The grow module helps participants grow as reflective practitioners. It frames the on-site week: participants share their hopes and fears at the start and look back on the whole week at the end. At the end of each day, they give feedback on the day and, at a meta-level, reflect on the methods they have experienced and consider how they can apply them in their own teaching.
\nAn overview of Erasmus+ opportunities shows participants how they can continue their professional development and European collaboration after the training. Together with the flow module (blank\" rel=\"noopener\">→ Flow Module), the grow module serves the aim Growing as Reflective Practitioners in a European Community (blank\" rel=\"noopener\">→ Aims & Learning Outcomes): Hopes & Fears opens the week; Going Meta, Today in Review, and Week in Review address the goal Reflect on professional practice; and Erasmus+ Opportunities addresses the goal Make use of Erasmus+ opportunities.
\n| Activity | \nWorking setting | \nRequires | \nRequired for | \n
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopes & Fears | \nIndividual, then small groups, then plenary | \n– | \n→ Week in Review | \n
| Going Meta | \nPlenary | \n– | \n– | \n
| Erasmus+ Opportunities | \nPlenary, then individual | \n– | \n– | \n
| Today in Review | \nIndividual | \n– | \n– | \n
| Week in Review | \nPlenary | \n→ Hopes & Fears | \n– | \n
Participants first write down their hopes and fears for the course, guided by questions such as What do you hope to gain from this course, and what are you worried about? In groups of four, they share their thoughts, agree on the key points, and write one card for their hopes and one for their fears. In plenary, the groups present their results and pin their cards to a board. The trainers clarify which hopes can realistically be fulfilled during the week and explain how the course creates safe spaces in which fears can be addressed.
\nSharing hopes and fears aligns goals, fosters engagement, and builds mutual understanding.
At the end of each day, participants take a bird's-eye view of what they have learnt. At a meta-level, they reflect on the methods they have experienced and consider how they can apply them in their own teaching, for example: Which digital and analogue methods did we use today, and what is their added value? Which of them could you reuse in your own teaching, in which context, and with which benefits and challenges?
\nParticipants experience the methods as learners and then evaluate them as teachers, which makes the methods transferable to their own classrooms.
In a short input, participants learn how Erasmus+ can support them and their schools:
\nThe input also explains how much work an application involves and how the national agencies support applicants. Participants then outline a possible next step for their own international cooperation, for example with colleagues they have met during the training.
\nThe overview shows participants how they can continue their professional development and the European collaboration they have started in the training.
Invite a representative of the national agency to give the input.
At the end of each on-site day, participants complete a short anonymous online survey, for example in LimeSurvey, with the following tasks:
\nIn its evening meeting, the trainer team discusses the written feedback together with its own observations and adapts the next day accordingly (→ Trainer Team).
\nThe daily feedback allows the trainers to respond to participants' needs while the course is still running.
If no daily survey is carried out, offer at least an anonymous feedback box: for example, participants can pin up worries, wishes, or feedback on the back of the Hopes & Fears board (→ Hopes & Fears) at any time without giving their names. Above all, aim to create a climate of trust in which all participants feel comfortable voicing criticism and wishes directly. In the SciLMi pilots, an anonymous feedback box was offered in addition to the daily survey but was not used.
At the end of the on-site week, participants and trainers look back on the week in three steps, followed by an outlook on the classroom implementation phase and the virtual follow-up.
\nRevisiting the board closes the circle of the week and shows participants that their hopes and fears were taken seriously. Their feedback and take-aways help the trainers improve future deliveries (→ Course Evaluation).
The trainers show the board from the first day (→ Hopes & Fears). Participants check which hopes were fulfilled and which fears proved unfounded, and mark what is still open. The trainers acknowledge open points and suggest follow-ups where needed.
\nIn an open feedback round, participants share how they feel about the week and anything else that comes to mind, whether it relates to content or structure, including suggestions for improvement.
\nRemind participants of the feedback rules before the open feedback round, and allow enough time for it: in conversation, participants often develop very valuable suggestions for improving the course.
In the SciLMi pilots, a short input on the evaluation process was followed by a final online survey as part of the external evaluation. For regular deliveries, a short live poll at the virtual kick-off and the virtual follow-up can systematise the feedback instead (→ Course Evaluation).
Participants collect their highlights of the week on a pinboard or flip chart and write down their personal take-away on the course platform. In a final round, everyone sums up the week in one word for a word cloud.
\nThe word cloud can be created live, for example in Mentimeter.
Finally, the trainers explain how the training continues. In the classroom implementation phase, participants implement their lesson plans in their own classrooms, ideally together with colleagues from other subjects at their school, and revise them on the basis of their experience. In the virtual follow-up, the whole group comes together again to share and reflect on their implementation experiences and discuss next steps (→ Virtual Modules).
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