Training course for youth workers on facilitating learning

Sunday, September 15, 2024 19:00 - Sep 21, 10:00

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Monio g. 49a, 21343 Daugirdiškės, Lithuania

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Training course for youth workers on facilitating learning

Sunday, September 15, 2024 19:00 - Sep 21, 10:00

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Monio g. 49a, 21343 Daugirdiškės, Lithuania

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Participate in a modular training of youth workers focusing on facilitating learning in international youth work settings. Get certification aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) model for youth workers. Apply now!﻿
Participants recruitment and selection:
Please apply using this form: https://forms.gle/caevoM6duXmb8qgP8﻿
Application deadline: 8th July 2024
Our trusted partners will pre-select and nominate participants based on your profile and motivation.
Selection deadline: 15th July 2024
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The training course will contribute to developing youth workers' “Facilitating Learning*” competences based on the ETS competence model for youth workers to work internationally:
To identify and meet the learning needs of young people
To facilitate learning in and from the group
To select, adapt or create appropriate methods
To stimulate intercultural learning in international settings
To facilitate the process of reflection and recognition of learning
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Please download the provisional programme to see how objectives are translated into the training sessions. 
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*Facilitating Learning means establishing dialogue and ensuring cooperation mechanisms with individuals, groups and communities. This means that the youth worker has the attitudes, knowledge and skills to support young people in identifying and pursuing their learning needs and to then choose, adapt or create methods, methodologies and digital tools in residential and online environments accordingly. (Source: European Training Strategy Competence model for youth workers working internationally).
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Highlights of this training activity:﻿
Aligned to the ETS competence model for Youth Workers - the course objectives and content are aligned with professional competences expected for Facilitating Learning in international youth work settings
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Focuses primarily on international youth work context - how to facilitate learning in international activities like youth exchanges, international volunteering groups, etc. 
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Certified training - the broad coalition of partners will create opportunities for the course participants to assess, validate and recognise competence development at the international level and in specific countries (if possible). 
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Digital friendly - the training and competence assessment methodology and activities will include using digital tools and platforms, for example, YouthWorkPathways.net platform and digital Open Badges.
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Long-term development opportunity - participants willing to continue to develop their professional youth work competences will be invited to apply for the upcoming training courses on other competence areas (read more).
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Endorsed by the broad partnership of Cities of Learning members, and other national and international organisations from the youth work field.
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Participants profile:This course is for people who are:
Youth workers** and non-formal educators
Group leaders in youth exchanges
Youth trainers and facilitators
Youth programme and project managers
Mentors of volunteers
Directly working with young people, preferably in the international context
Age: from 18 years.
Language: a sufficient level of English is necessary to participate in this course.
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Eligible countries: Erasmus+ Programme countries and countries of our project partners (Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia).
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**A youth worker is understood as someone who works with young people in a wide variety of non-formal and informal learning contexts, typically focusing on young people's personal and social development through one-on-one relationships and group-based activities. 
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Digital credentials and certificationThis training activity is a unique opportunity for participants to use up-to-date and digital recognition solutions, such as digital Open Badges and the Youth Work Pathways platform. Participants can use 360-degree competence assessment, earn digital Open Badges, and receive certificates proving their competence development.
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Youthpass process and certificate will be offered to participants joining this training programme.
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Watch this video explaining how partners build competence assessment, validation and recognition systems: 
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An experienced team of trainers will facilitate this training activity:
﻿Laimonas Ragauskas, Awero, International Youth Work Trainers Guild 
﻿Nerijus Kriauciunas, Awero, Cities of Learning Network 
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Participation costs﻿
Participation fee
Participants are invited to make voluntary contributions to the training implementation costs in the range from 0 to 50 euros. In justified cases, participants may request waiving the contribution.
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Accommodation and food
This course is partially co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, and therefore, most of the costs will be covered by the organisers.
Board, lodging, local transportation and programme costs will be covered upon full participation in the course.
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Visa costs will be reimbursed up to 105 euros per person.
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Special needs support is covered based on actual real costs but needs to be agreed with organisers before making expenses. 
Travel reimbursement
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Travel costs will be reimbursed based on the real costs not exceeding the lump sums based on the travel distances, in Euro:
10-99 km - 28 / green travel - 56 
100-499 km - 211/ green travel - 285
500-1999 km - 309/ green travel 417
2000-2999 km - 395/ green travel 535
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Only justified costs will be eligible for reimbursement. Local transfer costs 20-25 Euros. It will be included in the overall travel costs.  If your travel will exceed the lump sums above, the remaining costs shall be covered by the participant or their sending organisation
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This badge certificate is a micro-credential that confirms that the person completed the international modular training for youth workers on facilitating learning in international youth work settings.
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The residential training activity occurred in Lithuania from 15th to 21st of September 2024. The course participant carried out preparation activities before and follow-up activities after the course. 60 hours of work (equals 2 ECTS) is the estimated time the learner invested to achieve the following learning outcomes at ISCED level 5:
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Motivating and empowering young people; Being honest, respectful and transparent; Fostering democratic and active participation; Respecting ethical boundaries when working with (the group of) young people; Raising young people’s awareness of the power of change; Supporting young people in dealing with crisis situations in a fair and constructive manner; Recognising own feelings and values and role modeling this process to others; Creating a supportive environment to act on value, both residential and online; Generating trust and maintaining confidentiality, respecting of privacy and data; Encouraging and actively supports collective actions; Addressing factors supporting and blocking creativity; Having the courage to improvise and experiment and recognising the importance of this; Aiming at reaching educational aims by using specific ways and methods that encourage creativity, problem solving, ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking, in different environmental aspects; Being OK with imperfections, failures, and mistakes; Confidently and constructively challengig a ‘them and us’ mindset; Acknowledging the experiences of others.
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The participant could choose a flexible learning pathway through non-formal training and informal learning activities. The learner could choose to submit evidence of learning outcomes to eight out of thirteen digital Open Badges required to earn this badge certificate. Peer review supported participants' reflection and understanding of learning outcomes. The course training team reviewed and approved badge evidence.
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This certification is aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers. The training organiser has approved Erasmus+ Accreditation to carry out learning mobility for youth workers and trainers in compliance with the quality standards in the EU-funded mobility programmes in the field of youth. The Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Programmes National Agency in Lithuania evaluated the quality and approved accreditation to carry out this training activity.

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Complete the international modular training for youth workers on facilitating learning by earning eight out of thirteen activity badges.
Optional: Add any reflection or evidence of your learning outcomes in the programme design competence area. You may also add any other relevant learning which enriches this badge certificate.

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Monio g. 49a, 21343 Daugirdiškės, Lithuania

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