Adult Educators – Silver Academy Platform

Adult Educator

Community Coaching Programme

This coaching programme is designed to help you build the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to support older adult learners in community-based and less formal learning settings. Organised across three modules, it supports your professional development in community coaching, learner engagement, and micro-learning design.
1. Introduction to Community Coaching and Microlearning Theory
2. Making Community Connections
3. Developing Micro-Learning Resources for Older Adult Learners

Silver Academy Facilitator’s Handbook

This handbook is designed to support adult and community education organisations in planning, setting up, and delivering a successful Silver Academy. It provides practical guidance, delivery support, and implementation tools to help you create welcoming and engaging learning environments for older adults.

The handbook is organised across six key areas:
1. Introduction to the Silver Academy Model
2. Planning and Setting Up a Silver Academy
3. Facilitating Engaging Learning Experiences for Older Adults
4. Running a Silver Academy Session
5. Evaluation Strategies
6. Checklists and Templates

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. (Project No.: 2025-1-DE-2-KA220-ADU-00035330)