Train-the-Trainer for your community
Extension offers programs in a train-the-trainer model to provide sustained education in your community. We contract with communities, non-profits, professional associations and many other types of organizations to create training that applies Extension's research-based education to your sponsoring organization's needs.
Programs listed below that do not require attending an Extension-led train-the-trainer workshop are labeled Take and use or Take and teach.
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Building Blocks for Financial Capability
Financial Education
Take and Use
Building Blocks for Financial Capability toolkits are designed for professionals working with people who want to learn about financial capability. They cover a number of topics for adult learners such as credit, debt and making financial decisions.
Financial Educator Certificate Program
Financial Education
Train the Trainer
Designed for community-based professionals, the Financial Educator Certificate (FEC) is an online course that helps learners deepen their own financial knowledge while empowering them to educate others on managing resources, building assets, and improving financial well-being.
Renter 101
Housing
Take and use
Renter 101 is an online course to help renters navigate the rental process, including strategies to choose, secure and maintain housing. Lease agreements and security deposits are discussed.
RentWise Tenant Education
Housing
Train the Trainer
RentWise is a comprehensive curriculum that provides education and skills on renting and takes an active-learning approach that stresses renter responsibility. In-person or asynchronous online options available.
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?
Later Life
Take and Use
Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate provides research-informed practical strategies to protect your family relationships when passing on personal possessions.
Health care directive workshop
Later Life
Train-the-trainer | Take and use
This one-hour workshop will help your clients learn the basics about planning for future health care decisions by creating a health care directive.
COMET
Mental Health
Train-the-trainer | Take and use
COMET is a two-hour interactive training program designed to help people support others who may seem sad, anxious, distracted, or depressed.
Nourish and Flourish
Mental Health
Take and use
The Nourish and Flourish conversation guides promote health through nutrition and physical activity while fostering connections to mental wellbeing.
Connecting with Nature
Mental Health
Take and teach
Discover the benefits of being in nature to the mind, body and spirit of preschool age children. Learn healthy and safe practices while enjoying the outdoors through all seasons.
Cooking Matters
Health and Nutrition
Take and teach
Cooking Matters is a cooking-based, nutrition education program that encourages people to eat healthier and make the best use of their food resources.
Real Life, Good Food
Health and Nutrition
Take and use
University of Minnesota Extension website with recipes, cooking tips, and physical activity ideas for a healthier life.
Rusty's Cooking Club
Health and Nutrition
Take and use
Rusty's Cooking Club is a fun club connecting preschool-aged children with their caregivers. Members receive a monthly recipe packet to create special memories in the kitchen. Each monthly packet includes a menu, snack idea, visual shopping list, a "look and cook" recipe, learning video, activities and conversation topics.
Eat, Move, and Learn Together
Health and Nutrition
Take and teach
Designed for adult English Language Learners, this series of 11 lessons teaches newcomers how to thrive in their new environment. While practicing vocabulary and engaging in hands-on activities, adults learn about nutritious local foods, try physical activities, get shopping tips and cook together.
Walking with Ease
Health and Movement
Take and use
Walk With Ease is a program that helps people reintroduce walking into their routine, gain confidence and increase strength. Participants meet in person to talk, learn, stretch and walk outdoors while fostering social support.
Classroom Energizers teacher workshop
Health and Movement
Train-the-trainer
Training for teachers to encourage physical activity in the classroom.
Parenting in the Age of Overindulgence: Online course
Parenting
Take and use
This course is an exploration of overindulgence and how you can avoid it with your children. In this course, you will learn what overindulgence is; use tools to identify and address overindulgence; see real examples and hear ideas for addressing overindulgence in families. This course is free and takes about one hour to complete and includes a certificate of completion.
Parenting in the Age of Overindulgence: Modules
Parenting
Take and teach
Professionals can access five free take and teach modules that coincide with the Parenting in the Age of Overindulgence online course to use with parents and caregivers!
Test of Four Tool
Parenting
Take and use
This tool guides parents and children in making responsible decisions to promote self control and to prevent overindulging children.
Education: Our Best Legacy
Parenting | For middle school families
Train the trainer
A school success program designed for parents or caregivers with one or more children in middle school.