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NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING

NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING. Goals for the Training Reiterate to participants the 4-H Equation Continue to build positive youth development knowledge and skills focusing on youth-adult partnerships Introduce Experiential Learning process

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NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING

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  1. NEW VOLUNTEER TRAINING

  2. Goals for the Training • Reiterate to participants the 4-H Equation • Continue to build positive youth development knowledge and skills focusing on youth-adult partnerships • Introduce Experiential Learning process • Provide tools and resources to assist volunteers working with youth • Allow opportunity for sharing of ideas and questions • Provide specific information and training respective to club/group management

  3. Agenda • Icebreaker • Review of Online Learning Sessions • 4-H Equation • Reflection on all four sessions • Experiential Learning Model • Youth/Adult Partnerships • Successful Clubs/Groups • Goals • Behavior Management • Club Planning • Questions and Answers • Wrap-up/Evaluation

  4. Icebreaker

  5. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or status as a U.S. veteran, or other protected classes. Direct inquiries to the Diversity Advisor, 515-294-1482, extdiversity@iastate.edu.

  6. Online Training Topics Covered

  7. Experiential Learning

  8. Experiential Learning Do:

  9. Experiential Learning Share the Results or Reflect:

  10. Experiential Learning Process:

  11. Experiential Learning Generalize:

  12. Experiential Learning Apply:

  13. Youth-Adult Partnerships • The 4-H program provides many opportunities for youth and adults to learn how to be partners together. • 4-H youth and adults can • apply their learning to their • community organizations.

  14. Youth-Adult Partnerships • Often thought of as giving youth control or referred to as youth decision-making or youth voice and choice. • When thinking about youth-adult partnerships, what comes to mind? How would you define youth-adult partnerships? • What concerns do you have about giving youth control in your 4-H setting? • What benefits come from giving youth control during the planning and implementing experiences? • What does the adult do when youth are given control?

  15. Youth-Adult Partnerships

  16. Tips for Building a Youth-Adult Partnership • Listen attentively to them talk about their thoughts, experiences and feelings. • Ask questions about what they think about everything. • Curb the inclination to take over. Support their initiatives and the process of their leadership. • Be willing for them to make mistakes. Be prepared to lend a hand with difficulties. • Set them up for success. Do not put them into positions of power without training, practice, and understanding of their role. • Tell the truth about how the world works. Share with them the extent you are comfortable. Asking them why they want to know or telling them you are uncomfortable discussing something is perfectly appropriate.

  17. Ways to Successfully Support 4-H Experiences • Help Youth Set Goals: • Gives a timeline • Accountability • Something to strive for • Puts things in perspective • Provides challenge • Measures progress

  18. Goal Centered Learning • Action: HOW are you going to do it • Results: WHAT will you do • Timeline: WHEN will it happen

  19. 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?

  20. Ways to Successfully Support 4-H Experiences Understand Group Management: • Remember developmental stages of youth • Create a sense of belonging for all youth • Be prepared with some behavior management strategies

  21. Strategies to Create Positive Behavior • Plan ahead • Avoid idle time • Engage youth in decisions • Provide choices • Reinforce positive behavior • Model the behavior yourself • Be flexible

  22. Addressing Disruptive Behavior • Redirection • Separation • Have a private conversation • Prevent the misbehavior • Remain calm and in control

  23. Practicing Management Strategies • Get into your partners or small groups • Review your assigned scenario(s) • Consider the positive reinforcement and proactive strategies that have been discussed today • Utilize the three handouts referenced in this section to assist you in completing the Behavior Management Situation Worksheet

  24. Club Planning- Ways to Successfully Support 4-H Experiences Know Your Resources to Help Plan Fun/Safe Experience Club Notebook • 4-H Club Meeting Outline • 4-H Club Program- Planning Sample Sheet • Planning a 4-H Learning Experience • Planning and Facilitating 4-H Club Experiences • Techniques for Teaching Youth • 4-H Volunteer Leader Risk Management Checklist • Hot Sheets for project areas Clover Kids Notebook • Clover Kids Life Skills & Project Areas • Clover Kids yearly calendar example • Clover Kids Lesson Plan example • Clover Kids Fingertips games • Planning a 4-H Learning Experience • Clover Kids activity checklist • 4-H Clover Kids – Planning Sample Sheet

  25. Club Planning • In your small groups, using the planning worksheet as a guide, plan a 4-H experience addressing your assigned priority topic: Healthy Living, STEM, Citizenship/Leadership or Communication/Arts. • Things to consider: • Meeting the Needs of Youth • Essential Elements • Experiential Learning • Youth-Adult Partnerships • Risk Management

  26. 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 incorporated? • How did youth and adults work together? • Any considerations made for risk management?

  27. Research-Based Curriculum! • Iowa 4-H reviews and approves research-based curriculum & educational products • You have access to the approved curriculums! • Work with your County offices on accessing these materials • You can search and find Iowa 4-H approved curriculum material under the Curriculum tab

  28. Questions and Answers • What questions do you still have? • Anything else that you would like to discuss that you thought we would cover today but did not.

  29. VISION for ALL • What is your 4-H vision? • DO: Draw your own 4-H Vision Tree • Roots; foundations • Stem; what makes it strong • Leaves; what do you want to see growing • REFLECT: Share with a partner and look at the differences that makes you unique and how effectively share it with others • APPLY: How could you recreate this activity in your clubs/ learning communities?

  30. Wrap-up & Evaluation Thanks for being a 4-H Volunteer!

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