Learning Community Structure

A learning to learn camp is designed to accommodate up to 100 students. The facilitation team for a camp consists of a lead facilitator from Pacific Crest and two or three co-facilitators from the host institution who will be trained to lead future camps. 

In addition, there are a group of coaches who are responsible for 12-15 students who comprise a "learning community" (within the structure of the entire camp community). Each coach has 3-5 assistant coaches who are responsible for a "team" of three or four students.

For example, a camp of 60 students would have a facilitation team of three (a lead facilitator from Pacific Crest and two co-facilitators) along with five coaches who would each be responsible for a learning community of twelve students. 

These learning communities would each have three assistant coaches who would each work with a learning team of four students. In total, there would be a facilitation team of three, five coaches and fifteen assistant coaches. This ratio of three students to one coach is desired. Coaches are mostly from the host institution but Pacific Crest can assist with recruiting coaches from other institutions as needed.

In this type of environment, learners can expect to receive continuous mentoring from coaches. At the same time a peer coaching system helps support the development of facilitation skills among the coaches. Also, the facilitator will provide feedback to coaches with respect their performance at mentoring student growth.

Below are descriptions of the responsibilities for the facilitator and coaches.

Facilitator

• Responsible for the overall flow of the camp.
• Determine the schedule and sequencing of activities.
• Facilitate an activity from the course content of the camp.
• Support coaches with their mentoring of students.
• Provide assessment feedback to the coaches and assistant coaches.
• Oversee the peer coaching system; coach the peer coaches.
• Responsible for the scoring and award system.

Coach

• Responsible for the overall performance and experience of his or her learning community.
• Manage and support the assistant coaches with their teams of students.
• Provide assessment feedback to grow the performance of the assistant coaches and students within his or her learning community.
• Peer coach a colleague’s facilitation of an activity at least once during the camp.
• Facilitate an activity from the course content of the camp.
• Responsible for a review project or organizing one of the general camp activities. 

Assistant coach

• Responsible for the overall performance and experience of his or her learning team.
• Motivate, counsel, and provide quality feedback to help grow the performance of his or her learning team and learning community.
• Support the other assistant coaches in the learning community.
• Peer coach a colleague’s facilitation of an activity at least once during the camp.
• Facilitate an activity from the course content of the camp.
  Responsible for a review project or organizing one of the general camp activities.