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The success of positive youth development depends on intentional application of key skills and philosophies. If you're looking for ways to improve your ability to relate to and support the lives of young people, we can help.
We can customize training opportunities for adults working with youth. Included here a few topics to get you started!
This hour-long workshop helps participants build upon and use basic youth development knowledge.
Activities include:
Success Bingo
Positive attributes outcomes for youth
Group definition of Youth Development.
The 5 Cs
Classifying outcomes into the 5 C’s – competencies, confidence, character, connection and contribution
Nurture these outcomes
Community Supports
Challenges young people face today
Connections and groups young people can draw on for support
Youth Engagment
Youth voice and youth involvement
Young people as resources and partners
Varying levels of engagement and roles young people can have in an organization/group
Youth Stereotypes
Explore some of the stereotypes attached to young people
How stereotypes influence the interaction between adults and young people
What are the repercussions of these stereotypes
Adultism
Definition and influence of adultism
Group Facilitation Skills
This two-hour workshop helps participants create an engaging learning environment.
Activities include:
Teaching with Style
Defining learning styles
Determining your learning style
Include a variety of learning styles in group activities
Six Principles of Learning
Six fundamental principles of successful learning
Identify these principles in successful learning experiences
Using these principles with groups
Open Questions, Open Doors
Defining open questions
Creating and using open questions
Getting a Grasp on Groups
Seven group facilitation skills
Connecting facilitation skills and the six principles of learning
Group facilitation scenarios
What training participants have said:
“Great mix of different learning styles, and a great mix of interaction—makes things fun!”
“Overall, this was a well-presented training program and I learned more techniques that I can use with my group. I would like to use more open questions and present more skills to the students in my group.”
“Trainer is well-well-well prepared. Has useful, fun items to give to us to reinforce what we learned. Thank you.”
“I think this was an excellent training one of the better I have participated in. It was very active.”
Project Curriculum
Projects are learning experiences and activities for youth. Just about anything a young person is interested in can be a 4-H project; there are over a hundred different curricula available through Cooperative Extension. with more than a thousand hands-on projects as varied as rocketry, GPS mapping, public speaking, nutrition, photography, and community service.
Curriculum can be used in school, afterschool, and outside of school settings.
4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills.
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I Pledge
my Head to clearer thinking
my Heart to greater loyalty
my Hands to larger service
my Health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country and my world.