Tuning In: to Learning and Youthpass

Training Course
19-24 February 2018 | Italy

for Around 25 participants
from Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, KOSOVO * UN RESOLUTION, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Russian Federation, Serbia, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine

and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Mentors, coaches, everyone interested in developing the quality of their youth work in terms of supporting learning.

Working language(s): English

Organizer:
Agenzia nazionale per i giovani (ANG) (National Agency)

This four-day training course provides practical support to facilitating learning in youth work activities, based on the concept of the Youthpass process.
There is a lot of learning taking place in youth work. There is also growing attention on how to make better use of that aspect of youth work, in the view of the societal developments affecting young people and the shifting views on learning and education as such. The facilitation of learning has become an increasingly important topic, with more and more youth workers facing the questions outlined above.

The course will tackle questions such as:

• What is the learning potential of youth work, what kind of competences can young people develop?
• How can we support that potential, the learning process of the young people that participate in the Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme and beyond? 
• What is our approach, what is our role as youth workers, trainers, mentors and coaches? and
• How can we support that learning outcomes are documented and formulated in a way that will be beneficial in the future?

The main aim of the training course ‘Tuning In’ is to contribute to the development of quality in youth work, with the focus on learning. The framework of the course is the Youthpass process that helps to reinforce the learning process in youth activities and to highlight the learning outcomes. During the training course, the Erasmus+ Youth in Action projects are being considered, as well as the wider youth work context.

The objectives of the training course are:
- To discuss the potential of learning in youth work; 
- To help to raise young people’s awareness of learning in youth work projects; 
- To develop ideas and practice tools on how to support the learning process;
- To give practical support to document and formulate the learning outcomes.

These objectives will be addressed from the perspective of the participants themselves as learners, as well as in their role as facilitators of the learning of the young people they work with. Participants will explore and experience a wide variety of methods and tools around learning, reflection, peer-learning, competence development and formulating learning outcomes. We will look into the evidence about competence development in youth work; insights and ideas about how people learn will challenge us to rethink learning and the facilitation of learning.

The target group of the course:

• Youth work practitioners (youth workers, mentors, trainers, etc., working with young people professionally or voluntarily), interested in developing the learning aspect of their work with young people;
• Able to use English as a working and learning language;
• Available to commit oneself to the whole duration of the training course.

The team of the training course consists of SALTO Training and Cooperation Resource Centre and three trainers with long-term experience in the training of youth workers and of trainers, on a wide array of topics: Mara Arvai, Mieke Neven McMahon and Paul Koosterman. The preparation and implementation of the course is supported by the Italian National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth in Action.

Attached is the general programme of the course (subject to a few changes).

Training overview

Costs
This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses. If you come from a country other than Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme Countries, please contact the host Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA for further information about the financial details.

Note: Hungarian applicants are expected to apply on a Hungarian and on an English application form, too.

Hungarian application form, more information and conditions:

Jelentkezési lap
Kódszám a jelentkezéshez: 2017-1-HU01-KA218-000018

Application form in English

Application deadline: 15 November 2017
Date of selection: 30 November 2017

Contact for questions:

Gulácsi Ildikó / Ms Ildikó Gulácsi
TCA koordinátor / TCA coordinator
ildiko.gulacsi@tpf.hu 

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