Attend CAS Facilitator Training
Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
Chrysalis After-School Facilitator Training will build on lessons learned from the Youth Program Quality Assessment and the 2008-09 program evaluation. We’ll focus on using Positive Discipline in the Classroom to facilitate problem solving, planning, decision making [...]
continue readingExplore Resources at Chrysalis
Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
The Chrysalis Foundation has a resource library, both online and in the conference room. Pam Davis has catalogued books, dvd’s, videos and other materials for your use. The online catalog, including an online chat [...]
continue readingWeb the Group’s Words
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
This planning technique is a group version of mind mapping; I use this system of visual note taking all the time to capture memories and ideas. Tony Buzan developed mind mapping in Britain a number [...]
continue readingConnect Service to Life
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Processing the experience is a core component of an effective service learning experience. You can process in a group or have group members create journals or portfolios. The questions here can be used for any [...]
continue readingProcess in Concentric Circles
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Concentric Circles works great both for processing and for getting your group to get to know each other. I’ve used it many times to create “teachable moments.” As a processing technique, it’s a good illustration [...]
continue readingWrite a Six-Word Memoir
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Last winter, my daughter, one of her friends and I wrote six-word memoirs to sum up our days. This exercise was based on the very popular book called “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word [...]
continue readingCreate a Treasure Box
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
One of my favorite ways to process learning is to use my treasure box. I usually save it for groups with whom I’ve spent at least a day. I’ve found that middle school girls love [...]
continue readingWho Says Kids are Apathetic???!!!!
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Thousands of teen volunteers contribute more than 1.7 million hours of service each year in west central Florida through ManaTEENS! Two sisters, who were 12 and 17 years old then, started the organization in 1994. It’s [...]
continue readingExplore Best Buy @ 15
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Social marketing? Youth philanthropy? Games? Scholarships? Want to speak your mind? This online “program” has all of the above. Best Buy has partnered with a number of organizations including the Search Institute, which is going to [...]
continue readingBackward Planning
Posted on Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Here is another group process for committees or small groups to use once they’ve decided on an activity. They start with the final activity, event or outcome and work backwards to define the steps toward [...]
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