Become a Community Health Worker Trainer to Advance Community Health in Maryland
Together Elevating and Advancing Community Health (TEACH) is a specialty training curriculum for Community Health Workers (CHWs) who wish to gain or increase their knowledge in HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and drug user health. TEACH training strengthens and expands the CHW workforce capacity by:
- Recognizing that by working Together, Community Health Workers, health departments, clinical workers, and community-based organizations can enhance patient care.
- Elevating Community Health Workers understanding of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and drug user health.
- Advancing Community Health Workers as a necessary component of the public health workforce.
- Placing Community Health at the forefront of public health initiatives.
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Subscribe NowTEACH CHW Training is provided in English by English-speaking trainers. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, please contact Dr. Melissa Kelley, Director of Training at (202) 507-4732 or [email protected] not less than 10 days before an event to discuss.
TEACH Specialty Training
TEACH training is designed to enhance the Maryland Community Health Workers’ understanding of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and drug user health in an effort to combat and reverse the increasing rates of new HIV infections, STI cases, viral hepatitis, and to promote the health and well-being of individuals in an evidence-based, compassionate, and culturally-appropriate manner.
The TEACH training curriculum provides a multi-modal learner experience toward the achievement of competencies in the four (4) topic areas and the Maryland Department of Health’s nine (9) core CHW competencies. TEACH provides a comprehensive, skills-building that will:
- Promote cultural responsiveness and structural competence
- Ensure information provided about populations in the status-neutral HIV/viral hepatitis/STI care cascades are addressed
- Account for diversity in language and English proficiency, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, class, country of origin, and age
- Be available publicly and free of charge to organizations in Maryland
This training is a blended learning program consisting of six (6) online learning modules and a two (2) day intensive in-person training. To attend this training, participants should have completed the online sections of the TEACH curriculum. To complete the course and begin training staff, you must complete all modules of the course.
This training qualifies towards the 20 hours of professional development required for CHW certificate renewal.
TEACH Train the Trainer Curriculum Overview
| Module Title | Delivery Method | Time | Target Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAINING AND FACILITATION SKILLS | |||
| Presentation Skills | Online | 45 Min | Maryland CHWs with an interest in becoming trainers for other CHWs |
| Instructional Skills | Online | 30 Min | Maryland CHWs with an interest in becoming trainers for other CHWs |
| Facilitation Skills | Online | 30 Min | Maryland CHWs with an interest in becoming trainers for other CHWs |
| SPECIALTY TOPIC CURRICULUM | |||
| HIV From Prevention to Treatment: HIV Basics for Community Health Workers | Online | 45 Min | All Maryland CHWs |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections | Online | 45 Min | All Maryland CHWs |
| ABCs of Viral Hepatitis | Online | 45 Min | All Maryland CHWs |
| For Yourself, For the Community: Mental Health, Bias, and Values | Online | 45 Min | All Maryland CHWs |
| IN PERSON EXPERIENTIAL CURRICULUM | |||
Day One
| In Person | 6 Hr | All Maryland CHWs who have completed the online curriculum |
Day Two
| In Person | 6 Hr | All Maryland CHWs who have completed the online curriculum |
TEACH Train the Trainer Schedule
Registering for Training
These trainings are open to any Community Health Worker in Maryland, especially those interested in or already working in the infectious disease and/or sexual health fields in the State of Maryland.
Train the Trainer registration is for individuals who are Community Health Workers in the State of Maryland and who want to become trainers of the TEACH curriculum and provide training to other CHWs in the State of Maryland.
Not a Community Health Worker in Maryland? Go to: https://health.maryland.gov/pophealth/Community-Health-Workers/Pages/Accredited-Community-Health-Worker-Training-Programs.aspx for more information.
Accessing the Learning Modules
If you have registered for a TEACH: Train the Trainer session, seven (7) eLearning modules are to be completed before attending the live training.
TEACH: Train the Trainer
April 29–30, 2024
Suburban Region/Gaithersburg, MD
Holiday Inn Gaithersburg
2 Montgomery Village Ave.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
TEACH: Train the Trainer
May 2–3, 2024
Eastern Region/Lexington Park Area
Country Inn and Suites by Radisson
4491 Worth Lane
California, MD 20619
