Training of Trainers for European YOUTH in ACTION Projects 2011/2012

This Training of Trainers lasts a year and consists of • three residential seminars • an international training project you design and run with some other participants • ongoing e-learning • ongoing mentoring with one of the course trainers as your mentor • learning commitments The dates for the three residential seminars are: 1st seminar 7-16 October 2011 in the United Kingdom 2nd seminar 20-29 January 2012 in the Flemish speaking community of Belgium 3rd seminar 26 June - 4 July 2012 in Bulgaria Time Investment This course requires a considerable time investment from the participants: in total you should plan at least 57 days: * 30 seminar days (including travel) * 12 days overall for the training project (preparatory work, prep meeting and the course itself) * 15 days (on average 1-2 days per month) for following the personal learning commitments, the online work, peer learning, mentor talks etc. Specific objectives with respect to the trainees of the training course are to further develop and improve the following competences of participants: • The competence to plan educational activities in line with the values and purposes of the Youth in Action Programme. • The competence to plan educational activities in line with the values and purposes of the Youth in Action Programme. • The competence to develop and make explicit an educational approach which incorporates the key-concepts, values and consolidated practice of non-formal education. • The competence to direct one´s own learning (Learning to Learn) • The competence to deal with ambiguity and change. • The competence to understand and facilitate learning of others. • The competence to design, implement and evaluate training programmes. • The competence to co-operate in international teams of trainers/facilitators. Methodology and Structure of the course The course is designed to give participants the opportunity to experience, and reflect upon, being a trainee and a trainer. It is designed as a mutual learning process where participants can learn from each other and from the experiences they encounter during the course. Due to its long-term character, the course is designed in such a way that the three seminars are only ONE of the aspects shaping the learning process of participants. Acting as a responsible self-directed learner is a key feature of ToT. Participants have to be recruited by one of the National Agencies for the Youth in Action programme covering the expenses related to the participation in the course (travel, board and lodging, etc.). Participants are expected • To have been already involved at least three times in a team of trainers designing, implementing and evaluating a training course in the framework of Non-Formal Education. • To have had international experience in the youth work field with a function of responsibility (not only as a participant) – organising international youth projects, leading a youth exchange, mentoring EVS volunteers, etc. • To have the potential and need to develop training competences and act after the course as a trainer for European Youth in Action projects and/or for training courses organised by the National Agencies of the Youth in Action programme. • To show initiative and willingness to self-direct their own learning process. • To be prepared to reflect on and question their own beliefs and approaches as trainers. • To be able to run training courses in English. Further information can be found at www.salto-youth.net/ToT