Leading and Facilitating Groups

A course on leading and facilitating outdoor groups. It starts with learning outcomes and how to keep them flexible, then covers leading the group (directive and enabling leadership, and managing groups that go off track), facilitation and feedback, and finishes with celebrating each learner's outcomes.

15 videos 1 h 17 m 4 sections

Course contents

Outcomes

5 videos · 27 min

Learning theories, NCEA-based outcomes, and activities as a vehicle for them 6:33 The richness of outdoor learning, and clarifying/co-owning outcomes 4:09 When outcomes need to evolve mid-session, and staying responsive 5:47 Working within your organisation's plan, and building in contingencies 4:27 The 'sausage factory' problem, and rotating with groups to learn their needs 5:49

Leading the group

4 videos · 21 min

Directive vs enabling leadership, and positioning front vs back of the group 5:15 Matching autonomy to group competence, and the trade-offs of each group position 5:57 Managing groups off track — environment, safety and minimising your footprint 6:32 Supporting slower or struggling group members 2:55

Facilitation and feedback

4 videos · 20 min

Three types of feedback, and facilitating group feedback without judgment 5:13 Identifying a group's purpose and using it to guide facilitation 4:34 The continuum exercise for group feedback 3:02 Setting boundaries for psychological safety, and the DESC/OEV feedback models 6:58

Bringing it together

2 videos · 10 min

Celebrating each learner's personal outcomes 3:22 Sticking to a plan while adapting from mistakes, and finding your authentic style 6:33