Welcome, thank you and helpful tips! Let’s Get Started…

Class Coordinator Training Welcome, thank you and helpful tips!Let’s Get Started…

Let’s Get Started… • Thank you for volunteering! • First, we would like to thank you for volunteering your time to serve the community in such a meaningful way. • Tools and references for your job as Class Coordinator (CC): • This training course • Website for documents you will use • Class Coordinator Manual (also on the website) • The Chapter President for enrollment issues and the Class Coordinator Liaison for everything else

Let’s get started… • Class Coordinator Training Course • The course is set up as a slide show with a short assessment after each module • Click on the bottom right arrow to get to the next slide • After completing each module, click on the Assessment tab at the top right of the page to take the assessment • If you select an incorrect answer, an explanation will be provided • Course must be passed with 100% result • Modules and assessments can be repeated • After you take the course, the Class Coordinator manual is always available on the website

Let’s Get Started… Mission Statement: Lion’s Heart is a community service organization for teens dedicated to serving the community in meaningful and fun ways • Not a fundraising organization • Time and service is our contribution • No soliciting Members or Member’s families for money or purchases • This is one of the most difficult adjustments Members have since most are accustomed to only fundraising as their service to the community • Service ideas come from Members, other CC, Lion’s Heart email blasts, local newspapers, and internet searches • Find ways to MAKE your Member’s bring ideas to meetings. This is why groups meet! • Be clear that finding service opportunities is part of the Member’s responsibility – it is not the CC role • The CC provides guidance to her group, however, the Members are responsible to find and follow through with service ideas for their group

Let’s Get Started … • The Members are responsible for planning and running their meetings • The CC is at each meeting to facilitate order and provide guidance • After the first few meetings the officers should complete tasks on their own • The CC should require respectful behavior during meetings and at service functions • Don’t feel responsible to drive Members to all of the service events. Get other parents involved by asking for help! • Example: The Member who brings the service idea should arrange for drivers – usually this will be their parent • All group service functions should have a parent supervisor

Let’s Get Started … • General Meeting Tips • Minimize distractions • Collect cell phones prior to getting started • Snacks served at the end of the meeting • Begin the meeting promptly and allow time after meeting is concluded for socializing • Utilize Roberts Rules of Order (more explanation in later modules) • Meetings will flow more orderly • Provides a way for all Members to be able to speak without interruption • Example: Provide a speaking tool – whomever wants to speak is given this item which means it is their turn to speak • Do not allow kids to tell others to “shut up.” Insist on mutual respect! • Rotate the meeting location to as many Member’s homes as possible

Let’s Get Started… • Other Helpful Tips • Make a calendar with the group service events for the year • Repeat one special service event year after year • After the meeting and/or after a service event, tell the entire group how much time they can log for that event (including driving time) • Help the Members understand when they volunteer for an event, it is a responsibility. They need to attend the event even if something “better to do” presents itself. The event organizers are expecting them and so are their peers. • Senior groups should be advised to do as many service hours over their summer as possible due to the very busy nature of their senior year • Social events for the group can be fun as an ice breaker or an ongoing team building experience (these do not count for community service hours)

Let’s Get Started… • Lastly … • Relax and enjoy your part of giving back to the community! • You can not want this more than the Members • Good luck to you with the rest of this training course! We hope we have supplied you with all the tools and information to be a successful CC. • Please feel free to contact your Chapter President for enrollment questions and/or the Class Coordinator Liaison with any questions along the way…. • Thank you!

Welcome, thank you and helpful tips! Let’s Get Started…