Erasmus+: Youth, Key Action 1: Training Course
Venue: Woodstown, County Waterford, Ireland
Dates: 24 September—1 October 2022
Overall Aim
The overall aim of the Training Course is to improve the self-awareness and self-confidence of Youth workers from across Europe so that they can support the young people that they work with and can guide them in their learning process as full, authentic people. The Course participants will do this through the development of a learning toolkit which they can use with their own young people in their own countries after the Course.
Objectives
- To support youth workers to become more aware of themselves, thus enabling them to make conscious choices and decisions that fit with the core of their identity and their goals in life
- To dive deeper into, and really experience concepts such as resilience, confidence, vulnerability, empathy and creativity
- To frame a learning process where youth workers feel commitment and inclusion by sharing and experience
- To provide youth workers with tools to support a deep connection with young people they work with
- To include local people with the effective method of Labyrinth Theatre and spread this around
- To share tools and methods from across Europe, and to inspire the participants to implement similar learning processes after the Training Course for their own target groups
- To reflect on their own learning process by using the Key Competences from the Youth Pass, and giving the opportunity for capacity building in the context of the Erasmus+ Program.
Profile of the Participants:
Participants will be youth workers, project leaders and educators involved in youth work. The participants will have a multiplier role - in other words: they will adapt what they learn in this training course to their own context of working with young people. In their future projects and daily work they can incorporate tools, methods and theories which they have learned during this Training Course. They can also use their personal learning and development in their daily work with their own target groups.
Profile of the Participants:
Participants will be youth workers, project leaders and educators involved in youth work.
The participants will have a multiplier role - in other words: they will adapt what they learn in this training course to their own context of working with young people. In their future projects and daily work they can incorporate tools, methods and theories which they have learned during this Training Course. They can also use their personal learning and development in their daily work with their own target groups.
This Training Course will be an emotionally challenging project for trainers and trainees. That’s why we expect from trainees at all times to the best of their abilities to…
… be fully committed to the process - to reflect, share, experience and participate in all activities
… keep a clear mind, that is neither intoxicated nor distracted
… have taken care of important personal and professional matters beforehand, so that these do not intervene with the Training Course (being completely present with the group)
… be on time for all of the deadlines, sessions and appointments
… challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zones
… be willing to look into themselves and reflect on their professional and private life
… join us on an intensive, immersive and unforgettable journey