The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families Virtual Certification on Leader in Me Online is a self-paced program that prepares up to six members of your school community to facilitate The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families workshop. This guide helps principals and other site administrators access Families Certification, build a certification team, and manage the certification process.
All Leader in Me Online users can open the Families Certification page to review the certification process and download the application.
To get there, open the My Learning dropdown in the top navigation and select Families Certification.
- • Only site administrators see the View Facilitators button, which opens the Facilitators Dashboard for adding and managing facilitators.
- • Only approved facilitators see the Start Certification button. It appears at the top of the page after the Families Administrator adds them and uploads their signed agreement.
We recommend choosing a trusted, highly engaged staff member to manage your school's Families Certification process. This person is your Families Administrator. The ideal candidate knows your school community, can run the selection process, and has a track record of seeing projects through.
To give your Families Administrator site administrator permissions:
1. Open the My Districts & Schools dropdown in the top navigation and select School Users.
2. Find the staff member and click Edit in the Actions column.
3. In the Site Permissions dropdown, select Site Administrator.
This staff member can now add and manage facilitators throughout the certification process.
On the Families Certification page, click View Facilitators to open the Facilitators Dashboard. The page includes:
- • Overview: An outline of the process, with a Learn More button that links to related resource collections.
- • Selection Process: Guidance on selecting facilitators, plus Download Application and Download Agreement buttons.
- • Facilitators Dashboard table: Track each facilitator's progress through certification.
Use these buttons on the Facilitators Dashboard to add facilitators:
- • +Add Self: Add yourself to the certification process. Available to any site administrator.
- • +Add School Staff: Search for and add existing school staff users. They'll be notified by email.
- • +Invite Parent: Enter a parent's email address to invite them to the certification process.
Note: Parents must set up an account and create a password before they can start certification. Parent users can access only the Families Certification page on Leader in Me Online.
We encourage schools to follow this process to engage prospective facilitators.
Interested staff and parents submit the facilitator application to the Families Administrator.
The Families Administrator adds selected facilitators and uploads their signed facilitator agreements to the Facilitators Dashboard. Selected facilitators then receive an email prompting them to begin certification.
Selected facilitators click Start Certification to open the three-step Certification Process page.
Note: Until the Families Administrator uploads a facilitator's signed agreement, the Start Certification button is grayed out and shows Pending.
Track each facilitator's progress on the Facilitators Dashboard, or find the same data in Leader in Me Journey:
1. Open the My Districts & Schools dropdown in the top navigation and select Leader in Me Journey.
2. Click the Activity tab.
3. Scroll down to the 7H Family Certification Stats table.