Adult Training Scheme Overview

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Module 25 – Assessing Learning

Relevant to:

Managers
Other Supporters
Section Supporters

Description

Providing the knowledge skills and attitudes to effectively support adults through The Scout Association’s Wood Badge and other assessed schemes.

This means:

understanding The Scout Association’s Adult Training Scheme
using learning needs analysis
using effective validation techniques
providing feedback
providing support for learners.

Questions

Do you know and can you use tools to identify learning needs?
Can you effectively validate learning of another adult?
Can you provide effective feedback to another adult?
Can you provide effective support to another adult in a learning situation?

Delivery methods

Course
Workbook

To validate this module you will need to:

Look at the requirements of your Appointment.

The validation methods for this module vary according to your role – some learners will be completing it as line managers and some may be completing it as Training Advisers.

If you are a Manager/Supporter

Prepare a briefing to an adult new to Scouting on the Adult Training Scheme and how it works.
As part of a review meeting with someone you manage or support, review their training progress. Record and action any support they require.

If you are a Nights Away Adviser

Work as a Nights Away Adviser for at least two adults over a period of at least three months.

You must offer advice and support to adults working towards a Nights Away Permit. Keep a record of your meetings with them, your discussions and how you reached the agreements you did.

If you are a Training Adviser

Work as a Training Adviser for at least two new adults over a period of at least three months.

You must determine their learning needs, help them produce Personal Learning Plans and support them through at least three modules. Keep a record of your meetings with them, your discussions and how you reached the agreements you did.

Open College Network

This module has an OCN equivalent outside Scouting, which is not part of Providing and Managing Voluntary Youth Services. It is the NOCN Tutor Assessor Award.

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