Workshop #4: The MAWL Process

Instead of just teaching and passing on information when developing Key Volunteers, it is important to show them the skills needed for building movements. We do this through a process called MAWL.

Simply put, MAWL is a process by which we transfer skills to the next generation of leaders.
MAWL is an acronym for:
Model skills
Assist them as they practice
Watch them lead on their own
Leave so they may lead independently with competence & confidence

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Watch this video to hear Cam explain the MAWL process.

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Assignment: Read the football analogy and answer the questions:

MAWL step by step – The football coach analogy

Model – this is like Little League football! Coaches can run on the field, give players advice, show them how to kick the ball. It’s all about the kids getting their heads around football and the basics of how to play-the score doesn’t matter.

Assist – the coaches are still “on the field”, but they are assisting students to gain competence in skills and tactics used in the game, i.e: how to kick the ball, some strategy and field placement. It’s not just a mass of kids crowding around the ball – there is some vision to where things are heading.

Watch – here the coaches are starting to stand on the sideline, rather than in the field of play. This isn’t Little League anymore!Coaches would only go “on the field” in the event of an emergency. But the coaching before the game and post-game debrief become much more important, in fact vital. The players are starting to evaluate and plan themselves.

Leave – this is now an adult’s football game. Coaches don’t even go on the field, even if things are tough or a player is injured. If students are leading and running the ministry, what are the coaches doing? Coaches are completely in the Coaching / DNA-Keeper (C-DK) role. The C- DK knows the intricate details of how the game is played. He knows his players and he motivates, encourages and helps strategize with them. But he doesn’t go on the field. The C-DK spurs the players on before a game. He motivates, instructs, supports, consults, but does not play.

Addition information on how to MAWL skills to develop leaders: MAWL for KVs

Next, you will learn about different resources and tools you will use to develop Key Volunteers.