Become an Award Leader
Are you already a trained Award Leader or just curious? We have compiled important information for your role as an Award Leader here. This is in addition to the information in the Award Leader OneDrive folder.
Participation in a one-day programme course is a prerequisite for accompanying participants as an Award Leader and using the Online Record Book.
Please register by entering the programme code on the registration form on the programme page.
The participation fee is 37.50 Euro per person (75 Euro per person if you teach in a private educational institution).
Training
Find Award material
What resources are available?
- Access to the Award Leader Folder via OneDrive: Shared via e-mail after the program course and linked at the bottom of each newsletter
- Newsletter: Monthly update with news and helpful information
- Manuals: International Award Leader handbook in German and English; German Handbook created by Klaus Vogel and Barbara Oehl
- Program start: Information for parents, participants, assessors, and presentations (see ALF 01_How to Start)
- Mentoring: Mentoring guide, stage planner and target method (see ALF 02_How to Mentoring)
- Expedition: Expedition guide, 10 requirements, declaration of consent as templates, route cards …; at the Gold level participation in the Assessor course for wilderness areas;
- School development: development plan, annual calendar, templates for SWOT analysis and concept
- Public relations: “Proud to Deliver”-logo for your homepage, Brand material in the OneDrive folder, templates for press releases
- Information on the Online Record Book: Tutorial-Playlist on YouTube, ORB manuals regularly updated on the ORB itself
- Ordering the Awards: email to [email protected]
- You can also find a small selection of helpful materials here:
Create a program concept
How can I develop a good program concept or further develop our existing one?
The advantage of the Award is that it looks a little different at every educational institution because it can be optimally adapted to local conditions. This means that at the beginning of your Duke journey you create a viable program concept that fits your organization.
Where can I find support?
- During the course, we will work together to develop the foundations for an initial concept and you will be given access to helpful materials (see ALF 04_How to School Development).
- Our regional managers are available for further consultations.
- We will be happy to arrange a feedback meeting if required.
- Exchange ideas with Award Leaders in the community or at face-to-face meetings.
- Discover best practice examples on our page “Who offers the Award”
Allocate my resources
The needed resources depend on your program concept, the size of the team, the number of participants, the levels offered, the type of expeditions and the structures of your organization.
The following areas of responsibility and time resources can be identified for an Award Leader:
- Participation in the course: 1 day (creation of program concept and annual calendar, registration in the ORB)
- Planning and organization: approx. 8 hours for recruiting and onboarding participants, information events, parents’ evenings
- Mentoring: 1 hour per week in person or via the app
- Teaching all training content relevant to the expedition: approx. 8h
- Carrying out the trial expeditions: min. 1 day and 1 night
- Conducting the final expedition: 2 days/1 night for bronze; 3 days/2 nights for silver; 4 days/3 nights for gold
- Completion: approx. 3 hours for approval, ordering and presentation of the awards
Using the Award network
You have various opportunities to met other Award Leaders:
- at Stammtische in your region
- at the annual national network meeting
- in the Award Leader Community
- in regional WhatsApp groups (write to us!)
- through local cooperation between educational institutions
Involvement in the association
Would you like to actively support and have a say in our association’s work? Then you can become a member of the Duke Award e.V.
Send us the signed membership application form to [email protected]
Membership application