EDUCATORS’ TRAINING FOR REFUGEE SCHOOLS

We trained 25 educators who will work at schools with refugee youth, coordinated by Elix.

Themis Gkion from Flow Athens and Gani Naylor – certified PYE facilitators – co-led the ‘Creative Facilitation I’ (CF1) training for Elix, 30 & 31 January 2017, at the ‘Higgs’ NGO Incubator in Athens.

CF1 is a 16-hour experiential learning programme by ‘Partners for Youth Empowerment’ for informal education practitioners, aiming:
 

• To explore their relationship to their creativity
   
• To learn ways to build a safe learning environment
   
• To learn arts-based activities that enliven learning and build group trust
   
• To explore ways to weave a variety of art forms into a programme.
   

We asked the participants’ feedback at the end of the training:
 

100% of the participants reported they were ‘completely satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the training
 

100% of the participants reported that the training taught them things that will be ‘completely useful’ or ‘a good amount useful’ in their work with youth or groups
 

91% of the participants claimed that this training will change the way they work with youth or groups ‘a great deal’ or ‘a good amount’

100% of the participants would recommend this workshop to a friend or colleague

Participant testimonials:
 

“The most important thing I discovered in this training is that experimenting with different forms of creativity is liberating”
 

“The most important thing I discovered in this training is to see the learning process as a game: structured but fun!!!”
 

“The most important thing I learned in this training is to take creative risks and encourage others for that”
 

“The most important thing I learned in this training is that provoking [the] imagination invites people to get committed to the [learning] process and to other people”
 

“The most important thing I discovered in this training is the unique importance of working in teams and [to] feel as a team member”
 

“The most important thing I discovered in this training is very practical techniques and methods to raise concentration, [to] enhance teambuilding, safety in the classroom and our students’ creativity as well as ours at the same time.”
 

“I would recommend this workshop to a friend/colleague because it allows you to come out of your shell and have so much FUN”
 

“I would recommend this workshop to a friend/colleague because it provides tools, process, context and hope”
 

“I would recommend this workshop to a friend/colleague because it inspires personal and professional change”
 

“I would recommend this workshop to a friend/colleague because it creates strong team bonds, no limits for ourselves, respect each other”