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Design programming for diverse groups and individuals within afterschool and youth programs.
Assessment Strategies
Write a comparison and contrast piece of the structure and assignment of youth to classrooms or activity groups
Write a weekly schedule for an afterschool youth program serving 80 children ranging in age from 5 to 12, given facility and participant parameters
Criteria
Prepare notes for discussion that differentiates the structure and assignment of youth to classrooms or activity groups
Differentiate ways to structure and assign youth to classrooms or activity groups for a year-long afterschool youth program.
Develop weekly afterschool schedule for a large group
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Develop a facilitative learning environment that is developmentally appropriate for youth ages 5-12.
Assessment Strategies
Complete a personality and leadership self-assessments
Complete an interactional style assessment with a co-worker/ mentor
Write an reflection of your approach to group-based leadership interactions with youth
Criteria
Explore personality and leadership self-assessments
Participate in a personality and leadership self-assessments that foster self-understanding of one’s leadership style with others
Explore an interactional style assessment
Participate in an interactional style assessment with a co-worker/ mentor
Explore reflective practice writing about group-based leadership
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Cultivate guidance techniques that enhance group experiences.
Assessment Strategies
Present case study on social and problem behaviors and techniques for resolving behavior issues
Submit Case Study on social and problem behaviors
Submit completed reading list of six friendship and social behavior children’s books that are intended for at least two school age groups
Criteria
Assess real world case situations and scenarios of social and problem behaviors
Explain behavior and techniques for resolving behavior issues
Create a friendship and social behavior reading list
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Design group activities and spaces based on sociogram analysis.
Assessment Strategies
Submit a sociogram analysis of your program
Present new activities to class
Submit new activities
Criteria
Investigate sociogram construction through selected reading and research
Design new activity spaces using sociogram data
Design social skill building group activities
Conduct a sociogram analysis in your program
Plan activities that engage youth in new social interactions based on sociogram data
Develop 3 developmentally appropriate social skill building group activities
Facilitate 1 social skill building group activity with your peers
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Create group experiences that incorporate appropriate organization, flexibility, safe environments and healthy practices.
Assessment Strategies
Write a plan for program supply purchases within a given budget
Submit an indoor group space plan
Present your indoor group spaces design
Submit 3 ideas for contents of activity backpacks holding materials that quickly construct activity spaces and/or activities for school-age youth
Criteria
Create a plan for purchase of program supplies and equipment
Design indoor group spaces
Show ideas for contents of 1 of the 3 portable developmentally appropriate activity backpacks
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Design group experiences to promote engagement, learning and cooperative group skills.
Assessment Strategies
Write an adaptive lesson plan that modifies a competitive or individualistic activity or board game to a cooperative group activity
Write a cooperative activities lesson plan differentiated by age, including ages and activity rationale
Criteria
Create an individual/competitive to cooperative/group adaptive lesson plan
Design a lesson plan consisting of cooperative activities
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Create group management strategies to improve guidance and support for groups as well as individuals.
Assessment Strategies
Lead a developmentally appropriate cooperative icebreaker, game, or learning activity with your peers
Submit completed group project activity plan
Submit your compiled selection of group games and activities that build skills and enhance group functioning given characteristics and stages of group development
Present one new engaging group activity idea that builds skills and enhances group functioning with your peers
Submit 2 activity choices or engaging group activities that build social skills and friend skill development
Criteria
Design group activity plans that include cooperative icebreakers, games, and learning activities
Compile a selection of group games and activities
Design 2 new activity choices or engaging group activities
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Incorporate new elements into After School and Youth Program Credential Portfolio.
Assessment Strategies
Add new sections of the web-based electronic portfolio
Add required portfolio elements under the appropriate tab
Complete required portfolio elements according to portfolio guide
Manage portfolio regularly with required components for eventual submission to the Credential Commission
Criteria
Develop Section 2: Core Competency Areas
Construct 10 tabs – based on the Core Knowledge and Competencies for Afterschool and Youth Development Professionals from the National Afterschool Association including:
Child/Youth Growth and Development
Learning Environments and Curriculum
Youth Observation and Assessment
Interactions with Children and Youth
Youth Engagement
Cultural Competency and Responsiveness
Family/School and Community Relationships
Safety and Wellness
Program Planning and Development
Professional Development and Leadership