Training Program for Parish Adult Education Committees

This 10-hour training program is for parish adult education/faith formation leaders and their committees, scheduled at a time of their choosing in their own parish. You can ask for monthly, weekly, or bi-weekly sessions. Includes practical, ready-to-use approaches for developing and energizing adult education/faith formation in your parish. Call: Pete Ries at 517-342-2486 or your regional adult education representative to discuss scheduling this training for your parish.

Topics covered include:

1) various learning styles

2) nine principles of adult learning and how each might impact the way adult education is done in a parish

3) how to analyze a parish's adult population with a view to noticing the groups and subgroups within it

4) assessing adult interests and adult religious education needs in a parish – tools and approaches

5) three approaches to adult education programming in a parish

6) motivation/marketing/publicity

7) alternative models of adult education programming

8) developing a parish pastoral plan for adult education/faith formation

9) organizing the parish adult education committee