helping teens to work with middle school youth in afterschool programs teens as volunteer leaders
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Helping Teens to Work With Middle School Youth in Afterschool Programs
Teens as Volunteer Leaders
Animal Sounds
The TASK: Find everyone that has
the same animal name as you
The CATCH: You can’t talk You can make sounds
or movements that are made by your animal
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Animal Sounds
IN YOUR ANIMAL FAMILY:
Get to know each other Read the slip with the
other questions Chart your group
response– Challenge– Asset
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Animal Sounds
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Ice Breakers
Why are Icebreakers Important?
Helps people get acquainted. Helps people feel more
comfortable with the training environment.
Helps to give people a preview of the training.
Teaches a skill. Encourages people to have fun
and be relaxed.
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Overview
Help you to train other teens to:
– Deliver the curriculum to middle school youth– Understand developmental characteristics of
middle school youth– Learn how to use the experiential learning model– Give effective presentations
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Do You Remember When?
Developmental Characteristics
Physical Social Emotional Intellectual
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Do You Remember When?
Ages and Stages Normal differences Can be one age
physically, but another age socially
Some may more or less mature than others
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Do You Remember When?
The TASK: Review the
characteristic:– Physical– Social– Emotional– Intellectual
Prepare a 1-2 minute skit that demonstrates the characteristic
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Do You Remember When?
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Do You Remember When?
Physical Growth– Continues at steady rate– Small muscles have
developed (hammering, playing instruments, etc.)
– May be as coordinated as an adult, but have lapses of awkwardness
Implications for Programming
– Provide lots of physical involvement
– Use hands-on activities that allow youth to make and do things
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Characteristics of 4th – 6th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Social Growth– Peer influence grows– Want to be accepted by
peer group– Peer groups can become
club, gang, or secret society– Prejudice can develop– Independence is increasing– Concept of “fair” and
“unfair”
Implications for Programming
– Provide activities through clubs and groups
– Allow youth to make decisions about what they do, make and use
– Use same sex groupings
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Characteristics of 4th - 6th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Emotional Growth– Growing independence– Beginning of disobedience,
back-talk, & rebelliousness– Fears of the unknown such
as failure, death, family problems
– Concept of right & wrong– Greater sense of humor– Increasing competence– Strong attachment to their
own sex
Implications for Programming
– Avoid comparing youth to one another
– Emphasize progress & achievement
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Characteristics of 4th - 6th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Intellectual Growth– Reading is more
independent– Greater use of abstract
thought– Plans can extend over
several weeks– Activities can be evaluated
with insight– Attention span increases – Ability to the ‘why’ of things
Implications for Programming
– Use simple, short instructions
– Include real-life objects when teaching
– Use the senses in activities
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Characteristics of 4th - 6th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Physical Growth– Often have a growth
spurt that can cause clumsiness
– Most girls are more developed than boys
– Distinguishing physical features may be source of worry
– Increase in appetite
Implications for Programming
– Avoid activities that cause youth to compare their physical features
– Offer projects that require more coordination
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Characteristics of 7th - 9th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Social Growth– Participation in youth
organizations may decline– Still dependent on the rules &
regulations specified by adults even though they may protest
– Peer group pressure increases– ‘Crushes’ are common– Interest in the opposite sex is
shown in contrary behavior….pushing, hair pulling, etc.
Implications for Programming
– Provide some activities that include both sexes, but still offer same sex activities
– Provide opportunities for the group to determine the ‘rules’
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Characteristics of 7th - 9th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Emotional Growth– Worry and/or shame
associated with body development
– Strong emotional attachment to older teen or an adult
– Keen interest in their own bodies
Implications for Programming
– Provide lots of opportunities to succeed
– Avoid comparing performance with others
– Provide opportunities to work with other youth & adults
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Characteristics of 7th - 9th Graders
Do You Remember When?
Intellectual Growth– Growing capacity to reason
and think abstractly– Still enjoy working with
concrete objects– Ability to persist until
desired results are achieved
– Avoid tasks beyond their ability
– Can take on more responsibility in planning & evaluating their work
Implications for Programming
– Provide more complex tasks
– Projects that require more reading & analysis
– Allow them to evaluate their own work
– Avoid tasks that are beyond their ability
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Characteristics of 7th - 9th Graders
Learn by Doing
What does “learn by doing mean?”
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Experiential Learning Model
Learn by Doing!
The TASK: Do Helicopter Activity
as a group
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Learn by Doing!
The PROCESS: DO
– the experience
REFLECT – Share what happened– Process what happened
APPLY– Generalize– Apply to something else
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Learn by Doing!
We remember: 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and
hear 70% of what we see, hear
and discuss 90% of what we see, hear,
discuss and practice
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Learn by Doing!
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Keeping Audiences Turned ON!
What does it mean to keep your audience engaged?
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Keeping Audiences Turned ON!
What are some of reasons why audiences tune out presenters?
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Keeping Audiences Turned ON!
Long lectures Sitting too long Not allowed to do the
work Distractions in the room
or area Boring subject or
presentation
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Keeping Your Audience Turned ON!
The TASK: For your assigned
topic, brainstorm how you keep your audience turned on!
Report back to the whole group
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Sharing Our Results!
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Review the Manual
Teens as Volunteer Leaders….
Recruiting and Training Teens to Work with Younger Youth in After-school Programs
Teens as Volunteer Leaders
Review the Manual
Introduction -What is
4-H Afterschool? Elements of Teens as
Volunteer Leaders Teen Recruitment Mentors & Afterschool
Program Recruitment
4-H Teen Project Orientation
Teen Training Recognizing Program
participants Marketing & Publicizing
Your Program
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For More Information
Sharon JungeCounty Director, 4-H Youth Development
Advisor11477 E Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603(530)889-7385 phone(530)889-7397 [email protected] emailhttp://ceplacer.ucdavis.edu website
Teens as Volunteer Leaders