Professional Education
Faculty
Mel King Institute instructors are academic, consultant, and practitioner experts who provide participants with unique trainings tailored to the learning needs of community organization professions facing local challenges. They range from professors, to senior staff at government agencies, to national professional trainers, to leading Executive Directors, to private sector specialists. Faculty craft and deliver trainings, and enriching courses with their firsthand experience and knowledge of current trends and innovations.
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LISC AmeriCorps Partnership
The Mel King Institute partners with LISC Massachusetts to provide trainings for LISC AmeriCorps members.
Over the course of their service terms, LISC AmeriCorps members are encouraged to participate in a series of foundational courses including:
- Intro to Community Economic Development
- Intro to Housing Development
- Be A Group Facilitation Pro in an Age of Meetings
- Budgeting Basics for Program Staff
- Community Engagement
- Careers in Community Development
- Training Elective of Choice
Along with graduation from the LISC AmeriCorps program, service members also earn a certificate for completion of the Mel King Institute trainings. Members may also take advantage of the discounted Student/AmeriCorps/Intern rate for all other MKI trainings.
