{"id":240,"date":"2020-01-12T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=240"},"modified":"2020-07-15T22:14:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T22:14:02","slug":"africa-a-facilitation-enabling-implementation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaaplus.org.za\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"Africa A+ facilitation enabling implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Africa A+\u2019s lesson on facilitation began when the staff of the Rainbow ECD Centre in Masiphumelele requested a Christmas concert planning workshop.  The A+ facilitators faced two challenges  when planning the workshop: 1) if we believe that \u2018People own what they create\u2019 how do we support a school  in planning a concert without introducing our own ideas,  and 2) how do we facilitate the workshop in isiXhosa, the language of the teachers and the children?   After much thought the A+ facilitators made two decisions. The first was to enable the workshop  to take place in isiXhosa by translating every facilitation question into isiXhosa with the help of  Google Translate and Vuyiswa Rapoyiya.  The second was to create a \u2018toolbox\u2019 that would enable Rainbow to create a concert using their own ideas. A shoebox was decorated, labelled \u2018concert planning toolbox\u2019 and filled with stationary, recyclables (bottletops, sticks, etc), and stocked with four \u2018tools\u2019 called  INSPIRATION, DISCUSSION, VISUALISATION and PLANNING.<\/p>

On the 8th August the Africa A+ facilitators and the  Rainbow staff spent an inspiring afternoon workshopping the Christmas concert.  The concert planning \u2018toolbox\u201d was handed over to Rainbow. The INSPIRATION \u2018tool\u2019 was an experience i.e. a story dramatisation to music led by Shumi Chimombe (photos 1 \u2013 3).  The DISCUSSION \u2018tool\u2019 was a set of questions printed in isiXhosa and English that had the Rainbow staff discussing in isiXhosa the practicalities of putting on a concert e.g. \u2018Where are the parents and caregivers going to sit? The VISUALISATION \u2018tool\u2019 had the Rainbow staff  putting  the ideas generated by the discussion tool down onto a large sheet of cardboard (photos 5 \u2013 7) . The staff  first drew a floor plan of their school and garden on the cardboard before laying out the  bottle tops, sticks, blocks, and Lego. Each object represented a part of the concert e.g. where the parents would sit, where the children would get dressed, the siting of the stage, Father Christmas, and the refreshment tables. The last \u2018tool\u2019 PLANNING enabled  reaching consensus before the staff recorded in a notebook each planned step, related action, timeframe, and person responsible.  The result was a lively and animated workshop ending in a concert plan created and owned by the Rainbow staff.  Patience, the 4 -5 year old educator, noted that \u201cCollaboration is the best tool. I feel light now. The visuals helped a lot.\u201d<\/p>

The Rainbow ECD Centre held their Christmas concert on the 10th November (photos 8 \u2013 12). It was delightful to see the implementation of the concert planning workshop. Although Africa A+ provided the inspiration and planning tools, the concert was the result of the Rainbow staff\u2019s own creativity and hard work.<\/p>


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Africa A+ facilitation enabling implementation Africa A+\u2019s lesson on facilitation began when the staff of the Rainbow ECD Centre in Masiphumelele requested a Christmas concert planning workshop.  The A+ facilitators faced two challenges  when planning the workshop: 1) if we believe that \u2018People own what they create\u2019 how do we support a school  in planning 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