Subject: Training of Trainers for European Erasmus+: Youth in Action Projects 2020/2021

Application Deadline: June 15. 2020

Date of Selection: June 30. 2020

Application Link: https://bit.ly/tot-salto-app

Training’s Objectives

The major aim of this Training of Trainers course (ToT-course) is to train trainers who have the competences and the motivation to contribute to the improvement of the quality of projects within the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Program of the European Union.

Participants should be familiar with the aims and priorities of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme before coming to the course as described in the Programme Guide.

 

This Training of Trainers (ToT) lasts ca. one 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

 

When and Where will the 3 Seminars Happen?

·       SEMINAR 1: 18 September – 27 September 2020 in Portugal

·       SEMINAR 2: 15 - 24 January 2021 in Germany

·       SEMINAR 3: 19 - 26 June 2021 in Italy

 

How should the participants invest their time?

This course requires a considerable time investment from the participants: in total you should plan at least 55 days:

·       28 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.

 

Within this ToT-course participant have the chance to further develop their competences as a trainer. In line with the European Training Strategy in the frame of Erasmus+: Youth in Action program the ToT-course considers the following competences to be essential when working as a non-formal education trainer within the Youth in Action program:

  • The competence to understand and facilitate individual and group learning processes.
  • The competence to design educational program.
  • The competence to direct one´s own learning (Learning to Learn)
  • The competence to co-operate successfully in teams.
  • The competence to communicate meaningfully with others.
  • Intercultural competence.
  • Being civically engaged.

 

What is expected from the Participants?

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 volunteers, etc.

·       To have the potential and need to develop training competences and act after the course as a trainer for European Erasmus+: Youth in Action projects and/or for training courses organized by the National Agencies of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Program.

·       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.

 

Who is Eligible to Participate and Apply for this Training?

Participants from: Belgium (FL), Belgium (FR), Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

 

Further information can be found at www.salto-youth.net/ToT and in the download below.

Available downloads: ToT20_Call and further information.pdf