** NON-ILLINOIS RESIDENTS If you are interested in participating in this training but live outside the State of Illinois, please contact Jaime Pena at jaime.pena@ageoptions.org for training fee information. ** LEADER TRAINING INFORMATION This is a Tomando Control de su Salud Cross Training. Attendance is mandatory. Space is limited; priority will be given to participants who have a workshop scheduled at the time of registration. Tomando Control de su Salud workshop leaders are trained by two Certified Master Trainers. Master Trainers will also provide ongoing support, technical assistance, and oversight to ensure program fidelity. ELIGIBLITY Completed a Take Charge of Your Health 2020 leader training; Leaders trained prior to January 2020 must have completed the Take Charge of Your Health 2020 Update Training, and your certificate must be current. Delivery Partner agreements outline the responsibility of the agency, to include facilitating workshops within program fidelity and the submission of required paperwork. In return, AgeOptions provides extension technical assistance and monetary compensation. LEADER CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS • Attend the training session taught by two Master Trainers, 1.5 hours total • Facilitate two Tomando Control de su Salud six-week workshop within one year of training • All leaders must be associated with a licensed organization. If you are unsure of licensed organizations in your area, please contact AgeOptions for clarification. If you do not work under an organization, you may work under the AgeOptions program license. MAINTAINING CERTIFICATION To maintain your active status as a workshop leader, your organization must have a current Memorandum of Agreement signed with AgeOptions. The Self-Management Resource Center requires leaders to complete one workshop series per year to maintain certification. All workshops should be registered with Illinois Pathways to Health online system. The online registration system provides ongoing reports for AgeOptions to track workshops on quarterly and annual bases. Please make sure to use the site when registering any workshop you facilitate. UPON COMPLETION OF THE TOMANDO CONTROL DE SU SALUD WORKSHOP Work with the Network Hub Operation Specialist at AgeOptions to ensure that all evaluation materials and forms are submitted for virtual workshops as well as leftover workshop materials are returned from in-person workshops. Refer potential workshop host sites to the Health Promotion Team at info@ilpathwaystohealth.org.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PEER REFRESHER LEADER TRAINING ONLY - SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS... Who should take this training and maintaining Active Leader Status This training is for peer leaders: - Who in the past year have been unable to facilitate community workshops to maintain their active Leader status. - Who perform satisfactorily and wish to review key facilitation strategies. - Should be active and well performing Leader. - Have not facilitated a community workshop this year and intend to use the refresher training in lieu of workshops to maintain certification. - Will not have used the refresher training option two years in a row. If you are unsure about your status, please email Jaime Pena at jaime.pena@ageoptions.org or call (708) 934-2218 or contact your program coordinator. TRAINING DEPOSIT AgeOptions is currently funded through a grant from the Administration on Community Living to expand program reach of the Take Charge series programs. Through this funding, training is offered at no cost to leader candidates who will facilitate workshops in Illinois and sign a delivery partner agreement. Delivery Partner agreements outline the responsibility of the agency, to include facilitating workshops within program fidelity and the submission of required paperwork. In return, AgeOptions provides extension technical assistance and monetary compensation. A $50 deposit will be required for all persons attending Take Charge of Your Health Leader Refresher training. This deposit will be refunded to the individual or agency (whomever made the payment) upon completion of two workshops. This is to encourage newly trained leaders to facilitate a minimum of two workshops within the first year of training.