IVA International Service- Learning Expedition Team Leaders’ Course (ISLE TLC) – An insight into IVA’s training philosophy
September 27, 2010
The IVA seeks to capacity-build organizations and its leaders with IV capability. We look forward to continually share and open sharing channels. This course aims to prepare team leaders of International Service-Learning Expeditions. These are expeditions that serve communities and aim to harness opportunities for people development at the same time. The content of this course has also been accepted by the NYC’s YEP. As such, we can tailor the course to cater to both YEP or non-YEP team leader preparation. In general, the course will cover issues such as expedition leadership, facilitation of learning, duty of care, and risk and crisis management.
Course Principles & Structure
This is an experiential and interactive course. It will be taught over two weekends with time for reflection in-between. We take in as much as we give out. We believe that people who have taken up expedition leadership will also be people who have life experiences to contribute to the overall learning of the course.
Classroom sessions: The first weekend consists of two day-sessions from 9:00am – 5:30pm. Come dressed comfortably for games and sitting on the floor.
Reflection break: Singaporeans are over-busy people. We tend to crowd out our lives with activities. These activities prevent deeper learning and reflection. Part of the an ISL journey is a focus on reflection where processing of values, attitudes, perspectives occur. Because of our belif that this is important, we’ve built into our course a weekend break in-between the two weekends to give time for reflection, application/testing of some principles taught, and for participants to prepare for the logistics of the residential segment.
Field sessions: The second weekend will be the overnight residential segment. We believe in contextualizing in preparation. So we’ll be learning and playing in a rural environment, replicating the conditions of about 70% of the expedition locations.
Networking session: Because we are an association of practitioners from various backgrounds, where possible, we will have a networking session for course participants to meet with experienced expedition leaders sometime during the course. Do come with questions on leadership, partnership, and any other challenges you face. Enriched learning happens during networking.
