Four video sessions to help strengthen and develop your toddler group
Journeying Together is a flexible, four session resource to help toddler group teams develop their vision, establish a healthy team culture and equip themselves to support families in their community.
The training sessions will equip toddler group teams to:
- Reflect on why you exist and define your vision
- Think about the impact you want to have on families’ lives
- Dream, discuss and plan what your unique group could be
Key themes and topics explored:
- The importance of vision – writing, cultivating and communicating the vision to the whole group and toddler group community
- How developing a culture of support and well-being brings health and longevity to the whole group
- How to work well together as a team – having clear expectations about the different roles and responsibilities and a focus on developing every team members’ strengths and interests
- What we want our group sessions to look like, what areas of community support we want to provide, and how we can connect our toddler group families to a faith community
Sessions include:
- Engaging teaching
- Panel discussion with toddler group leaders
- Discussion questions
- Development tools to help put theory into practice
- Video content (available to stream online)
- Session guide – with step-by-step instructions to take your whole group through each session through each session
- Downloadable development tools – to assist you as you strengthen and develop your toddler group team and community
- Bonus COVID-19 pandemic-specific session to help our toddler groups navigate those next steps as restrictions ease
Journeying Together is presented by Claire Burton, a Faith in the Family Project Manager for Care for the Family.
The videos feature panel discussions with Helen Lock, Playtime Coordinator for Care for the Family, Baptist Minister Andy Ginn, Daniel’s Den founder and CEO Jo Gordon and Ursula Wastall, a church leader from Wolverhampton.
Who is it for?
Journeying Together has been designed for toddler group leaders and their teams, as they navigate the next steps for their toddler group communities.
Who can run Journeying Together?
This resource can be run by anyone as you don’t need training to deliver it. The Session Guide gives all the information you will need. Each one-hour session can be used as a stand-alone resource. However, we would recommend running the four sessions in order, to provide time and space for creative thinking and team development.
