Coaching
As a facilitator working with young people, sometimes you can find yourself more in a coach role to the group, this means, trying to help and support the young people to develop their ideas and projects.
That’s why we decided to include one session in the training about coaching, just to introduce some basics and provide participants with a couple of techniques in case they find themselves in this role in the future.
The facilitator / coach will develop this role by asking questions and offering opportunities that will challenge the coachee to find answers from within himself or herself, so helping them to learn by themselves and take decisions based in their own preferences, values and perspectives, instead of providing “advices” and telling the young people what to do. This way we really promote the learning and development of the coachees.
So one main point is “asking good questions” (that is our next chapter ), and it can be always helpful to follow some structure as technique; so in the “Facilitator Survival Kit” training, we explain the “ROSA” model for coaching! ROSA stands for:
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R = Reality: What is the situation of the group? Help them to analyze and be aware of their reality and the issues, challenges and distance to whatever they want to reach.
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O = Objectives: Once they are aware of their reality, they can define a clear goal and when they will be able to say that they have fulfilled it.
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S = Solutions: Possible ways to overcome the obstacles, finds ways of dealing with them, and reach their goal.
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A = Action: Last step is to convert the solutions into specific actions (clear, timed and structured) that they will take to achieve their goal. If we deal with a group, this action plan they will be defining, has to include also the responsible (who is doing what!).
