The Steps to Becoming a SWIS™ Facilitator

1. Read the full SWIS™ Facilitator Overview.

The SWIS Facilitator Overview contains essential information that you should know before becoming a SWIS™ Facilitator.

SWIS Facilitators are trained within a hands-on, three-day workshop delivered by University of Oregon faculty. SWIS™ Facilitators are trained (a) how to use SWIS™, (b) how to train others to use SWIS™, (c) how to respond to the most common problems, (d) how to help teams use SWIS™ information for effective decision-making, and (e) how to maintain SWIS™ use across normal school perturbations.

Selecting SWIS™ Facilitators.
SWIS™ Facilitators are selected by local school/district/county/region/state personnel. SWIS™ Facilitators have been most effective if they come to training with the following:

1. A clear role and dedicated time (e.g. FTE) to work with multiple schools to build capacity in the use of information to improve the local social climate. On average, a SWIS Facilitator dedicates 40 hours per school over an academic year during the first year a school adopts SWIS™. Time to support a school after the first year, typically drops dramatically. SWIS™ Facilitators work with as few as 5 schools, and as many as 30.
2. Experience in presenting workshops/training to teachers and/or administrators.
3. Computer skills that include use of a traditional word processing program (e.g., Word, Word-Perfect, Claris Works), and use of a spread sheet (e.g., Excel, Quatro-Pro)
4. Experience working on the development of individual student and/or school-wide behavior support systems.
5. The ability and interest in helping other people (especially school-based teams) become more successful.

Note that SWIS™ Facilitators are not anticipated to work in, and support, a single school. It is inefficient to train SWIS™ Facilitators to work with only one school.