Course overview

Coaching offers a powerful way for you to take a step back, reflect on your practice and find the courage to do things differently and recently we have withstood a trend of schools adopting coaching tools and strategies to foster and improve students’ learning process, attainment and Emotional Intelligence.
Emotional Intelligence is crucial in our society for both teachers and learners and it is a greater predictor of success and accomplishment than IQ or academic results.
By participating in this course you will discover the power of Emotional Intelligence, coaching and leading as well as emerging trends to support students in their challenges. We will practice and master concrete coaching activities, working  methods and tools that you will be able to use in your school the day after the course.

Learning outcomes

This structured course aims to enhance the understanding of coaching and emotional intelligence and to guide participants through the possibilities offered by the emerging trend of using coaching methods in formal education pathways to boost learners’ learning process and motivation.
The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by equipping teachers, school staff and managers with the needed knowledge and skills to enhance staff and learners' Emotional Intelligence and effectively apply coaching methods in school settings.
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Thanks to this course the participants will:

• Get acquainted with the key elements and growing trends related to coaching and emotional intelligence;
• Develop a greater awareness of how to support students’ learning process thanks to coaching skills;
• Learn how to enhance Emotional Intelligence, Leadership and Conflict Management in the classroom;

• Practice and get acquainted with coaching tools and strategies to support goal setting and solution-oriented attitudes;
• Get insights and concrete ideas on how to manage challenging situations in the school setting;
• Exchange best practices and share experiences about coaching tools with fellow teachers and with the course trainers;
• Network with individuals and organizations working in the education field in Europe through everyday cooperation and team-building activities.

Courses planned

2023
12/02/2023 - 18/02/2023 (Bologna)
​12/03/2023 - 18/03/2023 (Tenerife)
28/05/2023 - 03/06/2023 (Palermo)
25/06/2023 - 1/07/2023  (Bologna)
03/09/2023 - 09/09/2023 (Palermo)
03/09/2023 - 09/09/2023 (Tenerife)
05/11/2023 - 11/11/2023 (Bologna)
05/11/2023 - 11/11/2023 (Tenerife)

2024
11/02/2024 - 17/02/2024 (Bologna)
11/02/2024 - 17/02/2024 (Palermo)
10/03/2024 - 16/03/2024 (Tenerife)
26/05/2024 - 01/06/2024 (Palermo)
16/06/2024 - 22/06/2024 (Bologna)
25/08/2024 - 31/08/2024 (Tenerife)
01/09/2024 - 07/09/2024 (Palermo)
20/10/2024 - 26/10/2024 (Tenerife)
27/10/2024 - 02/11/2024 (Bologna)

​If none of these dates suits you please mind that if there are at least 8 participants interested we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school.

Target audience

This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education and NGOs. Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels.

Language

The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. 
Please write an email to info@erasmuslearningacademy.eu to get more information about it.

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"It has been a rewarding experience, with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Suitable for teachers who want to approach the inner personality of their learners."

- Gabriela Perian, Romania

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"The course is really enriching and goes to the core of the act of a good living, not only good learning and teaching methods. I wish this was an integral part of education since elementary schools."

​- Jana Trajtelová, Slovakia

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"Thank you for giving us emotional intelligence and coaching tools that we can use in our classroom."

-Tamás Bodrogi, Hungary

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Standard daily programme

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles.
Our standard program comprises 7 days of course, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we can organize longer or shorter versions of this course.

Sunday	-  Participants arrival -  Orientation and information about the venue and the city  -  Networking activities -  Walking tour in the venue’s city
Monday	- Course introduction - Teambuilding exercises - Needs and expectations evaluation - Introduction to Coaching in Education - Understanding the differences and similarities between coaching and teaching - Building awareness as a key of the coaching process: discovering our personal characteristics, resources and aims. -  Basic concepts about coaching and the learning process -  Reflections on current teaching practices and styles
Tuesday	-  Coaching skills: introduction to socio-emotional learning -  Practical activities on socio-emotional learning -  Coaching skills: introduction to leadership and Goleman’s leadership styles -  The key value of teamwork and membership in education -  Practical group work and simulations on leadership, teamwork and membership -  Cultural activities in the venue’s city
Wednesday	-  Coaching skills: conflict management -  Changing point of view: conflicts as opportunities and the beauty of conflict management -  Practical work: identifying the type of conflict and the best conflict management strategy -  How to battle negativity and bad thoughts in the classroom ​-  Optional cultural visit outside the venue’s city (Florence, Cefalù, El Teide...)
Thursday	-  The importance of giving constructive feedback -  Practical work and simulations on coaching dynamics
Friday	-  Coaching tools for teachers and education staff -  Changing perspective from problems to solutions: solution-based brief coaching -  Practical work on coaching tools -  Farewell dinner   ​
Saturday	- Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities - Course roundup and final evaluation - Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony - Additional training session tailored to specific needs (optional) - Optional cultural activities in another major city (not included) - Participants departure ​

Other relevant facts

• Methodology
• Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
• Certification and Validation of learning outcomes

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We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.

Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We are proud to tailor our training courses to both participants' learning and practical needs and to ease your participation at our training courses, we will gladly take care of all the practical arrangements. If you prefer, you can take care of some of the practical arrangements by yourself (e.g. meals, local transport...), though we will manage the organization of your accommodation in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, safety and time-efficiency. We always provide board and lodging in the same hotel in which we organize the course  thus ensuring optimal comfort and potential of networking with the fellow participants. Read more about  how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements. 
The most common option that we offer to schools and organisations in 2023 costs 1280 EUR in Bologna, 1220 EUR in Tenerife and 1130 EUR in Palermo and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, 2 coffee breaks per day, walking tour in the venue’s city, a sum-up dissemination video. This standard option in Bologna and Tenerife includes all meals from Sunday lunch to Saturday lunch, while in Palermo includes ​all breakfasts and three networking meals in local restaurants. For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.

At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate. The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.

Videos and photos of previous training courses

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