The
programme
- The structure of
the programme is unique: two courses will run in parallel.
- The
morning sessions
will be
like a management development course in which each new day focuses on a
new theme.
- The
afternoons and evenings
will
be more like
a trainer-trainer course in which the main theme for the day is
explored as trainers.
The
daily themes
Each
day from Monday to Friday is based on a key theme that is actively
explored through a mixture of inputs, discussions and exercises. Most
of the event will follow the principles of experience-based learning.
We will be drawing on experiences that happen during the course as well
as on your own previous experiences as a trainer or participant on
outdoor courses. |
Sun |
[evening
arrival] |
Gentle
introductory activities |
Mon |
STARTING
A COURSE |
Energisers
and
other ways of starting and setting up outdoor training events |
Tue |
GROUPS
& TEAMS |
Intensive
grounding in group dynamics and teamwork |
Wed |
INDIVIDUAL
CHALLENGES |
Ways
of building confidence and developing leadership skills |
Thu |
LEARNING
TO
LEARN |
Developing
learning, coaching and facilitation skills |
Fri |
POWERFUL
ENDINGS |
How
to conclude experience-based training events for maximum
value and transfer. |
Monday
- Starting a course
You
will be taking part in sessions and activities that can be used near
the beginning of an outdoor training event. The emphasis will be on
ways of setting up a supportive and dynamic learning environment. This
includes ensuring that each learner knows how to get the best out of
the opportunity - and is motivated to do so. You will also be trying
out reviewing techniques that can help to accelerate learning at this
early stage of a programme.
Tuesday
- Groups and Teams
This
day provides an intensive grounding in group dynamics and teamwork. The
morning will involve a wide variety of short teamwork tasks. The main
purpose will be to build the team and accelerate group development.
Even where outdoor courses have aims other than team building, it is
still important to create a team that will work well together. A range
of strategies, exercises and reviewing tools for team and group
development will be tried out and compared.
Wednesday
- Individuals
The
emphasis today is on individuals. It is a deliberate contrast to
yesterday’s emphasis on the group. We will explore designs,
activities and reviewing tools that help individuals learn about
themselves and achieve personal targets. Giving sufficient attention to
each individual is always important, but especially when the programme
aims to build confidence, provide assessment or develop leadership and
management skills. There will also be opportunities to explore ways of
working with other individual objectives that feature in your training
programmes.
Thursday
- Learning to
learn
This
is ‘learning to learn’ day. This is one of the most
powerful benefits that people can take away from an outdoor training
course. In the morning you will be asked to take part in a skills swap
shop. Do you have a skill (outdoors or indoors) that you would like to
pass on to others? Any skills (from work or leisure) e.g. musical,
creative, physical, dancing, circus or magic tricks, martial arts,
yoga, survival skills. Please
bring any equipment or resources you might need to conduct a 30 minute
taster session for anyone who wants to learn your skill.
The rest of the day explores how you can develop learning, coaching and
facilitation skills during an outdoor training programme.
Friday
- Ending a course
‘Powerful
endings’ - how to conclude experience-based training events
for maximum value and transfer. The day begins with concluding the
morning course. This will involve active reviewing of the previous four
mornings, and various exercises for carrying your learning into the
future. The afternoon brings together your learning from the
trainer-training event as a whole and provides you with ideas and
strategies for your further professional development in
experience-based
training. As well as carrying out evaluation throughout the five days,
you will also have a chance to explore evaluation as a topic on this
final day.
Two
courses in one
The
whole programme (mornings, afternoons and evenings) is designed as a
trainer-training event, but in the mornings you will be a participant
on an outdoor training course. Experiences from the morning activities
will be carried forward into the afternoon when we will actively
explore the theme for the day from a trainer-training perspective.
Outdoor activities
These
depend on the location chosen for this event, available activities,
and on the previous
experience of participants. Weather permitting most of the
course will
be outdoors, and there will be a number of short outdoor training games
and activities.
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