Training Before the Start of the Internship

I looked forward to the two weeks of training, I expected that each program would be relevant to my time with Swamp Circus and future career.

* 01/07/2010 ABC First Aid & Safety Training ltd. Emergency First Aid at Work
A day of learning through practical exercises basic first aider knowledge, always useful to refresh knowledge of First Aid. Though I do wish I had been sent on a full three day course so that I could be a recognised First Aider, think that may be more valuable to teams I work for and myself in the long term.

* 03/07/2010 Good Workshop Practice
Several hours of discussing and experimenting with approaches to getting children warmed up to working creatively together. The session was led by a member of Swamp Circus, their presentation was professional and passionate this made me feel at ease with my internship as it appeared we had similar practices and mentality of approach to working with children.

* 13/07/2010 ABC Equality & Diversity
Not as keen on this training as the others, seemed to skim lightly over different topics, laws for rights of diversity in the work place were briefly mentioned.

* 14/07/2010 ABC Safe Guarding Children
Having grown up in a house where my parents cared for children and then working in drama schools and as a teaching assistant, my eyes have been open to issues of child protection for quite awhile, keeping self safe and acting appropriately around children is something I am quite confident in. This course was a good place to check that I definately was acting in the best interest for myself and children I will be working with.

* 16/07/2010 ABC Creative Evaluation Training
By far the course I feel I gained the most from taking part in. I gained many different ideas for how to record evaluative information from the people that take part in my future workshops without leading them too much. And how the information collected can be used to validate work to employers and clients, also valuable for planning future workshops, highlight what areas participants want to work on further.