What are the ingredients of a good process/program for training OST facilitators?
Convenor: Brendan McKeague?
Participants: Kerry, Justus, Lisa, Michael H
Discussion:
Began with discussion around the experiences we’ve had of training and being trained, the language we use to describe our exeriences
Lisa calls her training: Learning Workshops where the emphasis is on mutual learning – these are 2.5 days and participants are invited/recommended to read books (Users Guide and Expanding Our Now) beforehand
Lisa alos now offering ‘The Practice of Peace’ Open Space – experiencing this in the process of OS.
Lisa has offered to send anyone who wishes copies of her training outlines/lesson plans – get in touch if you wish.
Ingredients of training
Trainer’s preparation – careful planning and designing the process what does the training need to provide?
Participants need to ‘experience’ open space within the training process
What can be obtained in other ways – from reading, hand-outs, OS List serve, website, other conversations?
What does not need to happen in the training?
Setting up the space beforehand – according to what they need to know – sometimes they can be involved in this themselves
We’re all different with our own styles/approaches – so we will have variations in how we deliver training
There will be variations in how we appear to engage/disengage, how we are fully present and how we hold the space
We need to keep the space open – through meditation and/or other processes, before/during/after...
We can provide opportunities to particpants to co-facilitate, join with us in other facilitator trainings, OS events after their training to get further experiences and stay connected – in a local ‘practice group’ or network – OS is about communities as opposed to individuals..
Participants’ preparation
What do participants need to know/have access to before the training?
How we shape and communicate the invitation to people is very significant – offer to dialogue according to needs
During the process, provide participants with a ‘container’ in which to store their issues while they are experiencing the process on the first day – perhaps even draw a storage jar on a flip chart and invite them to ‘post’ their questions as they think of them and check them off as they get answered.
Thanks folks Brendan