Objectives
- Create an innovative online training programme for educators of early school leavers (ESLs);
- Support trained educators apply new skills to develop the resilience and wellbeing of ESLs;
- Assist ESLs’ build the skills required to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities;
- Foster the creation of safe learning training environments and positive learner-trainer relationships to increase ESLs’ motivation to remain involved with second chance education.
Activities
- Researching existing best-practice approaches to develop trauma-sensitive second chance education environments for ESLs and effective strategies for increasing their resilience and wellbeing;
- Carrying out a needs-assessment with practitioners and ESLs;
- Training workshop in Italy: a five-day Train the Trainers workshop to train those who will deliver the pilot programme in each partner country;
- Piloting the draft online THRIVE Training Programme for practitioners with 10 educators in each partner country;
- Developing the final online educational platform which will contain the THRIVE Training Programme and other project information.
Resources
- European Comparative Report: Trauma-Informed Practices in Second Chance Education;
- THRIVE project website for sharing information and experiences;
- Open-access online training programme for educators working with ESLs
Impact
- Acquisition of new skills and knowledge for educators working with ESLs
- Enhanced international cooperation and dissemination of good practices in the field of trauma sensitivity, positive psychology, and social and emotional literacy
- Fostered resilience, positivity, employability skills, and overall wellbeing, of ESLs
Partners
- ICEP Europe (Ireland, coordinator)
- The Association for Education and Sustainable Development (AESD) (Romania)
- The Centre for Resilience and Social and Emotional Health of the University of Malta (Malta)
- CESIE (Italy)
- Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) (Ireland)
- Compass – Beratung, Begleitung und Training Gemeinnützige GmbH (Austria)
