TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
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The Learning Impact for You(th) training course was delivered for youth workers, youth leaders, volunteering mentors, youth coaches and teachers focused on increasing the impact of non-formal learning experiences of young people by sharing practical methods on how to support young people to reflect, record and communicate their learning. It also gave the opportunity to explore how the Erasmus+ programme and European Solidarity Corps can support the learning for young people. The space was provided for participants to explore their role, both personally and professionally in this journey of learning.
This training course aimed to encourage those working with young people (youth workers, youth leaders, mentors, coaches, teachers) to increase the impact of non-formal learning experiences for young people.
The objectives of the training course were:
- To explore learning processes and to identify what is needed to reflect, record and communicate learning.
- To reflect on one's own role as a youth worker, youth leader, mentor, coach or teacher in supporting the transfer of non-formal learning experiences into valuable insights and opportunities for development.
- To explore the value of non-formal learning using Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges and European Solidarity Corps Volunteering.
- To engage and learn about the Youthpass process.
- To share together inspirational tools and methods.
17 participants, representing 11 countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain and Turkey.
The trainer team was composed of trainers from Ireland, Portugal and Netherlands.
The use of non-formal education methods and activities (such as team challenges, brainstorming, reflection spaces, experiential learning, creativity based workshops, theatre performance and discussion), allowed participants to explore the meaning of learning, specifically non formal learning, identify the importance of reflective learning and to gain an understanding of some learning theories that exist. Time was also given to identify how the Erasmus + programme and the European Solidarity Corps activities can be used as a tool to support this non-formal reflective learning process, and engaging with Youthpass to reflect, record and communicate learning.
This training course provided the space for participants to practice tools and methods to support the learning process. All of the activities used throughout the training course could be replicated by participants on their return home into their working reality. It was important that participants used this experience to explore how using non-formal learning activities can actively support young people to recognise the skills and knowledge that they can gain by being involved in non-formal education activities. It allowed for participants the possibility to discover meaningful roles and develop different tools in their work around youth projects.
I developed the training content and facilitated the training