The document discusses using students and learners as resources to help teach others. It describes how a host student helped an agency by meeting with community groups and providing an accessible point of contact. The student benefited from reviewing their knowledge and gaining confidence. Similarly, visiting students found the host student less intimidating. The document proposes having qualified workers provide induction to placement students, and developing a format for recording their contributions for continuing professional development purposes. It tasks the reader with considering how existing learners in their own agency could be utilized as resources, and identifying both the potential benefits and obstacles of doing so.

1. Recipients as resources Helping each other learn – the medium is the message!

2. Recipients as resources Action learning sequence – small groups Meet with “consultant” Identify relevant community resources

3. Recipients as resources Make use of full-time student currently on placement within the project to host the visit

4. Recipients as resources Unsolicited feedback agency Reduced demand on agency staff Helpful to host student Relaxed, comfortable, convenient

5. Recipients as resources Host student Initial anxieties impetus to review & organise learning Recognition of learning & progress Confidence boost – Identified knowledge, contributor, useful

6. Recipients as resources Visiting students Less threatening accessible surprising

7. Recipients as resources Key Points: The host student was more than a substitute resource, offering additional positive elements, viz - a). Accessibility to learners – commonality from involvement in the learning experience, lowering the power gradient, contemporary vocabulary b). Motivational – “I could be there next year” c). Enjoyable – fewer time pressures, less sense of “being a nuisance” d). Contributing to host achieving their own learning outcomes

8. Recipients as resources A SPRINGBOARD TO GREATER THINGS?

9. Onward & Upward Recipients as resources - #2

10. Applicability of previous benefits to more complex situations Video skills exercises- additional elements – interview skills - theory - constructive feedback Recipients as resources

11. As previously:- Power gradient Contemporary vocabulary Empathy/understanding/commonality General accessibility Benefits for the contributing student Recipients as resources

12. Additional elements:- Focused commentary & feedback Giving/receiving constructive feedback Cross-course – B.A -> M.Sc (for contributor) recognition of skills & knowledge; identification of progress <- memories of own exercise; use of self Recipients as resources

13. And from here........???? Proposal: to support recently qualified workers to provide induction for placement students To link this to PRTL requirements To develop format for recording for CPD purposes Recipients as resources - #3

14. TASK: to consider possible situations in your agency where existing learners could be used as resources Identify major benefits & how to maximise them Identify potential obstacles & how to minimise them Recipients as resources - #3

15. possibilities Recipients as resources - #3

16. benefits Recipients as resources - #3

17. pitfalls Recipients as resources - #3

18. And from here........???? Proposal: to support recently qualified workers to provide induction for placement students To link this to PRTL requirements To develop format for recording for CPD purposes Recipients as resources - #3

19. TASK: to consider possible situations in your agency where existing learners could be used as resources Identify major benefits & how to maximise them Identify potential obstacles & how to minimise them Recipients as resources - #3

20. possibilities Recipients as resources - #3

21. benefits Recipients as resources - #3

22. pitfalls Recipients as resources - #3