Training „Heartbeat of Career” brings together two different approaches, two career development training schools (Start Strong and Constellation) that both have successfully helped thousands of students and educators in EU and other countries to start career or entrepreneurship. The main 3 topics of this training are career development, entrepreneurship and relationship building. Join us if you want to explore your own career and become a confident and skillful captain of your life’s ship.
There are two phases of the Training:
Phase 1 - International Training (October 21-28, in Latvia) that is designed for educators and provides them with a variety of non-formal education tools for career development
Phase 2 - Local activities (in participant home country) participants will deliver 90 min workshops at local communities.
Purpose of the Training: 1) To build capacity of youth workers and educators working with youth and at-risk youth by equipping them with interactive and non-formal educational tools in field of career education; 2) To build capacity and develop partnership with the various EU and non-EU organizations and work in the field of the Erasmus+ program.
Methodology: Training is a synergy of two career education programs – Start Strong and Constellation. Start Strong is an educational career toolkit for youth and educators, which has helped more than 20 000 youth from Baltic countries to develop their career and entrepreneurship skills. Since 2014 this program provides youth and educators with hands-on workshops and on career development, entrepreneurship and relationship building. Program’s web page:
http://startstrong.eu/lvConstellation is two-year research supported by EU Erasmus+ fund that investigates the tools to succeed in personal and professional life. It involves coaching and system approach as basics to rediscover inner resources and re-investigate relationship with self, family, and society. Read more here:
http://inception-training.org/Participant criteria: Youth workers, youth leaders, educators, mentors, career advisers:
Age 21+, English fluency, directly works with youth (age 13-25), at least three years of working experience in the field of education, interested in and motivated to integrate non-formal education tools in curriculum, deal with marginalized youth (NEET’s, at-risk youth), newcomers to Erasmus+ projects and would like to create own projects, work in socially and geographically deprived areas, are involved into activities of the partner organization and have a will to build up the capacity of the organization in the future, are committed to organize local activities after the Training course.
Recognition of the learning: After the Training participants will receive YouthPass Certificate issued by the European Commission. It officially confirms your participation in the Training.
Costs: The training is co-funded through Erasmus+ program and other sponsors – accommodation, food, materials, the program, travel, and visa costs up 275 euro are fully covered. The reimbursements of the travel and visa costs will be made after the organizer has received all the original documentation and proofs of dissemination activities and exploitation of the project results.
Dissemination and exploitation of the activity results are a key feature in the Erasmus+ programme, therefore, participants are inquired to organize such activities after the training course. The project results shall be disseminated and exploited as a minimum to other members of the organization and young people in the local community.
For any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact:
young.ukrainian.leaders@gmail.comDeadline for filing the questionnaire - September 2, 2019.
