RW Instructor Certificate
Facilitating Transformative Group Studies
RW Instructor™ Certificate
Facilitating Transformative Group Studies
Purpose: RW Instructors are trained to facilitate video-based group studies on relational wisdom and peacemaking through Sunday school classes and small group studies. Instructor training is designed to improve your ability to facilitate both faith-based and values-based study groups by leading interactive discussions, asking insightful questions and assisting people in learning how to apply these concepts in their daily lives. You will also learn how to use the RW360 smartphone app and other RW resources as witnessing tools to share your faith with others.
Cost: $95 | Study: 16 hours | Application: 20 hours | Total Time: 36 hours
Prerequisites: (1) Facilitate a Discovering Relational Wisdom Group Study; and (2) Facilitate a Relational Peacemaking Group Study (scheduled for release in May of 2022).
Training Requirements: Read and summarize two relevant books and complete two online lessons (Using RW for Witnessing and Facilitating Transformative Group Studies*).
Simultaneous Training: You may earn an RW Instructor Certificate (without paying the $95 application fee) by completing the requirements for an RW Shepherd Certificate.
Peace Sower Team: Individuals who complete this training will be prepared to serve on a Peace Sower Team in their church, ministry or business.
Further Training: Students who complete this course are eligible to pursue an Advanced RW Instructor Certificate.
For more information see the RW360 Academic Catalog.
* These two lessons are scheduled for release in May of 2022. If you plan to pursue this certificate, you may begin completing the prerequisite courses and required reading at your convenience.
Your Instructor
Ken Sande is the President of Relational Wisdom 360. Trained as an engineer, lawyer, and mediator, Ken founded Peacemaker Ministries in 1982, where he conciliated hundreds of family, business, church, and legal conflicts and guided the development of its global training program.
Ken founded RW360 in 2012 in order to focus on teaching people how to get upstream of conflict by building strong relationships in the family, church, and workplace. He teaches internationally and is the author of numerous books, articles, and training resources, including The Peacemaker, which has sold over 500,000 copies in seventeen languages.
Ken is certified as a Relational Wisdom Instructor and Conciliator, as well as a Certified Emotional Intelligence Instructor (with TalentSmart). He has served as a Certified Professional Engineer, as a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Montana Bar Association, as an elder in his church and as an Editorial Adviser for Christianity Today.
Ken and his wife, Corlette, have two adult children and a growing number of grandchildren, and love to hike and ski in the mountains near their home in Billings, Montana.