Coaching+ LTTC on coaching in Erasmus+ for young people's development

BACKGROUND After a successful first edition of this LTTC in 2014-2015 , the organising NAs and SALTO Participation will implement it again this year. The organizers strongly believe that coaching is needed to support E+YiA beneficiaries. Coaching can be used for the personal and professional development of young people, for fostering their active participation in daily life and social inclusion. We will organise this activity based on the methods and techniques widely applied in current professional coaching. Youth workers could benefit from professional coaching that would allow them to integrate its approaches in their daily work to better respond to the needs of young people. STRUCTURE OF THE LTTC This is a long-term project that will include two residential training courses and a period in between of practice. During the first TC, to be hosted by the Hungarian NA, participants will be introduced to the basics of coaching as a method that they can apply in their daily work to improve the quality of the guidance that they offer to young people in their personal and professional development. After the first TC participants will go back to their organisations and apply the new acquired coaching approach during the practice phase. Practice phase (in between the two residential TCs): consists of peer e-coaching sessions. Every participant chooses a (partner) buddy for her/himself and practise coaching based on real challenges and in a real coaching process at least 4 times, 45-60 minutes each time. The second residential TC, organised in Turkey, will give participants the opportunity to reflect on their coaching experiences and their own development. The challenges that they encountered will be shared, allowing them to reflect on and become aware of their learning outcomes and competences acquired throughout the whole LTTC.  Place and time of the LTTC The first TC will take place in Budapest, Hungary from 11 to 16 April 2016 (including arrival and departure days). The second TC will be organised in Izmir Turkey from 4 to 9 October 2016.  Aim: • assist youth workers in developing a coaching approach to improve the quality development of youth work with the support of E+YIA.  Objectives: • bring an innovative and empowering mindset to youth workers by means of individual and group coaching methods and tools; • help youth workers to increase participation of young people in society, including those with fewer opportunities; • help them build their personal and professional resources to contribute to their development in a holistic way; • give them the possibility to transfer the acquired competences and inspire others to adopt the coaching approach. We will present participants with different methods and tools used both in life and business coaching. Participants will be encouraged to set up an Internet platform or other online tools to record, document and share their experiences related to coaching in the learning lane. Profile of participants: • The participants will be youth work professionals/youth leaders interested in acquiring a coaching approach in their practices. • We are looking for 24 participants. • The participants should have a working level of English (min. B2 level) to participate actively throughout the training course (discussions, sharing, group activities, active listening…). • They need to be over 18 years old. • They must be able to attend both residential training courses and actively participate in the practice phase.