TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Tihomir Georgiev
Synergy Coach - Decoded took place
in Ravnogor, Bulgaria
organised by Synergy Bulgaria Association
16-25.04.2015
Reference person Yassar Markos (Organiser)
Synergy Coach - Decoded was a 10-day training course for youth workers who have desire to develop coaching skills. In the training they were offered several different approaches, techniques and space to practice. That was the intended way to go through a learning experience and by reflecting on the personal concepts and ideas to start to develop their own coaching style. One of the purposes of this training was to provide an opportunity to learn and unlearn, to explore personal concepts and how they might be supporting or limiting us.
Participants were able to identify their own style of coaching, develop it and promote it. The training dealt with one main question: “How can I?” and all its implications related to assuming, knowing, not knowing, believing all the way to wanting, daring and doing.
This training was addressed to people:
• that work with people
• youth workers of all ages
• that they are a registered citizens of Bulgaria, Netherlands, Greece, Czech Rep., Spain, Romania, Latvia, Croatia, Cyprus and Italy.
The training was a complete coaching session of 10 days. Participants and team had the opportunity to coach and be coached while developing basic and essential skills, and being completely there for the real topics and challenges that they were mutually supporting each other to work on and find a solution.
The training introduced a variety of approaches and methods of coaching, which were specifically selected for this mobility. The skills and knowledge offered put into motion through intense practice using real life examples, introduction and reflection photos and live demonstration, self-coaching, coaching one to one, coaching small teams, assignments, body movement and theatrical exercises.
The outcomes are that all participants reflected on their process of learning and proved in their feedback and evaluation that they developed strong understanding of what coaching is and how can it empower them in their work and personal lives.
http://youthwork.smokinya.com/training-course-in-bulgaria-synergy-coach/
http://synergybulgaria.com/2015/02/03/training-course-in-bulgaria-synergy-coach/
I was a full-time co-trainer with responsibilities related to logistics and practicals in the organization of this mobility. Also, my role was to coach a team of 5 youth workers and support them in learning, practicing and using coaching methods, while I myself was delivering group and individual sessions of coaching for them. Meanwhile, among the team members we were also coaching each other as a support system for whatever might come up as a challenge during the mobility.