Developing Soft Skills

Scope

The course addresses professionals of training, in order to be able to cultivate to their students personal competencies and skills of teamworking and time management.

 ECVET points: 3.5

Target groups

Teachers and trainers at secondary and post secondary education and training organizations

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:

• the acquisition, improvement and transfer of the main values required by the companies to their workers, giving them the pedagogic-emotional tools, methods and instruments allowing their students to develop these values systematically, methodically and in a structured manner,
• the acquisition, improvement and transfer of the main values required by the companies to their workers, regarding the team work and collaboration. Provide the pedagogic-emotional tools, methods and instruments allowing their students to develop systematically, methodically and in a structured manner the values of cooperation, motivation, reliability and acceptance of opinions, rules and roles,
• the importance of time in the organization to achieve success, giving them the pedagogical tools, methods and instruments to understand the fundamentals of time management with the hope to reach the success, both from a collective perspective involving a group of people in order to achieve common goals in the current labor market and from an individual perspective allowing their students to control their own life over time versus tasks.

Methodology

The training course consists of three thematic units and each one is split into learning units. For each learning unit, there is a short presentation and a series of activities (4-5 activities). The type of activities includes individual activities, role play games, case studies, discussions, debates, brainstorming sessions, projects, teamworking exercises. The aim of the activities is to be used in a classroom with students. During the training course, the trainers will present all the activities to the teachers, while some of the activities, at least one for each unit will be performed in the classroom, to allow reflection and discussion in the group.

Thematic units

• Personal competencies
• Teamworking
• Time management

Learning material

The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.

Cost

Tuition fee: 350 euro per person until the 29th of May 2022 and 400 euro per person from the 30th of May 2022 onwards
The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.

Cultural activities: 80 euro per person*
The cost includes a) a walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner, b) a guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites and c) a common dinner with live music in Athens. The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.

* Due to the COVID-19 situation, currently we are not organising the usual cultural programme. Instead, we propose a guided tour of Athens with a professional guide (visit to Acropolis hill, the Parthenon, Plaka and Monastiraki). Cost: 150€ up to 20 people. The cost is shared between those who attend the tour. Costs for transportation and entrance fees to Acropolis are not included in the above amount. 

The cost can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.

Training sessions

Further information

Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr