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This is EVC Training with a difference!

EVOLVE Advice is offering a unique opportunity to complete your EVC training during a heavily subsidised immersive visit to Chateau d’Ebblinghem, France.

Immersive EVC Training is a fantastic opportunity for new and experienced EVCs. But don’t just take our word for it! Hear from a previous attendee about the added value you get from this immersive training course…

ABOUT THE COURSE:

You will complete your EVC Training with our experienced Educational Visits Advisers – valued at £160 – as well as participating in scenario-based tasks and activities through an immersive educational visit residential in France. You will visit popular venues and providers regularly attended by school groups on visits to PGL’s centre in France, providing a real-life context in which to apply your course learning in risk management.

School Travel Organiser Editor, Harry Rodgers, came along on our immersive EVC training in 2023 - read his first-hand account of what happened in this article.

TIMINGS

This is a 3-day, 2-night visit. You’ll depart London at 12:00 arriving at Chateau d’Ebblinghem in time for dinner. You’ll arrive back in London by 17:00 on day 3.

DELIVERY METHOD:

This two-part course is delivered by EVOLVE Advice with logistical support from PGL Beyond.

You will be issued a course workbook via post at the point of booking.

Part 1: This is EVOLVE Advice’s self-guided e-learning for EVC Training (3 hours). (You will gain access immediately).

Part 2 - A 3-day, 2-night facilitated training delivered by EVOLVE Advice Educational Visits Advisers and hosted by PGL Beyond. This will be an interactive event starting in Central London, taking a coach and ferry to France, and experiencing practical scenarios, classroom sessions and discussions whilst being immersed in an overseas residential trip.

CERTIFICATION:

Participants will receive full EVC certification on completion.

WHO IS PGL BEYOND?

PGL Beyond is a network of brands with a shared mission, to spark breakthroughs in young people through transformational experiences that go beyond the classroom. Brands include PGL, NST, European Study Tours, and Studylink.

As a family of leading educational travel brands, they have been enriching the lives of young people for over 60 years.

PGL are members of ABTA, STF and hold the LOtC Quality Badge.

COURSE RATIONALE:

This training course will cover aspects of the law and good practice related to educational visits, risk assessment of visits and the administrative requirements associated with off-site educational activities as recommended by the Department for Education. 

It will also engage the delegates in meaningful discussion in an immersive environment with peers and experienced EVOLVE Advice Advisers.

The course will enable you to plan and manage your school’s educational visits and off-site activities in line with National Guidance and current good practice, and thus help you fulfil your Health & Safety obligations.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This course is aimed at new and existing EVCs and Visit Leaders in all schools (Maintained, Independent Schools, Foundation Schools, and Academies) in England and Wales.

Please note this course is not aimed at FE and HE settings, but aspects are transferrable.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Enhanced knowledge and understanding about the effective supervision of young people taking part in educational visits activities.

• Greater confidence and ability to act as the Educational Visits Coordinator.

• Increased competence in risk assessing and managing risks on educational visits.

• A real and practical understanding of the role of a visit leader and what an EVC should check.

COURSE CONTENT:

This course aims to equip you with the key requirements of a competent Educational Visit Coordinator. The course outlines key considerations in planning an educational visit, updating you with current good practice in the supervision of young people.

The course provides training in strategies used for risk management and risk assessment off-site and will include theory and practical sessions on:

1. Planning

2. Risk management

3. Competence

4. Supervision

5. Guidance

6. Best Practice

7. Legal issues

FEES

£250+vat per person (fee includes e-learning, workbook, full EVC certification, travel, meals and accommodation as above.)

To keep the travel comfortable, the course will be limited to a maximum of 45 delegates.

This is a not-for-profit course and the fee covers the cost only.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• Transport from central London

• 2 nights’ accommodation at Chateau d’Ebblinghem in a single occupancy room

• All meals

• All excursions

LOCATION

Chateau d’Ebblinghem, 59173

Course Dates

To keep prices affordable for participants, there is a minimum group size for this course.

If you’re interested in attending this training, please register your interest using the short form below, stating your preference for Autumn or Spring. We will use this to help plan future course dates.

What do people say about immersive EVC training?

Find out more about the immersive training and what to expect, from EVC, Wayne Holder.

Testimonials

Here’s what people said about the last immersive visit:

“As a busy headteacher it was great to have a few days just to focus on the important EVC aspect of my role. Having been an EVC for a number of years it was great to refresh my training in a new context. The opportunity to resolve problem scenarios ‘in real time’ with immediate feedback was invaluable”. -Matt O’Grady

“It’s been a really valuable experience and it’s been really good to meet other people who do similar jobs in a wide range of schools. The balance was just right between training sessions and excursions and I’m leaving with an even bigger sense of enthusiasm for educational visits”. - Maurice