The EVC Coaching Pathway

For many of our new EVC’s the processes and procedures surrounding school visits can feel a little daunting. We love delivering our EVC training, as we know it empowers our teams and gives them confidence, ensuring that every child in our schools gets the opportunity to experience high quality educational visits. For some, even this training can feel a little too much. For this reason, we have developed The EVC Coaching Pathway.

The EVC Coaching Pathway combines the formal EVC training certificate, with coaching and mentoring. This allows new EVC’s time and support to learn their role, ensure that they have consolidation time between the sessions and full support whilst implementing these strategies.

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Each of these sessions will include guidance on implementation and review tasks, giving EVCs time and support to embed learning in their setting.

This mentor led development programme covers the core EVC training over three phases, gives a mentored route for brand new EVCs who currently have limited experience as a Visit Leader or EVC.

Note: This course does not replace the need for an Educational Visits Adviser and will not provide advice and guidance. If you are looking for standard EVC Training click here.

Course Content:

The EVC Coaching Pathway, combines the accredited, Institute for Outdoor Learning EVC Training alongside professionally delivered coaching and mentoring. This course is developed, overseen and delivered by OEAP Course Directors.

This course, enables new EVCs time to learn, embed and reflect on practice. The blended, online approach combines group sessions covering the core content of the EVC training, along with time to implement and embed learning between each session. This course is delivered in three phases, with pre-session reading and tasks (1 hour per week) followed by three 1.5 hour zoom sessions. Between each session there will be home learning tasks, directly related to the EVC role, with optional drop in and mentoring sessions with an experienced Educational Visit Adviser.

Learning Outcomes

  • Greater confidence and ability to act as the Education Visit Co-ordinator;

  • Increased competence in risk assessing and managing risks on off-site visits.

  • Enhanced knowledge and understanding about the effective supervision of young people taking part in off-site activities and visits;

 

Course Content:

This course aims to equip new EVCs with the key support to become a competent Educational Visit Co-ordinator. The course outlines key roles and responsibilities of an EVC, as well as good practise in risk management, effective supervision and key considerations in planning an educational visit.

The course provides training, development and support in developing confidence in the EVC role.

The Sessions

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    Session 1 - Welcome to the role

    Benefits & Barriers of Educational Visits

    The Role of the EVC

    Monitoring and Evaluations

    Key resources and where to find guidance

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    Session 2 - Supporting our Visit Leaders

    The STAGED approach

    Competence of visit leaders;

    Effective Supervision and key considerations;

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    Session 3 - Good Practice

    Risk management;

    Guidance;

    Tips for Good practice;

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Guidance, implementation strategies, support and time to embed…

Each of these sessions will include guidance on implementation within an educational setting and clear review tasks, giving EVCs time and support to embed learning in their setting.

For you and your employer to get the most out of this pathway, full and active participation in this course is required.

Dates for our virtual cohorts are:

Cohort 1

  • Tuesday 27th Feb 14:00-14:30 - EVC Training and Development Programme Welcome *optional

  • Access to the e-learning will be available after this session and is due Monday 4th March 2023

  • Tuesday 5th March 09:30-11:30 – Session 1

  • Tuesday 12th March 09:30-11:30 – Session 2

  • Tuesday 19th March 09:30-11:30 – Session 3

  • Tuesday 27th  March 09:30-11:30 – Wrap up and reflection *optional

You must attend and take a full and active participation in this course.

Cohort 2

  • Tuesday 16th April 09-:30-11:30am - Tuesday 27th Feb 14:00-14:30 - EVC Training and Development Programme Welcome *optional

  • Access to the e-learning will be available after this session and is due Monday 22nd April 2023

  • Tuesday 23rd April 09-:30-11:30am - Session 1

  • Tuesday 30th April 09-:30-11:30am - Session 2

  • Tuesday 7th May 09-:30-11:30am - Session 3

  • Tuesday 14th May 14:00-15:00 – Wrap up and Reflection *optional

You must attend and take a full and active participation in this course.

FAQs

  • The EVC Coaching Pathway gives new and inexperienced EVC’s a chance to reflect on their skills, focus on their development, all whilst having bitesize chunks to implement high quality policies and procedures in their educational setting.

    This course is delivered over a three week period, so gives concise information, but the benefit of on-hand support from an experienced Educational Visit Adviser.

    We have heard from some of our new EVC’s that whilst our Blended EVC course gives concise, relevant and informative strategies, for some it can feel like too much to implement after only one session. That’s why we’ve broken the course down and paired it with a dedicated mentor, that you can ask questions to throughout your time in the coaching cohort.

  • We know from experience that time out of school, organising cover as well as increased travel costs, makes in person training expensive and difficult to accommodate. This virtual training gives the best of all world - easy to access from anywhere within the UK and beyond, limited time out of school (reducing cover and travel costs) as well as plenty of easy access support via email.

  • No. The EVC Coaching Pathway covers everything (and more) from our Blended EVC training. As long as you attend all sessions and compete the pre-learning before each session, you’ll get your EVC Training certificate.

  • Any advice related to specific educational visits must be sought from your own educational visit adviser. On this course, we’ll encourage you to make contact with your adviser and to seek specific support from them whenever it is needed. This course will support you in strategies to embed effective visit policies from your own adviser, as well as useful templates and resources, based on National Guidance and good practice.

  • This course is run in partnership with EVOLVE Advice and can be booked directly through their portal for £245 + VAT. This includes access to our -elearning platform, certification and all materials.

    If you’d like to book for your team of EVC’s, please contact our team to discuss options.