Providing The Best in Equine Experiential Education

The Equine Experiential Education Association (E³A) is an international professional membership organization that builds, delivers, and supports excellence in the field of Equine Assisted Learning. Our training and certification are specific to practitioners interested in building their professional facilitation skills in the coaching, leadership, corporate and personal development fields.

Start your training to become a certified E³A practitioner.

What's New in 2021:

ANNOUNCING AN UPGRADED ON-LINE ENHANCED CURRICULUM & EXTENDED ARENA TRAINING FOR 2021

2020 is closing out…Whew! We are so eager to get on with the New Year 2021!

While we were unable to work together in the arena this year, we spent our time investing in YOU and enhancing our certification training. Our Master Trainers have created a whole new format for offering our training, with enhanced curriculum and extended arena training. Investment for our Certification Training offers will increase in 2021 along with the added value.

Registration for the Certification Training for Level 1 Practitioner after January 1^st, 2021 will increase to $4500.

If you are concerned with having the time to do the training or the dates of the trainings – we’ve got you covered.

The Level 1 trainings (Intro and Foundations classes) are online in the first segment, so no travel is required

Choose an on-line start date: we are offering several for 2021: January 15, March 15, May 15, and July 15, 2021;
NOTE: If you have not yet completed our C1 (Introduction to Equine Experiential Education), this prerequisite will need to be completed before attending your on-line curriculum; we will offer one teleclass each month; or obtain a recorded class.
Attend your eight week on-line, self-paced curriculum, which includes five live interactive calls with your Master Trainer.
Once completed, you will become eligible to attend your five day arena training. Dates and host facilities to be confirmed and announced in 2021.

For those of you who may be new members to our herd, the process is as follows:
- Apply for your E3A membership at the current, 2020 price of $45;
- Register for C1 at the 2020 price of $100;
- Complete the C1 course prior to attending your on-line cohort. It is pre-recorded so you may listen at your leisure.
- Register for one of the four offered cohorts of the new on-line curriculum.
- Arena training dates TBD for 2021.

NOTE: Certified members may AUDIT an arena training as a refresher as space allows, and at a cost of $500. Contact the office for more details if interested.

Monthly Member Networking Meetings continue to be a big hit!!

Live Lunch and Learn format monthly on 3rd Thursday with fellow members & hosted by E3A members with guest appearances by experts from the field of EAL.

FREE events for all members. Must register to attend.

GET THE FAQS ABOUT E³A

WHAT MAKES OUR CERTIFICATION DIFFERENT?

E³A’s facilitation model is based on adult experiential learning and facilitation theories and methods (Kolb, Pfeiffer- Jones)
E³A focuses on the effective facilitation of Equine Assisted Learning development programs that cater to corporate, coaching, leadership, team building, Personal Development and Wellness, and educational clientele, as distinguished from therapeutic models (EAP, EAAT etc.) (Click for PDF)
Our arena certification trainings have a maximum of 12 – 14 participants to provide plenty of facilitation practice time and individualized coaching and feedback specific to your program focus
Our graduate level curriculum and professional workshop templates give you the confidence and support to facilitate your own EAL programming
We are a network of open-minded practitioners and professionals who have a passion for the field of Equine Assisted Learning and for the physical safety and emotional well-being of both horses and humans
E³A does not align itself with any specific horsemanship philosophy or methodology within our training program.

JANUARY 2021 UPDATE:

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING 2021 LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION TRAINING

TENTATIVE CALENDAR for 2021

Certification, Level I (C2 & C3):

Mid-May 2021 in Colorado

Late June 2021 in Indiana

Early September in CA / NV

Professional Development:

Mid-April Clifton Strengths in KY

Oct 14-16 International E3A Conference in TUCSON, AZ

Mid-November PDW in TX

Please note all events will be compliant with COVID-19 State and Local Government guidelines.

Fully Refundable if Cancelled
Due to Covid 19 Directive

Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn

If you have not already done so, please sign up for our E³A groups on Facebook and LinkedIn. Click on the links to the right or go to those sites and search for E³A or Equine Experiential Education. Join us as a member of the group, "like" us on Facebook, and join our discussions! Create a topic or comment on a discussion thread. This is a relatively new industry, so we need to build visibility for Equine Assisted Learning and Equine Experiential Education.

Educational Webinars

To learn how you can join the growing field of Equine Assisted Learning (EAL), watch our recent webinar, “Opening the Gate to the Field of Equine Experiential Education (E³)."

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