The document discusses the goals and requirements of the Train the Trainees (TtT) preparation week for interns. TtT aims to: 1) Give interns a better understanding and preparation for their internship by covering needed skills, challenges, job descriptions, and stakeholders. 2) Help interns understand what the internship will mean for their personal development through goal setting and personal development plans. 3) Allow interns and project teams to get to know each other and their roles regarding communication, logistics, and teamwork. The minimum requirement for TtT is a 3-day preparation seminar covering topics like team building, the project overview, presentation skills, and setting expectations. De

2. Why are we doing
internships?

7. IPS=TtT=Train the
Trainees=preparation
week=Preparation seminar

8. What are the goals of TtT?

9. What are the minimal
requirements?
 Preparation week is the first week of the internship
(Train the Trainees).
 Content of preparation: team-building with
debriefing, information about the project and the
Czech Republic, presentation skills, flow and
specific of the project (logistic, program,
communication, debriefings explanation etc.), NPS,
trainee leader elections, goal setting, expectation
setting with the whole team.
 Minimum duration of the preparation seminar is 3
days.

10. Trainees get a better understanding and
preparation for their internship
Trainees understand what the internship will
mean to them on a personal level
Trainees and project team get to know each
other and their roles

11. Trainees get a better understanding and
preparation for their internship
Needed skills
Challenges
Job Description
Stakeholders

12. Trainees understand what the internship will mean to
them on a personal level – First necessary
step in trainees’ Inner journey is setting personal goals. We’d help
them to do that through goal settings/personal development
plans in the end of IPS.
 Goals
 Strengths and weaknesses
 Personal values

13. Trainees and project team get to
know each other and their roles
Communication
Logistics
Team work

15. Before the
realization
During the
realization
After
completed
IPS 1st debriefing 2nd debriefing Final
debriefing

16. Rules of Debriefings
 Debriefing is a safe space. There is no judgment!
 Don’t be afraid of silence. Give them space to think and time
to speak up
 You are asking questions, listening and asking additional
questions , try to speak as little as possible.
 If the situation is bad (full of emotions, blaming etc.) suggest 5
minutes break and leave the room or open window
 If the goal of the question to make trainees reflect, give them
30-60 seconds for thinking after asking them a question.
 Not everyone needs to answer
 If they are not speaking much - ask additional questions :
What would you do? What would you improve?
 when problems are mentioned, challenge them to find
solutions (Solution driven!  )

17. 1st and 2nd debriefings
Goals:
 self-awareness (motivation check,
reminder of personal why)
 the purpose of the project, impact
 feedback

18. Final debriefing
Goals:
 evaluate goal settings/personal development plans
 close the team experience for the trainees
 close the personal learning experience of the
trainees
 ensure understands how this experience contributes
to his personal & professional and leadership
development

19. 1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th week 5th week 6th week

20. Reception
How to include trainees more
into LC’s life? Why is that
important?

21. Stakeholder analysis
 Schools
 Pupils
 Host families
What do they expect from the
project? What WE CAN DO to satisfy
them?