Adult Education Theories & Tools
Branch Out by Vrindy Spencer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Branch Out by Vrindy Spencer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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For my Liberal Arts degree at Quest University Canada, I studied the Question, "What conditions optimize a sense of belonging?" The answer came in clear: community-building Although I did not have any of the language at the time, I chose to teach myself curriculum development, program coordination, and group facilitation. I investigated, "How can I facilitate group intimacy?" and decided to design a community for community's sake. My mentors told me my task would be unsuccessful without another goal of the group. I did it anyway. The group, a collection of Quest students interested in taking part in meetings once a week to "explore and express authentic identity," was so successful that they decided to continue running the program for the second semester, after I completed my own project. I loved seeing hours spent on my own researching activities and group dynamics come to fruition through this beautiful community and intensely practicing my facilitation skills on-the-spot. However, I noted my lack of mentorship and efforts in reinventing the wheel. Fast forward to a year and a half later working on creating group-based personal development programs for adults, trying to find organizations to join that are aligned with my passions and skills, and looking for guidance...
I'm taking on the element of water: letting myself fall from the sky, soak into the soil, find roots, be gathered up by a greater tree than I could create, extend to its branches, and let myself be absorbed by the sky once again; learning along the entire way. I want to be part of a forest, so that when I plant my own seeds, I know just how the ground should feel. My next task is to design a curriculum for a new non-profit called Low Entropy
"We are a non-profit organization that provides free resources for those who may be seeking inspiration, meaning or purpose. We offer opportunities for growth, connection and self introspection. Through various free courses, support groups and one on one connections, we help each other come to a place of self-acceptance. This is the foundation for all meaningful relationships to flourish." My program will be an expansion of their current Conscious Connections meetings. I will combine my experience and skills of program development with their intentions and greater purpose.
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