S H O T SHaring Orientation Training

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Leonardo da Vinci Partnership Programme S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Second Seminar Florence, March 8-9, 2010 Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Vocational Training: what We have done Cedit experience OUTDOOR TEACHING METHOD Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training OUTDOOR TEACHING METHOD Outdoor Training Empowerment Oriented as innovativeVocational Training Teaching Method • “Outdoor” is a vocational training experience realized away from traditional classes, • It gives the participants the possibilities to face with activities which make them learn and comprehend in an unusual context, capabilities and limits of their own individual or group behaviour. Being aware of those skills could reflect positively to their professional and everyday life. “Outdoor” suggest to support the participant through the understanding of his own possibilities, levering on his own abilities e moving ahead their limits. • “Outdoor” is a very flexible teaching methodology. There could be many adjustment for all the vocational training needs: groups at the start up level, vocational training for the creation of the right job climate, vocational training directed to senior management. • “Outdoor” is also used in apprenticeship and with young people who left the school. In particular It is included in the vocational training programmes as a teaching method for activating and supporting empowerment, for developing students’ soft skills and individual skills of self – potency directed to stimulate enthusiasm for learning and growing up. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Outdoor Small Techniques Vocational training OUTDOOR Outdoor in settled fields Outdoor Training Outdoor Management Training Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Teaching methods in vocational training: The outdoor training empowerment oriented in the Val-Tur Project : “Encreasing the VALue of people to encrease the value of TOURism” Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT The VAL TUR project was a MULTISECTOR Project with 3 different areas of courses: • Directed to young people who left the school age 16/18: one cook operator course and one restaurant operator course • Directed to unemployed graduated people: one workexperiences abroad • Directed to unemployed graduated people: one qualification course in the nautical sector. Cedit have organized the VAL TUR Project in partnership with Smiletoscana, The Massa Carrara Province and with high schools, specialized in tourism sectors. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT Course for cook operator and Course for lounge-restaurant operator. Cedit have organized these courses in partnership with an high school, specialized in Tourism and Hotel Management. • Each course was directed to 10 students (young people who left the school, age 16-18) • Each course lasted 500 hours: 30 hours of individual guidance 210 hours of classes 60 hours of Outdoor Training in settled fields 200 hours of placement in companies addicted to tourist sectors. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training THE TARGET Young people who left the school 16 - 18 years old and who are obliged by the law to accomplish the duty of attending vocational training courses till the legal age (18) and of developing essential skills. Main difficulties related to this kind of target • Difficult relation with the school context; • Distrust towards adults; • Indifference about everything is happening around them, in the “world”, and weak essential skills; • Scarce enthusiasm about learning and individual developing; • Very low self - esteem or, on a defending strategy, high self – esteem; • Behavioural and cultural models are often misunderstood (e.g. intelligence concept meant as being artful or able to not take charge of responsibility) • This target feels They are not respected, understood, and as a consequence They are going to activate critical behavioural patterns, mainly within the classes. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training The Outdoor Training in VAL-TUR Time of the Unit: 60 hours Start up:(about 10 hours). The teaching method used is typical of the self - empowerment laboratory, with the using of team working and the presentation of the outdoor training activities. The outdoor activities: 30 hours full immersion in residence: opening session, 5 or 6 practising sessions (each with outdoor activities, processing sessions), closing session and debate on the effect, the outcome in the individual vocational area Individual Counselling. (about 10 hours). the guidance interview has been used in different phases of the “Outdoor” programme. It was an individual guidance and counselling with the aim of developing the individual soft skills. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training OUTDOOR SETTLED CAMP THE REASON WHY WHY to promote an Outdoor programme: • Giving more value to the vocational training course; • Creating the right climate for learning “Soft Skills” and give the participants the possibilities of having an active part during the course starting from their own resources; • To speed the activation of the potentiality of each participant (self empowerment), • “Outdoor” represents an effective occasion to get the necessary training to face the work placement successfully. • Giving the possibilities to make comparisons and to approach experiences for better knowing resources and limit of one’s own behaviour. • To transfer the effects in the work place and in everyday situations. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Outcomes of the follow up realized after 3 weeks from the end of the “Outdoor” session Question : what is for “Outdoor”? Student M.D. Outdoor is a teaching method used to improve the team spirit, but most of all is a personal experience used to individuate our inner abilities. It serves the purpose of developing our self – esteem, and to trust in our capabilities. Outdoor would have good effect in the personal and working life. We learn how to face problems and not to escape from them, It’s not “I don’t do it” but It’s “How could I do It?” Student C.A. Outdoor is used to know everything We need in our life: that is the courage, the strenght of will, the responsibility and the commitment to reach the aim. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Outcomes of the follow up realized after 3 weeks from the end of the “Outdoor” session Question : Did You think You would be able to manage? Why? Student S.S. Actually I didn’t think I could succeed in what I have done. The reason is that I was ever been a person with a very low trust in her own abilities, and sometimes I tend to give up at the first difficulties even without trying. All is due to my very low self-esteeem and to my stubbornness. With “Outdoor” experience, which was not at all simple, I could improve myself and see each problem in a critical way, with the awareness that I could manage as everybody could. Student G.C. At the beginning I didn’t know anything about “Outdoor”, then when I saw What It was about I thought that It was simple. Then I had to change my mind and I understood that I had to use my brain to reach our purposes. And I got It also thanks to my fellows’ help. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Outcomes of the follow up realized after 3 weeks from the end of the “Outdoor” session Question: how did You take to the end the activity? Student M.D. I think I could take to the end the activity thanks to who was trying to help me and thanks to myself, because I tried to take out my pride and to face my fears, most of all the fear of not feeling like the others. Student G.C. Making me courage when I was going on, and at the end when I reach the aim I was happy. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Vocational Training: what We have done Cedit experience Outdoor Teaching Method Team Building Project Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Team Building Project This project had the aim to improve the soft skill on the leadership and the team working. These two skills together are meant to develop the ability of guidance and leadership towards other people actions and to improve the individual autonomy in taking decision. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Team Building Project Issues: • Choosing the leadership model most coherent with one’s own vision and most suitable to the context and to the aims; • Individuate in a short time the right model of leadership to take on the basis of the context; • Identify in a short time the problems and working out the solution following a rational and logical procedure; • Transfer to other people one’s own vision and involve emotionally and logically in It. • Communicate effectively with the collaborators, even in difficult /urgent and critical situation • Manage the feedbacks to the collaborators in the most functional and effective way relative to the aims . Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training THE TARGET 8 participants, each with roles of responsibilities in their own work place, and with a common shared activity in the freetime: All of them participate to the “Italian Association of timing in sport activities”. Their main interest was directed to develop and improve the team working skills and managing their leadership skills in the work place and in the sport activities. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT The Team Building project was a programme of 72 hours • Welcoming and start up: 8 hours • “Outdoor” programme: two days experience in sailing boat realized in two weekend , 32 hours • Debate about the outcomes : 4 hours • Workshop of follow up: 8 hours • Project Work activity: 20 hours Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Team Building The programme It has been realized during an experience of navigation in sailing boat of two days (two weekend). We lend 2 boats, 6 place each, an expert skipper and two senior teachers each of them with the driving licence for sailing. During the navigation every participant have to check constantly his own progress in the leadership activity through: • Assuming comand of the boat more then one time starting from the second navigation day; • Making exercise on autonomous responsibilities related to specific roles onboard; • Debate about effect of the outhdoor activity in practising the leadership through individual interviews with the teachers and the filling in a self-assessment final questionnaire. Florence March 2010

S H O T SHaring Orientation Training Team building Project The results Workshop of follow up: the aims • make participants think of what They have learnt: after the experience They saw and analyse the video made by the teachers; • to go into deep of the concept of the behaviours They had, analyse if There are possibility of transferable actions in the work place, discuss their operative meaning, the difficulties and the way to overcome; • to describe, analyse and discuss the group profile to improve it and plan a possible development ; Florence March 2010

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