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Teen REACH Staff and Mentor Training
2010-2011
- Notes:
- Welcome participants and introduce trainers
- Have participants introduce themselves, stating briefly why the are working with youth
- Inform them that they are in a classification of professionals known as Youth Development workers
- Participants can follow along in the handbook
Teen REACH
- Out of School Programming
- Integrates community efforts - List community Partners
Notes:
Teen REACH is a program that includes more than afterschool hours
It includes a collaboration of community Partners, have participants list theirs
Teen REACH Goal Areas
- Improving Educational Performance
- Life Skills Education
- Parental Involvement
- Recreation, Sports, and Cultural/Artistic Activities
- Positive Adult Mentors
- Service Learning
Notes:
Give examples of each area
Site Supervisors
List contact information
Teen REACH Coordinator
List Coordinator contact info
Duties
- Build rapport with students. Be Respectful
- Conduct recreational and life skills activities
- Help maintain order and structure during activities
- Tutor students in academics
- Maintain communication with and report any issues immediately to the Site Supervisor
Notes:
Frontline staff are expected to be engaged in one or more of these activities
More duties and scheduling would be specific to each site
Qualifications
- Ability to respectfully communicate with adolescents
- Display professional behavior
- Be a team player
- Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries
- Submit to a background check
Notes:
Qualifications are how staff are supposed to be while doing duties
Body outline activity - discuss professional behavior vs. non-professional behavior
Professionalism
- Scheduling
- Dress
- Conduct
- Work Duties
Notes:
Discuss - following along in handbook
Teen REACH Policies
- Medical Issues
- Administering Medication
- Asthma
- Head Lice
- Child Abuse
- Staff Communication
- Positive Discipline
Notes:
Discuss - following along in handbook
Pertinent policies will be specific to each site
Discipline/Rules
- Expectations
- Observation
- Documentation
- Problem Solving
Notes:
Discuss - following along in handbook
Teen REACH Rules
2010 - 2011
- FOLLOW STAFF DIRECTIONS FIRST TIME GIVEN
- BE RESPECTFUL
- No Bullying
- No Putdowns
- Be Positive
- REMAIN IN ASSIGNED AREA OR WITH ASSIGNED GROUP
Problem Solving
- Solution Focused
- The 7 Step Model
- The Three C's Model
Notes:
Solution focused vs. Problem focused - Respectfully working things out vs. denying and blaming, needing to be right.
Another person can never be the problem, including your self
Models to be discussed on the next slides
The 7 Step Problem Solving Model
- Check Your Thinking
- Define the Problem
- Consider Alternatives
- Consider Consequences
- Choose
- Implement
- Evaluate
Notes:
Briefly discuss following along in the handbook
The Three C's Problem Solving Model
- Clarify - The Problem
- Consider - Alternatives and Consequences
- Choose - The Best Alternative & Take Action
Notes:
A condensation of the 7 step model, best used for verbal problem solving
Most problems can be resolved verbally
Motivation
What motivates people?
Discuss Power
Notes:
Pole participants
Boils down to rewards and threat of punishment, carrot and the stick
Power
- Expert Power
- Legitimate Power
- Reward Power
- Coercive Power
- Referent Power
- All people are innately motivated
Notes:
Industrial Psychology principles
Expert power = mechanic, doctor
Legitimate power = boss, parent
Reward power = teacher can give you a grade, can be boss too - $
Coercive power = used car salesman
Referent power = people who we can relate to - mentors
Innate motivation - find the right incentive IE: A kid doesn't want to clean their room but will go to a friends house and work like a dog cleaning. Why? Relationship/Rapport, their friend has referent power.
Rapport
The amount of closeness between you and your student
Notes:
Appointment activity - Have participants schedule appointments with each other, then call out a time, have them find their partner and have them discuss, for 1 minute each, their favorite teacher, then call out another time to get a different partner and discuss their favorite family member, then call out another time and discuss best friend. Discuss with the whole group how these people built rapport with them. To end activity on a positive note call out another time and have them discuss their favorite funny story or joke (classroom appropriate). Afterward call attention to the change in energy in the room. Discuss how lightheartedness can aid in rapport building.
The greater the Rapport the greater the potential to:
- Discuss with your student
- Teach
- Influence in a positive way
Emotional Bank Account
- Happy Endings = Deposit
- Unhappy Endings = Withdrawal
- Bigger the Balance = The easier the interaction
- Bigger the Deficit = Frustration, Conflict
Notes:
Happy ending means being assertively respectful, willing to listen and be affected by what the other says. Doesn't mean you are not in charge. You still need to be consistent with discipline.
Assertiveness
- The most effective behavior style for getting needs met and expressing feelings
- Using direct communication while maintaining a Respectful attitude
- Respect is the Key
Notes:
The best way to build rapport
Being able to assertively communicate is an important skill for a Youth Development Worker to learn
Aggressive
- Getting what you want and expressing your feelings without respect
- Demanding
- Threatening
Notes:
Not respectful of others
Passive Aggressive
- Getting your needs and wants met, and expressing your feelings in an indirect manner
- Sneaky
- Guilt trips
Notes:
Ineffective - others eventually catch on
Passive
Hoping your needs will get met, not expressing your true feelings
Notes:
No respect for self
Assertiveness and Problem Solving
- Assertive
- Passive/Aggressive
- The problem is avoided/ the person is attacked indirectly
- Aggressive
- Passive
Notes:
Assertive means staying focused on solutions
MASLOW'S Hierarchy of Needs
Textual description of the image:
The path towards transendence based upon prerequisite needs met.
A pyramid separated into three groupings (Top, Middle and Base) showing these prerequisites.
- Base: Physiological Needs
- Base: Safety Needs
- Base: Belongingness & Love Needs
- Base: Esteem Needs
- Middle: Need to Know & Understand
Notes:
Students mostly have their Physiological needs met
Teen REACH needs to provide the structure to meet safety needs and the services to meet belongingness and love and esteem needs.
Getting Our Needs Met
- Knowing our style preferences
- Overcome barriers to being assertive
- Affirm yourself and your rights
- Be aware of students styles and needs
- "I" Messages
- Escalating Assertiveness
- Self Care
Notes:
What needs do we have as Youth Development workers? Discuss if time permits
Boundaries
Boundaries - An invisible line or parameter which sets limits, also defines relationships
Notes:
How far we will go towards someone, how close we'll let them come toward us, and what kind of relationship is appropriate
Boundary Impairments
No Boundaries
Notes:
Stomp on others rights or let others stomp on ours
Boundary Impairments
Damaged Boundaries
- Can set boundaries most of the time except with certain people
- Only partially aware that others have boundaries (Manipulative and Controlling)
Boundary Impairments
Walls instead of Boundaries
- Wall of Anger
- Wall of Fear
- Wall of Silence
- Wall of Words
Notes:
Some kids will present walls, defenses, be patient
Boundaries Define Relationships
Students are our what…
- Children?
- Friends?
- Family?
- Wards?
- Loved ones?
Notes:
Discuss what is an appropriate relationship
Use the next slide
Appropriate Boundaries
- Positive non-sexual touch only (i.e. Handshake, light pat on the back)
- No outside contact with students
- No loaning/borrowing from students
- No favoritism
- Students not responsible for our needs
- No sharing personal information with students
Notes:
Discuss these and any others
Boundaries
An image of a example project:
Circle in the middle with the following phrases in it.
- "I won't show physical affection towards students."
- "I won't tell my problems to students."
Additional phrases are outside of the circle
- "I don't want to hear excessive, unsolicited criticism."
- "I don't want to hear negative gossip."
Notes:
Inside the circle is how far I will go, outside is how far I'll let someone come in
Pass out the blank Boundaries sheet and have participants write down boundaries they will/have set
Discuss with group
Mentoring
- Positive Adult Role Models
- Modeling - the #1 way children learn behavior
- Professionalism
- Respectfully Assertive
- Building Rapport with Appropriate Boundaries
Notes:
Review these key concepts
Review these key concepts
Evaluated by asking - What have you learned that is new? & How will you apply it to your job?
