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Mirror reflection on youth workers' resources
Mirror reflection on youth workers' resources
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Youth workers are "instruments" in our work with young people. Therefore, being aware of one's own practices, resources, and competencies is helpful for continuous professional development.
This activity invites youth workers to look into the “mirror” of their practice, surface their resources and competences, explore growth areas, and learn from peers.
The Coaching Guide resource inspires this activity to explore the competencies and inner resources of youth workers to support young people in an empowering and educational manner. Belief and awareness in our own abilities are typically developed and reinforced through the acquisition of competencies and gained experience. For these reasons, it is important to reflect in advance on your own experiences and competencies.
Step 1. Preparing your reflection mirror
Use the paper or notebook to draw a mirror and your reflection in it. Ask yourself the following questions:
- Who are you when engaging with young people?
- What do you do in activities involving young people?
- Why are you involved in youth work?
- 3 cards which say something what you are good at.
- 3 cards which say something what others tell about what you are good at.
- 3 cards which is something what you need and want to improve.
Step 2. Sharing with your peers
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the ...?" - find someone from your circles to share your mirror reflection. If you can, ask other colleagues, team members, volunteers to join this excersise and exchange your mirror reflections.
Go to the badge and submit evidence about your reflection on competiences and individual resources.
The Awero organisation created this educational resource and activity for the Erasmus+ Accreditation training for youth workers.
This activity supports youth workers' competence development in the "Managing Resources" area. Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers to work internationally:
- Demonstrating self-management skills.
- Building on resources and opportunities from partnerships to increase quality and impact of the project, both offline and online.
Want to endorse (?) our organisation, this activity and/or badge - send us an email! Contact us at info@awero.org for further questions.
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Badge earner looked into the “mirror” of their practice, surfaced their resources and competencies, explored growth areas, and learned from peers. They became aware of their own practices, resources, and competencies, as well as what they need for continuous professional development.
To get a badge, a youth worker needed:
- To reflect on their role, activities and reasons for being involved in youth work.
- To use the skills cards to identify their strengths and areas for improvement.
- To share their reflection with their peers.
Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers to work internationally.
Learning duration: 1 hour.
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity organiser
Reflect on your youth work practices, competencies and resources while creating your mirror reflection.
- Share an image of your mirror or
- Describe three things that you are good at and three things you want to improve in your youth work practice.
Skills
#Demonstrating self-management skills
#Building on resources and opportunities from partnerships to increase quality and impact of the project, both offline and online
Organisers
Nectarus
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Awero not-for-profit organisation manages this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@awero.org.
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