TtT Programme
Deaf Enterprise: Train the Trainer workshop
updated 7 November 2017, updated 10 November
Dates: 22 – 27 November 2017
Participants
Participants
Deaf Enterprise partners:
- Miriam Grottanelli de Santi (IT, host)
- Pia Rizzi (IT)
- Lynne Barnes (UK)
- Luigi Lerose (UK)
- Outi Toura-Jensen (DK)
- Ole Vestergaard (DK)
- Liesbeth Pyfers (NL)
- Ana Bariç (NL)
Deaf Trainers:
- Clark Denmark (UK)
- Ramon Woolfe (UK)
- Jakob Gade (DK)
- Humberto Insolera (IT)
- Claudio Ferrara (IT)
Hearing Trainers:
- Ninja Kors
- Elten Kiene
Interpreters:
- Lissa Zeviar
- Brigitte François
- Eddie Moriarty
Venue
Venue
All meetings: Siena School for Liberal Arts, Via Pendola, 37, www.sienaschool.com
Hotel: Albergo Cannon D'Oro, Via Montanini 28 , SIENA, ITALY, www.cannondoro.com travel info to the hotel (in English):http://www.cannondoro.com/siena_hotel.php
Google maps with the Train Station, the Hotel, Wednesday Dinner and our meeting place.
Lunch - Dinner info
Wednesday
Day 1: Wednesday 22 November 2017
Arrival of all trainers and participants
19:00 Welcome Dinner
- da Bobbe e Davide, via Camollia 167 - Siena. The Website of the restaurant. Directions on Google maps.
Thursday
Day 2: Thursday 23 November 2017
09:00 Welcome and Introductions
- Welcome and practical matters (Miriam)
- The Deaf Enterprise Project (Liesbeth)
- Personal Introductions
- The programme for the workshop (Ninja)
10:00 Introductory Workshop
by: Elten Kiene
Aim: to get to know each other (group cohesion, building trust)
11:00 Presentation of the Deaf Enterprise Curriculum
and explantion of the rationale behind its current form and content (Lynne; Outi & Ole)
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Assignment 1: Making Yourself Heard
- By: Ninja Kors
- Aim & Method: To enable the trainers to build the methods for delivering the curriculum, keeping in mind their own target groups
- Trainers are presented with the contents of a particular topic and challenged to find the most suitable working format and/or develop activities to deliver it to the target group with whom they will be working.
- The Assignment is presented by Ninja, the trainers are then required to work in small groups, coached by the partners from their countries.
16:00 Presentation of results
- By: Ninja Kors / Elten Kiene & the trainers themselves
- Aim & Method: The outcomes of the case studies are presented and discussed, providing an opportunity to learn from the other groups/countries. The outcomes contribute to the curriculum.
17:30 Free time for trainers for informal learning, working or relaxing
- Parallel: DE partners meet for an evaluation of the day
19:00 Dinner
Friday
Day 3: Friday 24 November 2017
09:00 The Journey: You as a Role Model
The Journey: You as a role model
- By: Ninja Kors
- Aim: to prepare trainers to assume the role of coach (rather than teacher) and view their own development as a starting point for helping others
- Method: The Journey (from Frank Heckman based on Flow Theory)
10:30 Methodology: Working Formats
- By Ninja Kors
- Aim & Method: Discussion of different formats for teaching/coaching.
11:00 Methodology: Formats & Set-up of a Workshop
- By Elten Kiene
- Aim & Method: Going through the workshop as a format – what works and doesn’t work, why and how?
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Assignment 2: Deaf Gain
by: Ninja Kors
16:00 Presentation of results
17:30 Free time for trainers for informal learning, working or relaxing
- Parallel: DE partners meet for an evaluation of the day
19:00 Dinner
Saturday
Day 4: Saturday 25 November 2017
09:00 Group dynamics & cohesion
- By Ninja Kors & Elten Kiene
- Aim & Method: Working with a group always, in any setting with any group, follows a certain pattern. It helps to be aware of this process if you want your group to work together smoothly and if you want to be able to steer things in a certain direction. Explanation of this dynamic and working on devising strategies for solving problems.
11:00 Keeping the group together: techniques and exercises
- By Elten Kiene
Examples of techniques and exercises to build and maintain social cohesion as well as establish trust between coach and participants. Trainers are invited to present their own examples of problematic situations they encountered (in any setting, doesn’t need to be teaching) and how they addressed this, didn’t address this, or maybe should have addressed this.
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Filming Introductions and Invitations
- On the DE website and Facebook page, we will post short videos of the Deaf trainers:
1. an Introduction: Hi, we are the trainers of the DE workshop, this is who we are, and
2. an Invitation to the Workshop: what, where, for whom, and: how to register? To be discussed: can anyone participate? Or: do we add some requirements, for instance, good sign language skills? 18+? ..... ? - Filming
- If there is time: filming short interviews with the participants
Parallel: Assignment 3: Entrepreneurship / Employability
16:00 Presentation of results
17:30 Free time for trainers for informal learning, working or relaxing
- Parallel: DE partners meet for an evaluation of the day
19:00 Dinner
Sunday
Day 5: Sunday 26 November 2017
09:00 How to provide feedback
- By Elten Kiene
- How to provide constructive feedback that will help the participant move forward (coaching technique)
11:00 Adapting the curriculum for the national workshops - Reflection on the curriculum so far
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Working on program formats for the national workshops,
Together with the DE partners, to deliver the curriculum to your own national target group. What to include, how to deliver, how to organize the workshop, etc.
16:00 Evaluation of the Train the Trainer workshop
19:00 Farewell Dinner
- Miriam and Pia will tell us where!