Tutor Training Pre-Reading 

Refresher

This half-day Tutor Training focuses on disseminating and sharing information on the various Sports Leaders UK leadership qualifications through two seminars as shown on the timetable below: 

8.30 to 9.00	9.00 to 10.30	10.30 to 10.50	10.50 to 12.00
Arrival & Registration	Introduction & Sharing Good Practice	Morning Break	Leadership Learning Communities Quality Assurance & QCF Update

Who is the workshop for?

This training is only available to experienced tutors of the awards and qualifications who have attended a Tutor Training day previously.

What are the aims of the seminars?

1 - Introduction and Sharing Good Practice
During this seminar you will look at the importance of sharing good practice, that you have developed as a result of your experiences of teaching leadership qualifications. You will initially participate in some group discussion of your current practices, and will be encouraged to share these with fellow delegates.

Following this, delegates will be asked to share practical ideas from the games/activities that are used to teach leadership to your candidates. Each delegate will be asked to think of one teaching idea that they have used to help deliver a particular aspect of their leadership course, and to then share it with the rest of the group. This provides great opportunity for everyone to have a go and join in, therefore sharing your best practice. A kitbag of general sports equipment (for example balls, bibs, blindfolds, bean bags and cones) will be available, but please bring with you any specific materials/equipment that you would like to use.

2 - Leadership Learning Communities, Teaching Values, QCF & Quality Assurance Update
We will highlight the benefits of you setting up, or being involved with, a Leadership Learning Community in your local area. This will equip you to share support and guidance with other tutors within your centre/local area, and create a network of people who continue to develop through learning collaboratively. We all have knowledge that we sometimes don't even realise is there, and sharing with colleagues often helps us to develop new ideas based on the knowledge that we have tucked away in our grey matter!

This seminar will also examine the values delivered during a leadership course. This will be done by investigating the phrase 'working towards a set of values', as identified in all Sports Leaders UK leadership courses. We will look at how these values are currently taught to candidates, and explore possible alternative methods of doing so. Working towards a set of values is paramount for every leader, and if you have been delivering for some time, you may find this workshop offers another set of ideas about how we can enhance our teaching of leadership.

Finally, there will be an opportunity to refresh and update your knowledge of the quality assurance requirements for the courses that you are delivering. We will have one of our local External Verifiers (EVs) on hand to lead this section and take any specific questions that you may have. If you are unsure who your local EV is, please visit the What's Happening In Your Region pages.

What needs to be done before attending these sessions?

Please think of some examples that you might be willing to share with others that relate to either good or bad practice during your delivery experiences (we all learn from making mistakes, and young leaders often learn more from the bad examples than the good ones!).

You will need to come equipped with some of your best delivery ideas associated with the awards and qualifications, and be willing to share them amongst the group. For example games, group activities, discussion tasks. It is up to you what you would like to address - so bring your ideas and examples used so far.

We will also have time to take any questions and hopefully dispel any fears. It is not a seminar where your practice will be judged, it's about you sharing your ideas with others. We want you to take at least one useful thing away that will enhance your teaching of leadership.

View a video clip that shows a taster of some of the activities covered during the Refresher Tutor Training workshop.