HNCF
Curriculum Framework
HNCF
Curriculum Framework
Real People | Extraordinary Change
EAST - WEEK ONE
Skills to Bring Home:
• Deep Listening
• Community Listening/Assessment
• Creating a Community Wellness Vision
• Giving & Receiving Feedback
• Community River of Life
• Strategies for Strengthening Community
Connectedness
• Community Readiness
Goals:
• Listen to community voices to identify the
health issues they most care about.
• Identify community member gifts & strengths
• Strengthen listening skills
SOUTH - WEEK TWO
Skills to Bring Home:
• Group Facilitation Basics
• Community Wellness Planning
• Leading a Group Dialogue
• Analyzing Root Causes of Community
Health Problems
• Growing & Sustaining Community Coalitions
• Understanding Challenging Group Dynamics
Goals:
• Develop strong community coalitions & groups
• Develop a community wellness plan
• Develop basic group facilitation skills
NORTH - WEEK FOUR
Skills to Bring Home:
• Understanding Different Leadership Styles
• Nourishing and Sustaining Team and
Community Wellness Efforts
• Develop Policy to Promote Community Wellness
• Explore Federal/Tribal Policy Development Process
• Sustaining Community Wellness Efforts
• Participatory Evaluation Basics
• Learning & Practicing Grant Writing Basics
Goals:
• Promote new wellness policies at the local level
• Understand the Tribal/Federal policy process
• Strengthen collaborative/ethical leadership practices
• Develop new resources
WEST - WEEK THREE
Skills to Bring Home:
• Exploring Effective Community
Interventions
• Leading a Strategies Workshop
• Facilitating Group Action Planning
• Strategies to Manage Conflict Resolution & Group Dynamics
Goals:
• Develop effective community wellness strategies
• Develop a community wellness action plan
• Implement community wellness actions and events

