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Become a Trainer

Three Three Steps to become a Birth Works trainer:
Would you like to become a Birth Works Trainer and teach our Childbirth Education Workshops? Meet women nationwide who wish to become Birth Works Childbirth Educators in their communities. This can be achieved by following the three steps outlined below:

  1. Join our certification program and achieve status as a Certified Childbirth Educator for Birth Works International CCE(BWI). Click here to read the Requirements for becoming a Childbirth Educator for Birth Works.
  2. Gain experience by teaching Birth Works Childbirth Education Classes in your community.
  3. Complete the requirements to become a Trainer.

Birth Works Trainers:

  •  Are highly trained women, providing current information in an experiential way, making the impact of learning deeper.
  •  Are compassionate, knowledgeable, and well-trained in facilitation techniques that offer optimal group learning.
  •  Understand birth from cultural perspectives to meet the needs of anyone in the workshop
  •  Provide a training that integrates the mind, body, and spirit for birth preparation.

The Birth Works Trainer’s Workshop
The Birth Works Trainers’ Workshop is designed to provide hands-on experience in leading various segments of the Birth Works Childbirth Education Workshop (CEW).
Participants find this experience very valuable in increasing their level of confidence in preparation for teaching their own workshops. Ample time is devoted to questions and further explanations of various techniques are given as needed. Much attention is given to the importance of and specific techniques used to increase a feeling of safety in a group setting. After the Trainer’s Workshop, participants will co-teach a Birth Works Childbirth Education Workshop with an experienced Birth Works Trainer.