Course Details

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Trainer/Facilitator:

Adrian Coen B.Ed (Cantab), Dip TEFL, Dip TESP.
See his Profile Here.
















Duration: Twelve sessions, approximately six weeks, two 2 hour meetings per week (flexible)

Class Size: Small - Four or Six participants

Class Blog: [demonstration version only] CLICK HERE.

Course Objectives:

• Broad introductions to a range of topical issues
• Intensive English language practice
• Exposure to terminology and specialized language
  
• Presentation & Interviewing Skills
• Opportunity for self-reflection on career plans
• Increase motivation and confidence building

Topics:

• 4 sessions on ‘development issues’
• 4 sessions on ‘How NGOs work and the roles of NGO staff’
• 4 sessions on ‘skills and strategies’ for language learning and job applications.
• Ongoing simulated application process.
• Research assignments and presentations by participants.

Approach & Materials:

• Active and participatory learning methodology
• Reading materials for each session
• Realia: NGO staff contracts, codes of practice, volunteer placement descriptions, project reports, funding requests, NGO mission statements etc.
  
• Topic related video and audio material for the double purpose of language training and stimulating research and debate
• Extensive use of online resources and real world examples
  
• The class blog

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The Class Blog...

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...is a vital part of this training. Here is a 'demonstration' of what a typical Class Blog will look like:

Click Here: CLASS BLOG (DEMONSTRATION)

• exclusive and confidential: access by password only
• customized: reflecting class's work and content of sessions
• updated by the trainer on a daily basis for the duration of the course
• participants contribute too
• all materials used in the class stored here and available permanently
• supplementary reading materials provided
• audio materials & transcripts available for download
• links to web sites and internet resources on the internet
• interactive forum for feedback and discussion by participants
• details of job vacancies posted where appropriate
• total of approximately 50 unique blog pages by the end of the course

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Outcomes & Outputs

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• 12 sessions on a variety of knowledge and skills topics,
• Over 24 hours of intensive English practice with a native speaker
• A portfolio of reading matter and other course materials
• Simulated application process including interviews & written feedback
• Improved drafts of CVs and cover letters.
• Permanent blog archive
• Certificate on successful completion of the course
• Course documentation (including detailed syllabus)
• Letter of reference to support future job applications
• Permanent access to the course blog

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Session Summaries

Session 1
Introduction & Overview - The NGO Life - part 1

• People’s perceptions of the world around them.
• Overview of development issues.
• Considering a career in the NGO world.
• Part time & voluntary work in the NGO world.
• The necessary abilities and aspirations.

Session 2
The NGO Life - part 2

• Roles & Approaches - What NGOs do.
• What NGO workers do.
• Civil Society Organisations.
• Projects.
• Proposals.
• Campaigns.
• Agendas.
• Donors.
• Consultants.
• Disaster Response.

Session 3
Skills & Strategies - part 1
English language study: getting serious and preparing for a career.

• Speaking
• Writing
• Listening
• Reading
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Session 4
Development Issues - part 1

• Colonialism & Globalisation.
• Aid.
• Development.
• International Institutions.

Session 5
Skills & Strategies - part 2

• Writing effective CVs and cover letters
• Planning & preparing for your job application
  

Session 6
Development Issues - part 2

• Poverty.
• Education.
• Training.
• People with Disabilities.

Session 7
Development Issues - part 3

• Health.
• HIV.
• Nutrition.
• Farming.
• Food Security.

Session 8
Development Issues - part 4

• Environment.
• Gender.
• Life Skills for Youth.
• Small Business.

Session 9
The NGO Life - part 3

• Fundraising
• Donor relations
• Creative resourcing
• Budgeting.

Session 10
The NGO Life - part 4

• Planning
• Implementing
• Results Based Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation.

Session 11
Skills & Strategies - part 3

• Communication
• Writing proposals
• Presentation skills
  
• Hints & tips for interviews

After Session 11: Simulated Application Process
Submit final draft of CV and cover letter



Session 12
Skills & Strategies - part 4

Culmination of Simulated Application Process:

A 30 minute mock interview for each participant - including a 10 minute presentation on the work of a selected NGO




Bonus Session (No.13):
Individual tutorial: detailed feedback on simulated interviews, review of course, discuss sttrategy for the future, receipt of certificate and course documentation.




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About The Trainer

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The trainer and facilitator for this course is Cambridge University educated, and long term Yogyakarta resident, Adrian B. Coen B.Ed, Dip TEFL, Dip TESP.

Adrian has spent much of the last 19 years working in Indonesia in the NGO sector as a volunteer, a consultant, a trainer, a materials designer, a facilitator, a recruiter, a writer and as a translator and interpreter. He is also a teacher and a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business at UGM.

He has provided capacity building support and other kinds of assistance and training to the private sector and also to international organisations including Oxfam, VSO, IRD, CUSO, Save The Children, Arbeiter Samariter Bund Deutschland (ASB) and JRS.

He has worked with national or local organisations, including World Education Indonesia, ICRC, YAKKUM, World Vision Indonesia, Solidaritas Perempuan Kinasih, Combine Resources Institution.

He has also worked in the governmental sector with a range of organisations including JICA, GTZ, USAID, and DIKNAS.

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