Scope
The course empowers teachers and volunteer leaders to foster active citizenship in youth. It explores strategies for engagement in community and social responsibility projects, and encourages volunteerism in schools through collaborative initiatives. It emphasizes capacity-building, cooperations and partnerships, and offers practical tools to inspire people to become active, responsible citizens.
ECVET points: 3.5
Target groups
- Teachers of secondary education
- Highschool directors/coordinators
- NGO and Associations workers and managers
- Youth workers
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:
- Understanding Active Citizenship and Volunteering
- Mapping of local community needs by students/young people/community members
- Motivate students young people/community members to participate in volunteering activities
- How to strengthen Active Citizenship and Community Development
- Strengthen volunteering habits
- Management of volunteering projects: principles of project management
- Detection of training needs for teachers, students, external participants
- Learning through volunteering
- Evaluation of learning in the volunteering projects
- Collaboration of organisations with schools/learning institutions – case studies and examples
Methodology
- Presentations
- Examples and case studies
- Workshops and exercises facilitated by the trainer
Thematic units
- Understanding Active Citizenship and Volunteering
- Mapping of local community needs by students/young people/community members
- Motivate students young people/community members to participate in volunteering activities
- How to strengthen Active Citizenship and Community Development
- Strengthen volunteering habits
- Management of volunteering projects: principles of project management
- Detection of training needs for teachers, students, external participants
- Learning through volunteering
- Evaluation of learning in the volunteering projects
- Collaboration of organisations with schools/learning institutions – case studies and examples
Learning material
The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.
Cost
Tuition fee: 400 euro per person
The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.
The cost can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.
Cultural activities (optional)
Includes:
A walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner,
Indicative menu: Cretan salad, zucchini fritters, sausage, cretan grilled cheese, cretan meat balls, pork slow roasted in the oven with sauce and herbs, served with mashed potatoes flavoured with mushroom truffle, traditional cretan pasta, dessert, wine / raki
PRICE per person: 25 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
A guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites,
It includes: The Acropolis hill, Parthenon, the historical area of Plaka & Monastiraki: 3 hours guided tour
COST: 150€ divided to the number of participants. No transport costs or entrance ticket to Acropolis Hill are included.
A common dinner in Athens,
Indicative menu: Feta wrapped with honey and sesame, greek salad, black eyed peas, octopus, calamari, cod croquettes, chicken strips, burger patties, orzotto with vegetables, wine and refreshments
PRICE per person: 30 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
The restaurants and menu may change depending on the availability and time of the year and the weather conditions.
The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.
Training sessions
Location | Dates | Cost |
Piraeus | 4-8/11/2024 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 19-23/5/2025 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 3-7/11/2025 | 400€ |
Further information
Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr
Course Features
- Lectures 71
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 5 day
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Day 1
- Welcome
- Presentation of participants
- Expectations from the training course
- Introduction to the training course
- Presentation of your organization
- Understanding Active Citizenship and Volunteering
- • Define active citizenship and its importance in community development
- • The role of citizens in fostering change
- • Cooperation between schools, families and associations in the development of active citizenship
- Mapping of local community needs by students/young people/community members
- • Basic questions to ask, relations between local, regional and global; transversal needs
- • Communication between schools/businesses and organisations
- Motivate students/young people/community members to participate in volunteering activities
- • Participation of potential volunteers in the definition, planification and decision making of the activity
- • Involve participants in the activity assessment
- • Reinforcing group cohesion through volunteering activities
- • Volunteering activities and digital citizenship
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Day 2
- How to strengthen Active Citizenship and Community Development
- Reinforcing Group Cohesion and Volunteering through drama
- • Design team-building improv games that emphasize trust and collaboration
- • Improve scenes that highlight empathy, joy and the fulfilment found in helping others
- The Role of Citizens in Fostering Change
- • Role-reversal exercises where participants switch roles to better understand different perspectives and responsibilities
- • Improvise scenarios where participants, playing citizens, collaborate to solve hypothetical community issues
- Dissemination of voluntarism through creative and engaging activities
- • Create an inspiring motivational activity about the personal and communal benefits of volunteering
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Day 3
- Management of volunteering projects
- • Key components of project management: planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation
- • Planification
- • Execution: task assignment, resource management and communication
- • Monitoring
- • Self-assessment and enhancement of the project
- • Improve the project
- Learning through volunteering
- • Who can learn through volunteering?
- • Volunteering as a learning opportunity for students or adults
- • Anticipate learning: create activities with learning objectives
- • Collaborating with schools: Alignment of volunteering activities with curricular contents
- • Skills development through structured volunteering activities
- Legal aspects to take into account in volunteering activities in schools -differences between different school systems
- • Who can learn through volunteering?
- • Volunteering as a learning opportunity for students or adults
- • Anticipate learning: create activities with learning objectives
- • Collaborating with schools: Alignment of volunteering activities with curricular contents
- • Skills development through structured volunteering activities
- Training for teachers, students, external participants
- • Skills or interests useful in volunteering
- • What should participants know about a specific volunteering activity?
- • Using external expertise for the students volunteering training
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Day 4
- Evaluation of learning in the volunteering projects
- • Reflection and evaluation moments scheduled during the activity
- • Celebrate results
- • How to combine celebration with dissemination of the work done?
- • Why is acknowledging success not at odds with detecting and improving mistakes?
- Strengthen volunteering habits
- • Create a culture of service: institutionalise volunteering activities in schools and businesses
- • Sustainability over time
- • External organisations and longevity in cooperations
- • Mentors and liaisons
- Collaboration of organisations with schools/learning institutions – case studies and examples
- • Create a joint plan
- • How to help teachers include volunteering in their courses
- • Legal aspects to take into account in volunteering activities involving schools and minors
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Day 5
- Meeting/discussion with school/organisation
- Study visit (The date to be organised depends on the availability of the school/organisation to be visited)
- Organise a volunteering activity
- • Preparation, Implementation, R.A.D.
- • Make a plan on how to use what we learned
- Evaluation of the training course
- Certificates – Europass Mobility
- Closure and farewell