete during the training process.

9:00 am - 10:00 am Promoting ICEA

• Describe the history and philosophy of ICEA.
• Be acquainted with ICEA teaching aids, ICEA pamphlets, ICEA posters, and other books and written materials available from ICEA.

10:00 am - 10:15 am Break

10:15 am - 12:00 noon Review of Workshop Support Materials

• Describe use of ICEA materials during workshop sessions.
• List the course objectives for the ICEA Basic Teacher Training Workshop/Doula and Labor Support Workshop.
• Review the forms and documentation the educator needs to complete as an IAT.

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Teaching Methods (Teaching Educators)

• Explain the various teaching styles of the adult learner.
• Identify what makes an outstanding childbirth educator/doula.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Review of Commitment Agreement

• Verbalize the requirements needed to maintain IAT status.
• Review and sign the agreement between ICEA and the IAT.

COMMITMENT AGREEMENT

Each applicant completing the Educating the Educator Training Course must sign a commitment agreement. This agreement will include content explaining independent contractor status as well as the following conditions:

The IAT (ICEA approved trainer) agrees to:

• Maintain ICEA membership and active ICEA certification in the field they have the IAP status
• Adhere to ICEA philosophy
• Only promote ICEA certification, services, and materials during the training workshops they present
• Submit a list of workshop attendees' names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses to ICEA within ten business days following each workshop with one-year ICEA membership fee for each attendee
• Submit workshop evaluations from all attendees to ICEA within ten business days following each workshop
• Submit a yearly report to ICEA, due no later than February 1 for the previous year
• Present content as indicated in the ICEA outline for each workshop; IAT may include additional content if s/he chooses
• Distribute one copy of ICEA workshop support materials to each attendee; IAT may add additional content to the support materials if s/he chooses, copies of additional materials must be sent to ICEA.
• Workshops must be a minimum of eighteen hours
• Distribute ICEA certification and convention promotional materials to attendees as supplied by ICEA
• Provide ICEA with dates and locations for all training workshops no less than ten working days prior to scheduled event
• Traing workshops cannot be scheduled within twenty-one days either side of the ICEA annual convention
• Comply with the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes

ICEA agrees to:

• List IAT, including name, city, state/province, country, telephone number, and email address, on the ICEA website
• List dates, locations, and contact information when possible of all IAT scheduled workshops on the ICEA website
• All IATs to use the ICEA logo on workshop promotional materials
• Provide workshop support materials at a reasonable fee
• Provide lists of ICEA members by state or province for a nominal fee
• Refer potential clients to IATs
• Provide IATs promotional materials regarding ICEA conventions and certification programs
• Authorize use of IAT (ICEA approved trainer); example: Susan Smith, ICCE-IAT
• Provide a certificate indicating individual is an ICEA approved trainer
• Publish an article in each issue of IJCE specific to the needs and interests of IATs
• Market the availability of IATs and the services they offer to the membership and the general public
• Provide all necessary forms to maintain IAT status

Re-Approval of ICEA Approved Trainers

Status of an IAT is valid for three years from the last day of the month of initial approval.

To maintain IAT status the trainer must have submitted all required paperwork and fees, and maintain ICEA membership and certification in the field they are providing training. The IAT must also remain active in their chosen field.

Educating the Educator Training Course Enrollment Form