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The R&R Peer Coach Academy
Peer coach training courses since 2008.
Since 2008, partner organizations in the international ROOTS & ROUTES network have jointly developed a concept and curriculum for cultural peer coach training for young artists in the performing arts and media who would like to pass on their skills to their peers and younger people as peer coaches.
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Are you between 16 and 27 years old? Do you enjoy making music, dancing, making films, or graffiti? Do you enjoy sharing your skills with others, for example in workshops at youth centers or schools? Then the ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Academy is the right place for you!
The ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach training consists of three parts:
A 10- to 12-day block phase, usually with overnight accommodation;
An accompanied practical phase with at least 60 self-guided hours;
A concluding reflection weekend.
Those who successfully complete these three parts receive the ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Certificate, which is recognized by all members of the international ROOTS & ROUTES network. Since 2021, it has also been possible to obtain the juleica (a youth leader card recognized throughout Germany) – to do so, an external first aid course must also be attended.
The ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Academy has three main topics:
Leading groups / Pedagogy and communication / Diversity and inclusivity in groups.
Teaching artistic skills and personal artistic development.
Framework conditions and self-management: Self-employment, finances and laws, basics of youth work.
In addition to the Peer Coach Academies, there are occasional peer coach training courses under the title “LevelUp!”.
RRCGN offers ROOTS & ROUTES peer coach training courses on a regular basis, but not every year (for example, there were none in 2018 and 2019). In 2021, 2022, and 2024, Peer Coach Academies will take place as part of the iJuLa project. Further down on this page—under News, Dates, and Other Projects—you will find information as soon as the date of the next peer coach training round is known.
A 10- to 12-day block phase, usually with overnight accommodation;
An accompanied practical phase with at least 60 self-guided hours;
A concluding reflection weekend.
Those who successfully complete these three parts receive the ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Certificate, which is recognized by all members of the international ROOTS & ROUTES network. Since 2021, it has also been possible to obtain the juleica (a youth leader card recognized throughout Germany) – to do so, an external first aid course must also be attended.
The ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Academy has three main topics:
Leading groups / Pedagogy and communication / Diversity and inclusivity in groups.
Teaching artistic skills and personal artistic development.
Framework conditions and self-management: Self-employment, finances and laws, basics of youth work.
In addition to the Peer Coach Academies, there are occasional peer coach training courses under the title “LevelUp!”.
RRCGN offers ROOTS & ROUTES peer coach training courses on a regular basis, but not every year (for example, there were none in 2018 and 2019). In 2021, 2022, and 2024, Peer Coach Academies will take place as part of the iJuLa project. Further down on this page—under News, Dates, and Other Projects—you will find information as soon as the date of the next peer coach training round is known.
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Statements from participants
JazzP Beckmann
The time with ROOTS & ROUTES has been a phenomenal journey. As a young hiphop…
Kathi Richter
My first ROOTS & ROUTES experience (Baltrum 2019) was very memorable and wonderful – without…
Moritz Bussinger
My first time at ROOTS & ROUTES was the Peer Coach Academy 2016. At that…
Catalina Roldán Benavente
Before coming to ROOTS & ROUTES I didn’t know anyone in Cologne
Alex Di Capua
My first ROOTS & ROUTES Experience was in 2016 and since then, I couldn’t get…
Funding
The project “The ROOTS & ROUTES Peer Coach Academy” is funded by the Stiftung Deutsche Jugendmarke e. V. and the DOHLE Foundation.
