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Gloucestershire County Scouts
Top Awards/DofE Conference
28th January 2017 http://www.dofe.info/
https://members.scouts.org.uk/por
• Introduction
– Who am I? (Adam)
– House Keeping
– Aim & Strategy
– Summary of Roles & Training Available
• Feedback from:
– National Top Awards Conference.
– DofE Windsor.
– Regional Top Awards Conference.
Agenda – Intro & Feedback
Morning Session – Expeditions:
• Process - using DofE flowchart.
• Mapping - using DofE software.
• Paperwork Requirements - using the new TSA info sheet.
• Roles - Leader duties, Supervisors duties, Assessors duties, DC's
duties, District DofE Advisor duties & County DofE Advisor duties.
• Split into 3 groups and run through planning/execution of 3 expeditions,
Bronze, Silver and Gold including setting aims/goals and standards.
• Regroup & share.
• Summary of standards required for training/qualifying expeditions
including recording of evidence.
Agenda – Morning Session
Networking Lunch with flip charts to capture ideas:
• Flip Chart - Questions for Q&A at end.
• Flip Chart - want to facilitate an expedition and find a unit to team with.
• Flip Chart - training needs and wishes.
• Flip Chart - expectations from County DofE/ National DofE… wish list
for support.
Agenda – Lunch
Afternoon Session - Other Sections:
• Process - using DofE flowchart.
• Evidence and big session on m.eDofE and eDofE usage using dummy
accounts.
• Leader’s role in process.
• Assessor's report entry.
• Split into 3 groups, run through planning/executing volunteering, skills
and physical sections including setting aims/goals and standards.
• Regroup & share.
• Summary of standards required and recording of evidence.
Agenda – Afternoon Session
• Adam Griffiths
– Joined Venture Scouts in Gloucester 1995
– Completed Bronze, Silver, Gold DofE Awards
– Completed Queens Scout Award
– Involved in an Adult role since 2000
• Explorer Scout Leader
• County DofE Advisor
• County Climbing Advisor/Assessor
• County Hill Walking Assessor
• Snowdon “100” in 2007
• Cotswold Marathon/Sun Run/S&E
• District/County Exec Member
• NGBs: – SPA (Climbing Instructor)
– Mountain Leader (S/W)
– BSAC Sports Diver
– Canoe/Kayak Instructor
– WW Safety & Rescue
Who am I?
• There is no planned fire drill
– In the event of the alarm sounding make your way back out the main
entrance and meet in the car park
– If the route through the main entrance is blocked, follow Adam who
will guide you out through an alternative route
• Toilets are available on the landing by reception
• There is no such thing as a “stupid” question – if you are thinking about
it, someone else will be too
• Please respect the presenters & the very full agenda – if we cant
answer something it will be put on the car park (Q&A board) and a
response will be provide later
House Keeping
DESC: Ali Andrews
DESC: Ant Hall
DESC: Tony Dale
DESC: Rob Butcher
DESC: Gareth Edwards
DESC: Neil Rawlings
DESC: Anita & Paul Gowen
DESC: Jerry Green
DofE: Caro McIntosh
DofE: Lindsay Jenner
Gloucestershire CC: Lewis Dangerfield
ACC14-25: Chris Meadows
• To be seen as a “best practice County” who:
– Follows TSA POR
– Follows DofE Rules
– Enables anyone who wants to, to participate in the Duke
of Edinburgh Award Scheme
• By exploiting the fantastic activities programme everyone offers
• With trained leaders/supervisors
• Having available accredited assessors
• Utilising eDofE to record the evidence/data
• Whilst reducing the administrative burden on everyone
Aim & Strategy
Working Together
DofE HQ Windsor
LO DofE Manager Gilwell (HoA)
County DofE Manager (Gloucestershire Advisor)
District DofE Co-ordinators (District Advisors/DESCs)
DofE Leaders / Supervisors
National Management
Regional Management
County Commissioner
DESC / DSNC
ESLs / AESLs
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TSA – access to all Scouting eDofE
records
County Advisor – access to all County
eDofE records
District Advisor/DESC –
access to all District eDofE records
DofE Leader – access to all Unit
eDofE records
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Overarching Governance Nationally
Enables consistency to be achieved at County
Enables collaboration between Units
Enables support to the participants
County Governance
County Advisor Role
Books/eDofE Records
TSA HQ (G) & County Advisors (S & B
• Scouts as a LO is too big for one manager
– Therefore the County Advisors are a “bolt-on”
• The Co-ordinator role sits at both County & District level
– The DESC role description for the Scouting Programme is essentially the
same as that for co-ordinating DofE activities within a centre
DofE Management
TSA HQ – Jess’ Team
DofE Delivery
ESL/AESL within the ESU
Independent to ESU
Other Leaders / District Advisor
DofE Leader with Supervisor Module*
*Especially important for Expeditions – see later slides
DofE Leader
DofE Assessor
DofE Supervisor
DofE Helpers
Modular Training System
DofE Supervisors
CC/DCs/ACC 14-25 DESCs / Advisors DofE Leaders DofE Supervisors DofE Assessors
DofE Assessors DESCs / Advisors
DofE Leaders
Gold Participants
DofE Leaders who support Expeds
(Pre-course for Supervisor)
DofE Leadership
Feedback from National
Conferences
Expedition Process - using
DofE flowchart
Expedition Process
Expedition Process D
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Aim Plan – Paper, not eDofE
• Stuck for what to have as your expedition aim? Here are a few ideas
that participants have used in the past which may inspire you...
Ideas for Expedition Aims
On foot
Make a video diary of your team’s experiences, from
camping and cooking to reaching your destination.
• Stuck for what to have as your expedition aim? Here are a few ideas
that participants have used in the past which may inspire you...
Ideas for Expedition Aims
By bicycle
By canoe/kayak
• DofE provide Training Frameworks (Compulsory Requirements) for each level – B/S/G
• In addition further training frameworks for: – Training framework for horseback expeditions
– Mountain bike code/responsible cycling & code of behaviour
– Training framework for paddling skills
– Training framework for boatwork (rowing)
– Training framework for sailing expeditions
• These Compulsory Requirements must be achieved before the Expedition us undertaken.
– On eDofE the Leader needs to ’tick’ to say you have achieved everything on the list
Expedition Training (DofE)
• In scouting we can combine training with Explorer Badges e.g. Emergency Aid – stage 4
• How to earn your badge - You will need to take part in around three to six hours of training, which should be taught by an adult with
relevant knowledge.
• Explain to your leader or another adult about how to call 999.
• Explain how you help someone who:
– is unconscious
– is unconscious and not breathing
– is bleeding
– has a burn
– has heat exhaustion
– has hypothermia
– is choking
– is having an asthma attack
– is having a heart attack
– has a head injury
– has a suspected spinal injury
– has a broken bone
– has a sprain or strain
– has meningitis.
• If you hold a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus from a recognized first aid provider (such as the British Red Cross or St
John Ambulance) you can automatically get this badge.
• You must take part in formal training to gain this badge – a first aid award covering this or a similar syllabus. Your training must be from a
recognized first aid provider, such as the British Red Cross or St John Ambulance, or someone qualified to deliver First Response.
If you’re taking part in the Young Leaders’ Scheme, you can use this badge as an alternative to the Young Leaders Module K First Aid
Master Class.
Expedition Training (Scouts)
• First aid and emergency procedures Training based on the current edition of the
Authorised Manual of St. John Ambulance, St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association or The
British Red Cross.
• Action in an emergency – resuscitation, airway, breathing and circulation.
• Recognition and treatment of hypothermia and heatstroke.
• The treatment of wounds and bleeding.
• Treatment for shock.
• The treatment of blisters, cuts, abrasions, minor burns and scalds, headaches, insect
bites, sunburn, splinters.
• The recognition of more serious conditions such as sprains, strains, dislocations and
broken limbs.
• Knowing what to do in the case of an accident or emergency.
• Summoning help - what people need to know, telephoning for help, written message.
• Getting help, self-help and waiting for help to arrive, keeping safe and warm, helping
people to find you.
Expedition Training (DofE)
Expedition Paperwork
Expedition Preparation
Expedition Supervisor
Qualifying Expedition
Expedition Presentation
Mapping - using DofE software
See your pack for the slides, whilst we do this live…
https://www.edofe.org/
eMapping
eMapping
eMapping
eMapping
Change to
Checkpoints
by editing
and adding
details
Lots of waypoints, to
accurately measure the
route, keep clicking to
follow the footpath.
eMapping
eMapping
eMapping
eMapping
You can add
Escape notes,
which suit your
Supervision plan.
You can correct and
check the details they
have added.
eMapping
eMapping
Print to PDF if
you wish to
email, or work
on the details.
eMapping
You can comment on PDF’s without buying a PDF package. It is limited
but had enough to produce a simple supervision plan.
Expedition Downloads
Paperwork Requirements - using
the new TSA info sheet
Expedition Paperwork
• This is the new “factsheet” from HQ
• We have taken this, combined it with the
“old” Gloucestershire ones (plus some
good ideas from other Counties)…
• And produced:
– Expedition Quick Guide
– Expedition Briefing Notes
– Expedition Risk Assessment
– Expedition Notification Form
• For when a DofE form isnt used…
• What do you want?
– Ok to do it yourself (dofe.org, scouts
.org.uk…)
• Overview
– Leaders must ensure that TSA POR is met during all activities
– Supervisors need to meet POR (Mod17) & be TSA/DofE approved
– Assessors need to be independent & be TSA/DofE approved
• DofE Expedition approval process
– The routes need to be approved by the County Advisor
– The safety checks (risk assessment/escape & foul weather options/supervision
plan/emergency plan etc) need to be confirmed as in place
– The NAN/Green Forms simplify the process for everyone, two forms instead of
many… it confirms dates/ numbers/ permits/ InTouch/ Route Summary/ Assessor/
participants details
Expedition Approval Summary
Group Work - Expeditions
Bronze, Silver & Gold
Using the provided eDofE accounts:
• As a group, take the role of Participant, Leader and Supervisor.
• Help this team of participants, through all the stages of an expedition.
• We will provide the County DofE Advisor and Assessor roles.
Supervisor
Leader
Participants
Summary of Standards –
Expeditions
(De-brief)
Networking Lunch
• Flip Chart - Questions for Q&A at end.
• Flip Chart - want to facilitate an expedition and find
a unit to team with.
• Flip Chart - training needs and wishes.
• Flip Chart - expectations from County DofE/
National DofE… wish list for support.
Networking Lunch
Volunteering, Skills, Physical &
Residential Process - using
DofE flowchart
• …the world’s leading achievement award
for young people.
• Its balanced programme of activities develops the
mind, body and soul in an environment of social
interaction and team working.
• It encourages young people to
live life as an adventure.
The DofE is…
• “If there is one thing which the experience of
DofE programmes reaffirms and emphasises time
and again, it is the involvement and dedication of
adults
that is absolutely critical to its success.”
Our Patron
• To inspire, guide and support young people
in their self-development and recognise
their achievements.
Our Mission
• Non-competitive
• Achievable by all
• Voluntary
• Personal development
• Personalised
• Balanced
• Progressive
• Achievement focused
• Demand commitment
• Enjoyable
Our Guiding Principles
Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or
the community
Physical: improving in an area of sport, dance or
fitness activities
Skills: developing practical and social skills and
personal interests
Expedition: planning, training for and completion
of an adventurous journey in the UK or abroad
At Gold level, participants must do an additional
fifth Residential section, which involves working
and staying away from home doing a shared activity
The Sections
• There is a massive choice of activities that count towards
DofE programmes. Participants can select practically any
activity they wish – as long as it’s
legal and morally acceptable.
– Activities are placed in specific sections for
a reason.
– Participants need to choose activities they are going to
enjoy.
– Activities could be something that they are already doing
or perhaps one they’ve always wanted to try.
Choosing Activities
• When advising on programmes, you should
think about:
– The young person – their level of expertise, their maturity and level of
confidence.
– The goals – they should be challenging but achievable.
– Prior activities – an activity done during the preceding three months of
starting a DofE programme could count towards the achievement of an
Award.
– When activities take place – participants should be able to show that their
activities required a substantial contribution of personal time and voluntary
effort.
Choosing Activities
The Steps
Preparation
Training
Activity
Assessment
DofE Leaders Checklist
• Aim
• To inspire young people to
make a difference within
their communities or to an
individual’s life and develop
compassion by giving
service to others.
Volunteering
• Learn about their community and feel a sense of belonging and
purpose.
• Learn to take responsibility for their communities and their own actions.
• Build new relationships.
• Further understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Develop teamwork and leaderships skills.
• Trust others and be trusted.
• Enjoy new adventures.
Benefits
• Volunteering is simple. It’s about choosing to give time to something
useful, without getting paid.
• Team volunteering can be beneficial to young people and to the project
they have chosen.
• At least 3/4 of activity needs to be practical volunteering, so only a 1/4
can be training.
• Training courses, therefore, must either:
– Change their content to include practical volunteering e.g. raising
awareness project
– Count towards the Skills section – Life
skills category
What is Required?
• Helping people
• Community action and raising awareness
• Coaching, teaching and leadership
• Working with the environment or animals
• Helping a charity or community organisation
Volunteering Categories
DofE within Scouting
Badges
Missions and Module provide a good aims
and goals.
Module A is compulsory for those
volunteering within Scouting.
Using the requirements for badges, still allows us
as leaders the flexibility to adjust to suit the
individual, while starting from a level that can be
consistent across the county
• Aim
• To inspire young people to
achieve greater physical
fitness and a healthy
lifestyle through
participation and
improvement in
physical activity.
Physical
• Enjoy keeping fit.
• Improve fitness.
• Discover new abilities.
• Raise self-esteem.
• Extend personal goals.
• Set and respond to a challenge.
• Experience a sense of achievement.
Benefits
• In short, anything that requires a sustained level of
physical energy and involves doing an activity.
• Participants are free to do this section
independently or as part of a team.
What is a Physical Activity?
• Team sports
• Individual sports
• Water sports
• Racquet sports
Physical Categories
• Dance
• Fitness
• Extreme sports
• Martial arts
DofE within Scouting
Badges
Many of our Badges provide a good aims and goals for Physical
DofE sections.
Using the requirements for badges, still allows us as
leaders the flexibility to adjust to suit the individual, while
starting from a level that can be consistent across the
county
• Aim
• To inspire young people to
develop practical and social
skills and personal interests.
Skills
• Develop a new talent.
• Improve self-esteem and confidence.
• Develop practical and social skills.
• Develop better organisational and time management skills.
• Sharpen research skills.
• Learn how to set and rise to a challenge.
Benefits
Old or New?
Ultimately participants must be able to prove that they
have broadened their understanding and increased
their expertise in the chosen skill.
Activities can be undertaken on either an individual or
group basis.
• Creative arts
• Performance arts
• Science and technology
• Care of animals
• Music
Skills Categories
• Life skills
• Learning and collecting
• Media and
communication
• Natural world
• Games and sports
DofE within Scouting
Badges
Many of our Badges provide a good aims and goals for
Skills DofE sections.
Using the requirements for badges, still allows us as
leaders the flexibility to adjust to suit the individual, while
starting from a level that can be consistent across the
county
eDofE Session – using eDofE
Created by Anne Other from the centre
named 'TSA Training' (Licensed Organisation
named 'NOA and Business LO')
What the Participants Get…
Welcome to eDofE!
Dear A,
Welcome to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and congratulations on choosing to start your own DofE programme!
Using eDofE, our online programme management system, you'll be able to demonstrate what you've done for your sections in loads of
different ways – using photos, videos, blogs and more.
You should have received a Welcome Pack which will tell you more about how to get started on eDofE. As well as that, it provides more
detail about your Achievement Pack and how uploading lots of good quality photos will help you to put together a really great book of
memories at the end of your DofE journey.
Your DofE Leader has created your eDofE account so you can get started on eDofE, managing and recording your DofE programme.
Your eDofE sign in details are as follows:
eDofE username: AGold1
Temporary password: 01042000(based on your date of birth DD/MM/YYYY)
eDofE ID number: 1460837
To get started on eDofE, just follow these easy steps…
1. Go to www.eDofE.org and enter your username and temporary password detailed above. Remember though; when you change your
password to letters and numbers it will be case sensitive!
2. Once you're in eDofE, you need to complete the required fields for your address, email etc. You won't be able to start recording your
DofE activities until you've filled in these questions.
3. You will be asked to change your temporary password when you sign in for the first time. Choose something you'll remember.
4. You're now ready to start! You can begin your DofE programme by choosing your timescales and choices of activities. Speak to your
Leader about what you want to do for each section.
eDofE Mobile
My eDofE
• Make sure your participants choose their timescales and
complete their programme plans.
• The system tells them the minimum timescales. Participants
choose from drop-down lists.
• The programme plans require a start date, and offer
suggested activity details from drop-down lists.
• The participant adds details of where they are going to do
each activity, what they want to achieve and who is going to
assess them.
Your Role with eDofE
Achievement Pack?
The Achievement Pack is an innovative and
personalised record of achievement that a young
person can create once they’ve achieved their
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award using eDofE.
How is it developed?
The Achievement Pack has been developed with
young people for young people
How do they create it?
• Using evidence uploaded or submitted into eDofE
– Pictures
– Scans (certificates/letters/
activity logs etc)
– Blog
– iPadio voice recordings
• Some free picture and text boxes
• Evidence direct from eDofE as JPGs.
What’s in it?
Aims, principles and benefits of each section.
What activity was undertaken for each section, for how
long and personal goals.
Images, captions and self-reflection.
Space for Leader and team comments.
Printing & Publishing
• Young People will receive
a free PDF version that they
can print, email or post on
their social networking site
• There is an option to print
the Achievement Pack either
in a hard back, screw bound
version or a plush leatherette,
case bound version
Adding Evidence
Leader’s Role
• The guidance on page 33 of the Leaders
handbook:
– Aim –What do they want to do/achieve? Discuss
the aim and benefits of the section and how that is
reflected in the young person’s own programme
choice.
– Activity – do the activities fit their personal
objectives and the requirements of the DofE?
Choosing activities
• The guidance on page 33 of the Leaders
handbook:
– Details – think about/suggest final objectives as well
as interim goals and milestones.
– Establish, agree and write down personal goals
in the section Programme Planner in eDofE that are
Practical, measurable, achievable, exciting and have
realistic timings.
Choosing activities
• The guidance on page 33 of the Leaders
handbook:
– First Steps – is any training required? What about
any safety or legal requirements?
– Recording their journey – establish a system for
how the young person will record their efforts, what
evidence you would like to see in eDofE and when
you will conduct regular progress reviews.
Choosing activities
• The guidance on page 34 of the Leaders
handbook:
– Assessment – To complete a DofE programme every
activity must be successfully completed and
assessed.
– You Must meet them to discuss,
• The goals that were set and what the participant actually
achieved
• What challenges were faced and how they were overcome
• The overall experience and what they enjoyed.
Choosing activities
Assessor's Report Entry
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Assessor’s Reports
Group Work - Volunteering, Skills,
Physical & Residential
Bronze, Silver & Gold
Using the provided eDofE accounts:
• As a group, take the role of Participant, Leader and independent Assessor.
• Help this team of participants, complete their other sections.
• We will provide the County DofE Advisor and Verifier roles.
Leader
Participant
Assessor
Summary of Standards -
Volunteering, Skills, Physical &
Residential
(De-brief)
Wrap-up: Question and
Answer Session