The School-Age Training Project

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Deepening Skills, Growing Leaders

This project is made possible through the generous funding from the California Department of Education Child Development Division.

A CalSAC ModulePresented by: Jennifer Gee and Rena PayanSummer Matters Conference May 8, 2015

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Presentation Methods and Debriefing ActivitiesModule 1.4.2

The California School-Age Consortium

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) provides training and advocacy for afterschool, school-age care, and out-of-school time professionals throughout California.

Since 1982, CalSAC has been working to advance the needs of professionals. Through our focus on Connections, Competence, and Community, CalSAC can meet the needs of programs and professionals in the out-of-school time field.

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Getting StartedTraining AgendaBike RackGroup Introductions

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Group AgreementsChoose to be present and engaged in

learning.Phone off or on vibrate.Avoid side bar conversations.Agree to disagree.Be aware of diversity in the group.

(culture, age, sexual orientation, privileges, gender and experience)

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Today’s Objectives

By the end of this module, participants will

build skills in identifying and adapting a variety of methods for presenting activities to children and youth;

explore and share reviewing strategies to use with activities for children and youth.

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Key ConceptsTo meet the needs of children and youth,

staff members need to use many different methods of presenting activities (Kids’ Time 1994, page 60).

Quality programming involves using several different methods of presenting activities and finding a balance of presentation methods that work well for the staff and children/youth.

Using reviewing strategies after an activity can create a learning opportunities.

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Activity: Variety

Varieties of ways activities can be presented:

Learning Centers Clubs Games Free Play Child/Youth-Initiated Activities Discovery Centers

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Activity: Gallery WalkCirculate around the room.Write down examples of specific

activities that you have done successfully with children/ youth that fit into each category.

Note the age group with which you have done the activities.

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Discussion

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Debriefing with Children/YouthDebriefing can be a casual follow-up

question to make sure the participants gained the desired results from the activity.

Debriefing activities are adult-directed, using the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning modalities to expand upon and explain key concepts.

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Debriefing with Children/YouthChildren and youth will usually dialogue

around the key concepts and play with the concepts in some format.

Debriefing activities are typically group or partner activities, designed to create a non-threatening environment

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Activity: Debriefing

In your group:One person is the student.One person is the staff member.One person is a coach who will share what

was done well, and what could have been done to strengthen the debrief.

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ORID Debriefing TechniqueObjective – What did you see, hear, smell,

touch?Reflective – What feelings and emotions

came up during the activity? Interpretive – What does this mean to you

and others?Decisional – What are you going to do?

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Get Involved with CalSAC: Join a Chapter in your area!

Attend CalSAC’s Afterschool Challenge at the State Capitol/

Apply to be a CalSAC Trainer!

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Thank You and Evaluations

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Please take a few minutes to complete the evaluation for this module. Your feedback is

greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your participation!