Learning Through Adventure since 1987” has been our byline.
The Educational & Personal Development Courses in Leadership & Arts, Cooking & Theatre make the program complete by having equal emphasis on physical and soft skills, thus developing and enriching both the left and the right brain.
We at Les Elfes have constantly been changing and developing various facets of our program to ensure best deliverables for our participants
The aims of the Educational Courses which, from 2015, will become a trademark feature of our Spring Camps are to:
- Provide Adventurous Activities built on a well-established foundation of professional and safe practices.
- Inspire holistic personal development and an exploration of inter-personal identities through culturally diverse experiences.
- Outdoor Learning which enables young people to discover their true potential to be dynamic and prosperous in their future lives.
The sessions in these educational courses have been designed to be flexible in their content and structure to suit the requirements of the individuals participating in each course, building on their current level of experience and confidence.
During the Educational & Personal Development Courses our Learning Outcomes include:
- Verbal Communication – Considering appropriate use of Verbal communication; instruction, encouragement, direction, humour, tone, projection of voice and managing verbal communication during conflict.
- Alternatives to Verbal Communication – Appropriate circumstances to use different methods of communication, the impact of body language and posture as a leader on the behaviour of a group, using clapping, whistles and touch to communicate effectively.
- Characteristics of an Effective Leader – Exploring ideas of the expectations of a leader, the character traits which influence leadership styles, role models, behaviors and the individual characteristics of participants in the group and the ways in which their characteristics shape their group.
- Time Management & Personal Organisation – Learning to plan an effective session in leading, accurately approximating the time for each activity, managing equipment & facilities to produce an effective session, giving clear and precise instructions and motivating others when leading a session.
Our Educational & Personal Development program is a question as much as an answer. Through our activities we pose questions to our young people that spark creative action and engender reflective thinking, giving them the tools to cultivate a leadership style which is truly their own. The experiential learning pedagogy employed in Les Elfes Leadership is focused on the unlocking of innate potential within the young people we teach.
Les Elfes Educational & Personal Development Programs are designed and facilitated by graduates of LJMU’s Outdoor Education degree where they have studied under some of the UK’s foremost academics in the field Development Training and Outdoor Leadership.
Together with the team of experienced and dedicated staff and the fabulous resources available in and around our alpine campuses, Les Elfes are able to offer some of the most exciting, contemporary and relevant leadership programmes in the Alps.
The Learning Objectives for this years classes , but are not limited to were:
- v Communication skills
- v Interpersonal skills
- v Intra personal skills
- v Team building skills
- v Goal setting skills
- v Reflection skills
- v Time management skill
With the success of this session, we will be making this resource of learning for our participants more intense. We will have 6-8 such classes through the two week session
For under 12 years of age, cooking will be replaces with public speaking & creative writing and art and theater will be integrated to maximize the participants creative skills. Different tools will be used each year to eliminate repetition for repeating participants.
In Spring 2016, for over 12 years of age, areas addressed in the Leadership classes will be
v Self-awareness
v Organizing
v Listening
v Thinking strategically
v Critical thinking
v Conflict resolution
v Optimisation
v Self Actualisation
And the classes in Spring 2017 will focus on
v Innovation
v Setting expectations
v Delegation
v Recognition
v Stress management
v Crisis management
v Emotional intelligence
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