Shaking the Family Tree Certification

$450.00

This course is designed to support our instructors in expanding their teaching portfolios with an offering for students interested in family stories, personal history, and genealogy. Heidi Thorsen and Sarah White, GAB Trainers, will be leading this class.

About the Course:

This six-session, 2.5-hour instructor-only course equips Guided Autobiography facilitators to teach family-history writing with depth and skill. Participants will explore how context—era, geography, and culture—shapes family stories, how roles and values move across generations, and how rituals and artifacts reveal identity. The course also provides essential craft tools to help writers bring relatives to life on the page, develop a strong narrative voice, and shape meaningful, resonant stories.

Completion prepares instructors to teach Shaking the Family Tree within their own programs and communities.

Course Details:

Title: Shaking the Family Tree Certification

Dates: Wednesdays, March 18–April 22, 2026 (6 weeks) • 10:00 AM–12:30 PM Pacific Time

Format: Online certification course

Who is it for? GAB instructors wishing to teach or incorporate this curriculum into their class offerings

All student handouts and extra teaching resources are included.

A portion of the proceeds supports the Birren Center.