Training of Trainers (RRI & ECAR Training)

Training Overview

The NASH-ECAR training-of-trainers program seeks to prepare higher education leaders to consider making their institution a Resettlement Campus, i.e. one that mobilizes its resources to host refugees and forcibly displaced persons on campus grounds, while also engaging in related and transformative curricular and co-curricular efforts.

This national, certificate bearing training program is designed and run by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), with the support of the NASH RRI. This eight-hour training – offered hybrid, virtually or on-site – has these goals:

Enriching your knowledge on forced migration and refugee resettlement;
Empowering you to see the possibilities for your institution in refugee resettlement and integration support, and related transformative curricular and co-curricular programming; and
Equipping you with the tools to create a campus welcoming for refugees and forcibly displaced persons.

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*Training for Kentucky Institutions, hosted at Western Kentucky University

Certificate Opportunities: Basic and Advanced

Certificate of Participation

All graduates of the eight-hour training are ‘Certified Champions’ and receive a certificate of participation. This certificate will allow you to:

Showcase your unique understanding of refugee resettlement as a multifaceted phenomenon that can be applied at the campus community level.
Display this accomplishment via LinkedIn, on your resume, or professional website.

For further details about certificate opportunities, please contact ashley@everycampusarefuge.org

Advanced Certificate

After completion of the eight-hour training, individuals, institutions, and systems can receive ongoing support from ECAR and NASH to enhance and deepen capacity to welcome refugees. Our Gold badge is an acknowledgement of your efforts, and signals to your networks that you are doing what it takes to build a sustainable, welcoming campus community – while encouraging others to follow your lead.

Individuals: Complete the eight-hour training and fulfill at least ONE of the following criteria:

Submit your completed Workbook.
Mobilize a new cohort of 10-25 participants from your campus community to take the training.
Participate in at least four Community of Practice (CoP) sessions in a one-year period.
Acknowledge that the training helped you establish a ‘Resettlement Campus’ (e.g., an ECAR Chapter or a Welcome Corps on Campus Private Sponsor Group), enhance an existing one, or launch an entirely new initiative. Share your learnings at a CoP session, via social media, or the “AHLAN: A Manual for Establishing Resettlement Campuses - Together.” Please reach out to ashley@everycampusarefuge.org.

Institutions: An administrator (someone with authority to make decisions on behalf of the institution) endorses the cohort’s completed Workbook or designates a representative to fulfill the above criteria required for individuals but formally on behalf of the institution. This representative can be any trusted representative employed by or enrolled at the institution with strong interest in the subject matter and willingness to learn more.

Systems: Meets the same criteria as institutions, with at least one-third of the system’s institutions represented in the training within a two-year period.

Benefits of receiving the advanced certificate:

Individuals will:

Be better positioned as a current/future professional in the field who is actively sharpening one’s skills as a member of a CoP.
Signal dedication to welcoming as a committed community organizer.
Display the badge on your LinkedIn profile or email signature to showcase your accomplishment while raising the visibility of the training among your network.

Institutions and systems will:

Receive nationwide recognition for demonstrated institutional or system leadership in refugee support and resettlement, DEI ‘in action,’ and active community-campus partnership(s).
Display certificates on your system or institution’s website and other public-facing materials.
Be featured on the NASH and ECAR webpages and a social media campaign.
Be better equipped to apply for funding opportunities (e.g., institutions will be better positioned for ECAR Funding while systems have a pipeline to the NASH RRI Catalyst Fund).
Obtain system or institutional membership in a CoP with ECAR and the NASH RRI, with opportunities to co-organize sessions.

Submit all deliverables or inquiries to ashley@everycampusarefuge.org.

Testimonials from Trainees

“As someone who hadn't previously been in a ton of conversations about this, this training was immensely helpful in understanding a lot of background about resettlement and what refugees go through and need. Conversations from trainers and with other peers helped me understand how much value this brings to a campus in so many ways, without costing much, all while helping refugees.”

“This was a very enriching and inspiring session. I want to see where we lead from here and how we garner the resources - human and otherwise - to make a difference and contribute to the goals of refugee integration in a meaningful way.”

“I cannot wait to put this knowledge into practice.”