4η Συνάντηση – Ελλάδα 17/6/2013 – 20/6/2013

The Philosophy behind the Interventions on Educators? Population

Our experience has taught us that programmes for students, for their encouragement and education, become more effective when the same attention is given to the encouragement and support of the group of educators.

Knowing how new kinds of demands are placed on the educator?s role today, how many unforeseen difficulties arise and how much loneliness is felt within the role, we deem it useful, within this program, to invite those educators who are interested, to take part in training activities.

These activities, experiential in nature, provide the opportunity to cultivate their joining, connection and encouragement via dialogue and sharing of experience and concerns.

Structure/design

In June 2013, a third set of interventions took place at the Lyceum school of Rentis. The 1rst was a set of various workshops from December 2012 ? April 2013 both for students & for teachers and the 2^nd was a Greek & Romanian educators? seminar that took place in January 2013.

The interventions designed for June 2013, aimed exclusively at the teachers population and they were conducted at a period that students had already completed their academic year (2012-2013).

Besides the teachers of Renti school, the training seminar was also addressed to the Romanian education professionals, partners in the context of the Comenius Program. Also, all teachers of Renti School were invited to participate if they so wished, including those that do not actively take part in the Comenius program.

The workshops were delivered at 3 consecutive days and had the following structure:

 In this workshop all school teachers of Rentis Lyceum were invited regardless of their involvement in the Comenius Regio Programme. Thus, all members of the teaching community of Rentis School had the opportunity to participate and create a framework to express themselves and to share experiences, thoughts and difficulties.

Topic: Utilising the Group in Times of Crisis.

Time & Location: A four hour seminar (10.00-14.00), on the 17^th of June 2013, at Rentis school premises

Participants: From the community of the Rentis Lyceum teaching staff, a number of 20 teachers participated, 5 out of which were not actively involved at the Comenius Regio Programme

Goal: Participants had the opportunity to elaborate on the importance of the group in dealing with crisis situations. In order to utilize crisis for one?s own benefit the small, familiar and functional group is needed more than ever before. The participants had the chance by reflecting and sharing their own experiences and problems to examine ways to utilize group within the school context and also to utilize the difference as a source of enrichment and not as a source of conflict through sharing emotions and personal experience.

Method: Experiential learning based on the principles of Group Forming and Group Process developed by the Athenian Institute of Anthropos during the last decades. The methodology stems from the multilevel multifocal systemic approach, developed by the AIA team of professionals over the last 4 decades.

Trainers/Facilitators: Dr Mina Todoulou, Psychologist, Supervisor for the AIA contribution to the Project, Member of the Athenian Institute of Anthropos (A.I.A.) Scientific and Training Group, specialist on issues of the family, the group, the school, the community. Members of the A.I.A. group of colleagues collaborating on the Rentis Program, Maria Karpodini, Psychologist and Angeliki Sakellariou, Psychology Consultant.

          2. Two Day Training Workshops at Rentis Lyceum for Greek and Romanian educators

 The workshops were addressed to educators of Rentis Lyceum who attended the workshop on the 17^th of June and wished to continue their training along with a group of visiting Romanian educators.