Coaching for Success

Do you work with youngsters? With disadvantaged people? Do you find sometimes you communication skills don’t bring you the results you wanted? Do you want to learn new ways and start using them imediately? Are you a youth worker, social worker, teacher or educator? If yes, then this training is for you! "You cannot teach people anything. You can only help them to discover the learning within them." – Galileo. This is the approach our training uses - we believe that everybody knows how to do things right and has the knowledge to solve the problems they have. All they need is guidance to find the answers for themselves. “Coaching for success” is a 10-day training on coaching and practical communication skills for social, youth workers and educators who work with people on a daily base, especially with youngsters and disadvantaged groups. During these days we plan to deliver a very practical program – basically a long coaching session to our participants. Through these days they can develop and practice their own coaching style and get immersed in this methodology by practicing with others. Our objective is to give a useful tool for youth and social workers and educators working with disadvantaged groups. With the help of this knowledge and practice they will empower their clients, so those can reach their goals and live a more successful life. Also we would like to provide a unique opportunity to see the method working in a “real life situation”, by arranging and realizing their own complete and successful coaching session, by having a client, who will be young adults with a disadvantaged background and support them in creating their vision for the future. The first coaching sessions will take place during the training and we will create a system to continue after the training for 6 months as a follow-up. Topics of the training: • coaching concepts • creating and being in rapport • conversation techniques • questioning techniques • assignments, sessions • coaching styles • self-coaching • group coaching • coaching paradigms - narrative coaching, onthological coaching, appreciative approaches Methods of the training: • experiential learning • one-to-one coaching sessions • video playbacks, analyzing professional coaches • simulations • role plays • reflections, feedback • group discussions and interactive presentations • coaching youngsters - real clients • NLP • media tools Date: October 7 - 18, 2012 ( including travel days) – 10 days of training + 2 days traveling Place: Galyatető mountain resort, Hungary Participants: 28 social workers, youth workers, educators, teachers coming from Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany,Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary aged 18+. Costs: The project is funded by the Youth in Action program covering 70% of all travel fees, as well as all food and accomodation. We ask for a participation fee of 80EUR from our participants. How to apply: Fill in the attached Application Form and send it by email to akoskoltai@gmail.com by 2012, September 14th (or earlier)! We will then make the selection of who can participate and you will get a confirmation email from us. If you are selected: If you are selected for participation please sign and scan your Application Form and send the scanned version by email to akoskoltai@gmail.com by September 14th (or earlier). Bring the original signed version to the training. You can then proceed to buy your travel tickets to Galyatető, Hungary according to the Conditions of the Reimbursement. Please read it!! What to bring? Bring clothes for ten days. We will do exercises both inside and outside, and the venue is located at 1000m, so it can be cold. Prepare for every type of weather! October in the mountain region of Galyatető might bring sunshine and autumn warmth, but also wind, rain or even snow and temperatures bellow 0! There is no washing machine at the accommodation - of course you can handwash. Make sure you bring: • Sleeping bag – in case you will feel like sleeping outside • Sleeping pad • Waterproof boots (that hold your ankle) • Waterproof trousers • Waterproof coat or jacket • Backpack • Scarf, gloves and hat • Towel and toiletries • All personal medication • Some food and drinks and material to introduce your country to the others • Camera, MP3s with music, laptops –optional if you have them and find them useful The project has received grant from the Youth in Action Programme of the European Community and Visegrad Fund. Information on the Programme is available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/index_en.html However the content of the project doesn’t necessarily reflect the opinion of the EU and the Hungarian National Agency. The project is not under the responsibility of these institutions.