Springboard Licensing for In-house trainers

The licensing course is pass/fail and you will be given feedback as the week progresses so our final decision should not come as a surprise to you. You will know whether you are licensed before you leave on the final day.

Following your successful completion of the licensing course, you will be licensed to deliver the Springboard Women's Development programme within your organisation for 3 years. The licence is renewable at the end of the 3 years.

Only trainers trained and currently licensed by us are able to call themselves Springboard trainers and use the Springboard logo.

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Selecting and licensing the best quality trainers ensures the highest quality delivery of the programme world-wide. As a potential in-house Springboard trainer, you need to:

	be a woman
	be employed by the organisation for whom you will be running Springboard
	have the support of your organisation
	already have some training experience
	have a real commitment to women's development training
	have the ability or potential ability to deliver the Springboard material
	have agreed plans for running the programme in-house
	know something about the Springboard programme and be familiar with the Springboard workbook
	ideally, have attended a Springboard programme or at the very least seen at least one Springboard workshop. For trainers in countries where Springboard is not yet running, we acknowledge that this may not be feasible and you'll need to learn about the programme in other ways
	be positive and enthusiastic about the Springboard programme
	be open to ideas and constructive feedback
	support the ground rules for running the programme - see below
	be committed to your own personal and work development
	ideally, have participated in a women-only personal and work development programme for yourself.

As a Springboard trainer you will be expected to put these ground rules into practice. Many of them are already accepted good training practice. Think about the implications for you of working with each of these before you apply:

Women-only
The Springboard programme is strictly women-only. There is significant research to support a single-gender environment for this type of training. If you want a mixed gender programme, look at Spring Forward instead.

Self-nomination
Because the Springboard programme enables women to develop themselves, (as opposed to training in a skill or technique) participants have to make their own decision to participate or be willing to be encouraged by others.

Wholistic
A big theme is work/life balance and the programme encourages participants to develop themselves outside as well as inside work.

No magic answers
The trainer doesn't tell participants what to do with their lives. The role of the trainer is to enable participants to explore options and support them in making their own choices.

Confidentiality
Participants need to feel free to raise any issues in or outside work in the knowledge that confidences will not be repeated outside the course room and that information on individuals will not be fed back to the organisation (other than an attendance record).

Demonstrate equality - maximum access
The Springboard programme was developed to ensure the greatest number of women could have access to good quality development training. The practical implications of this affect where and when you run the programme, the internal publicity, the nomination process, your presentation of the programme, your use of language and much more.

Take action - small steps
Thinking and good intentions are turned into action. The emphasis is on taking small, practical steps forward.

It's their programme
The programme is delivered for the participants and their issues and challenges, using their examples, their vocabulary and recognising the reality of their lives.

Build people up and stretch them
Everything is positive in Springboard. You need to want to build people up and then to stretch them so they often achieve more than they expected or believed possible.

Networking
Participants get an enormous amount from each other. You will need to facilitate this aspect. Small groups often continue to meet after the programme.

Role models - lead by example
Including lots of examples and providing good case studies of women who have been successful inside and outside the organisation or who have risen to deal with huge challenges, keeps the programme relevant and down-to-earth. You will also be seen as a role model so think about aspects of your life which will inspire or be relevant to your participants.

Look at the selection criteria above, download the application form at the bottom of this page, complete it and send it back to us.

We will then contact you to arrange an interview. In countries outside the UK, this will be a telephone interview. Your interview will be followed by a quick decision.

'The best and most comfortable learning experience I have ever had. Excellent and thought provoking.' Lorraine Stimson, London Borough of Redbridge

'A professional, comprehensive course, taught in a supportive and empowering way. The learning experience will not only enable me to deliver the Springboard programme but will have enormous benefit for my other work in the organisation.' Lesley-Anne Cull, Barrister and Lecturer in Law, The Open University

'Comprehensive, intensive, informative course delivered by a highly experienced, professional trainer in a superb location, accompanied by wonderful company and fabulous food.' Diana Ferguson, Department of Police and Public Safety, Tasmania