NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING Positive Youth Development

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NEW VOLUNTEER TRAININGPositive Youth
Development
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• GOALS for the TRAINING
• Introduce participants to the 4-H Equation
• Build positive youth development knowledge and
  skills focusing on the Needs of Youth, the
  Essential Elements, and youth-adult partnerships
• Introduce Experiential Learning process
• Provide tools and resources to assist volunteers
  working with children youth grades K-3 and 4-12
  
• Allow opportunity for sharing of ideas and
  questions
• Provide information and training respective to
  volunteer roles Club/Project or Clover Kids

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• AGENDA
• Ice Breaker
• 4-H Equation Youth Needs Essential Elements
• Experiential Learning
• Outcomes
• Club/project break out Clover Kids break out
• Q A Clover Kids Toolbox
• LUNCH
• Youth/Adult Partnerships Planning a CK program
• Goal Setting CK behavioral mgmt
• Club Planning Transition to 4-H
• CELEBRATION!

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• Ice Breaker Commonalities
• Do Find a partner you dont already know. Talk
  with your partner and generate a list of as many
  things as you can that are common to both of you.
  They can not be things you can see by looking at
  each other (i.e., both have dark hair)
• Goal to come up with as many as you can!

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• Ice Breaker Commonalities
• Reflect
• What did you discover?
• How many items did you came up with?
• What are some feeling words to describe your
  thoughts during this exercise?
• Did this activity help you feel connected? Why or
  Why not?

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• Ice Breaker Commonalities
• Apply
• Why do we do icebreakers or get acquainted
  activities with a group?
• How would you use or adapt this activity to your
  4-H club?

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All Youth Need

• To know they are cared about by others
• (Belonging)
• To feel and believe they are capable and
  successful
• (Mastery)
• To know they are able to influence people and
  events
• (Independence)
• To practice helping others through their own
  generosity
• (Generosity)

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4 Needs of Youth

• Do
• Break into groups.
• Each group will be assigned one of the 4 needs.
• Brainstorm and note on chart paper what kind of
  behaviors, practices, culture, or activities
  would need to be in place in order to meet that
  need.

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4 Needs of Youth

• REFLECT
• Please share your responses.
• APPLY
• What skills do members develop at 4-H club
  meetings?
• What are some ways you will encourage belonging,
  mastery, independence, or generosity?

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Essential Elements

• Do Break into groups of no more than 4-5.
• Each group has an EE Characteristics activity
  sheet and packet of EE Characteristic cards.
  Group members should take turns reading the cards
  and as a group decide what square each belongs
  on. Discuss how you would know, what you might
  observe if those elements were present in your
  club or other activities? Name some other
  examples of EE youve observed in your club/group
  that might not be on the cards. Reference EE
  handout in binder.

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Essential Elements

• Reflect
• Groups share responses.
• What did you learn as you identified
  indicators/needs?
• Which EE Indicator was the easiest to recognize?
• Which was the hardest?
• Which elements met multiple needs?

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Essential Elements

• Apply
• Creating Safe Environments
• On-line training Risk Management
• http//www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/Volunteers/ris
  k.htm

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Reflection

• In your binder is a piece titled New Volunteer
  Training Reflection
• Jot down your reflections on page 1

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Experiential Learning
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Experiential Learning

• Do
• In your teams of 3, take some time and observe
  the pop cans and note your observationssimilariti
  es differences.
• After you have made your observations, place both
  pop cans under water. Observe what happens.

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Experiential Learning

• Share the Results or Reflect
• What did you like about this activity?
• What did you observe about the difference between
  diet and regular soda?
• What makes regular soda different from diet?
• What surprised you?
• What do you know about density?

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Experiential Learning

• Process
• What role did density play in this experiment?
• What might cause regular soda to be more dense
  than diet?
• How do we know?

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Experiential Learning

• Generalize
• What generalizations can you make about the
  difference between using an artificial sweetener
  vs. sugar in a product from this experiment ?
• Why is it important to understand these
  differences?

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Experiential Learning

• Apply
• How might you be able to use this knowledge in
  the future?
• How can you incorporate the experiential learning
  process into your club meetings or activities?
• http//scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/cans.htm

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Our Priority Topics

• Healthy Living
• STEM
• Citizenship/Leadership
• Communication and the Arts

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4-H Outcomes Our Results

• What are the outcomes you hear from the young
  people in this video?
• http//vimeo.com/6268850
• Did You Know? Tufts Study
• Iowa Study

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Resources

• Iowa 4H Website
• http//www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/
• National 4H Website
• http//www.4-h.org/
• Kits, Project Books, Leader Meetings,.

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Youth Adult Partnerships

• Do
• Youth draw the outline body of a young person,
  be creative!
• Adult draw the outline body of an adult, be
  creative!
• Both groups write the benefits your respective
  role
• brings to an youth-adult partnership on the
  inside
• of the body. On the outside of the body write
  the
• challenges your role brings.

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Youth Adult Partnerships

• Discussion
• When you look at these benefits, what feelings do
  you have?
• Are there items or benefits that you have to have
  to be an adult?
• How easy was it come up with the benefits?
• How easy was it to come up with the challenges?
• Were there any surprises?
• What is there about the benefits that can help
  overcome the challenges?

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Youth Adult Partnerships

• Discussion (continued)
• Where else might you look for ideas on how to
  overcome the challenges?
• How can we use this information to improve
  youth/adult partnerships we are involved in?

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Goal Centered Learning

• Gives a timeline
• Accountability
• Something to strive for
• Puts things in perspective
• Provides challenge
• Measures progress

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Goal Centered Learning

• Project Goals
• Exhibit Goals

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Goal Centered Learning

• Action I want to learn how to
• Results take action video of my robotics team
  with my new camera
• Timeline by the county fair

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Test questions for goals

• Is it specific?
• Can you achieve it?
• Do you have control over it?
• Does it show progress?
• Does it convey what you (the member) wanted to
  learn?

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Club Planning
Do In your small groups, using the Club
Planning Worksheet as a guide, plan a club
meeting, or activity addressing your assigned
priority topic Healthy Living, STEM,
Citizenship/Leadership or Communication/Arts. Est
ablish a learning goal and consider what we
learned this morning incorporating meeting the 4
Needs, How to implement the Essential Elements,
and any Risk Management considerations. Resources
in your binder include (blue) Planning a 4-H
Learning Experience, New Leader Letters, 4-H Club
Meeting Outline, RM checklist, How Kids Develop,
Troubleshooting and (white) Hot Sheets. Online
resources can also be used if accessible.
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Club Planning Reflection

• How did you create a sense of belonging?
• How did you meet needs of independence, mastery,
  and generosity?
• What Essential Elements were included?
• How was Experiential Learning incorportated?
• How did Youth and Adults work together?
• Share your Risk Management plan.

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Inspire! Excitement!

• 4H Passport to Adventure
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vN2j-oEsX44o
• I want to be a 4H Volunteer because

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Treasure Chest reflection

• Celebrate!
• Thanks for being a 4-H Volunteer!