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The EFFICACIUS Institute for Transformational Trainers (EITT) is a division of The Association for Christian Character Development a 501 (C3) and was founded to answer a specific need.

Somewhere in the journey of life most of us discover a deep desire to live from our hearts what we dream in our heads.

Modern institutions of education barely scratch our desire for this congruity, with a variety of curriculum that feeds the rational mind but otherwise dances around the issues of existence that touch the human condition as if they are not as concrete as the ideas we use to navigate the world we live in.

Through our culture’s scientific and therapeutic approach to life, mastering the invisible world or how we relate to one another is reduced to terms like ‘learning soft skills’ or ‘best practices’; things we ‘do’. We exchange the rich journey of exploring possibilities and taking powerful new actions together for the data of ‘knowing how’ or ‘knowing the right way’ to do something.

All the while we are pretending that leaning on our own understanding of life (historical knowledge) will somehow provide the character required to make the challenging new decisions that transform conflict into possibility and ultimately breakthrough to the desired results.

The EFFICACIUS Institute facilitates learning environments to train others in the art and science of transformational training, which is how to bring this possibility to our communities and transform our society.

Jesus didn’t teach his disciples about love as much as he provided an opportunity for his apprentices to experience how they actually loved by connecting with the kind of future that would ultimately come from their current course of action.

He invited them to count the cost of their thinking and behavior, which ultimately focused them on the impact they were having on others in the world around them. Learning about something or acquiring information about it can increase what we know, potentially add to our skills even extend already established capacities by bringing new knowledge to an existing expertise. By comparison, transformational learning gives us an awareness of how we learn, think, and act in the world.

Think of riding a bike. You can read and learn all about what it takes to ride a bike. However, when it comes to riding a bike there is nothing more lasting than the awareness that comes from the experience of actually riding it. Once you have gotten up on it the paradigm shift has a lasting impact on your quality of life because in that moment the new ability of riding a bike is forever yours! You can manifest or bring it forth at will. Riding a bike is then EFFICACIUS for you.

Click HERE to view a brochure for The EFFICACIUS Institute for Transformational Trainers

Click HERE to view a brochure for the Ready4Life cohort.

The registration fee for

The EFFICACIUS Institute for Transformational Trainers

Ready 4 Life cohort is $8000

Accreditation by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (6 Credits) is available for an additional $1000

(please select the $9000 ticket option if you are including accreditation)

Financing options are available.  To request financing, 

please contact Director of Enrollment, Aileen Tocchini (707) 437-0668 atocchini@accd.org

CLICK HERE to download a scholarship application.