Day 9: Tuesday, July 13, 10

Agenda:

• Teachable Moments
• J.O.Y.
• Break
• Family/Community Interview
• Power of Relationship

Teachable Moment Scenario: Grant Verdict

-there are social things that will happen unexpected/expectedly and you must be able to guide youth through what is happening or has happened; educate, be clear, and chronological about the situation

Ways to Approach/Talk about it with Youth concerning Big Social Events:

• What do you already know/to what extent (write it down)
• What questions do you have (write it down)
• How do you feel about it (write it down)
• Express that opinions are not wrong
• Be careful how you handle it (youth may have family working for the company or associated with someone concerning the subject- ex. youth's mom may work for Bart Police etc.)
• Youth may act out because of what they've seen
• As Instructor/Educator CANNOT take sides, RESIST your own opinion, and RESIST bias

Topics that you can elaborate on based on the situation (Grant Verdict/Case):

• Types of Protest (it can turn to violence)
• Violence Protection
• Consequences of Violence
• What is Safety?
• Police/Community Relations/History
• How to Console
• How do the Police feel?
• Justice/Injustice (meanings, difference)
• Literature in their age group concerning the social event (ex. Monster by Walter Meyer)

Building Relationships with Youth: 

-Effective Youth Programs is the base of building relationships

-Youth Developers have powerful influences on youth

-Understand individual student needs and get to know them

CalSac Key Concepts (from Mr. Brack's site)

• High quality programs foster positive youth/adult relationships
• Interactions with adults strongly influence youth views
• Youth workers need to understand youth needs and provide guidance

Supportive Environments

• Youth feel safe being themselves
• Youth can express themselves freely
• Staff ASK youth about their feelings
• Staff LISTEN to youth
• Staff FACILITATE OPEN DISCUSSION= youth discover solutions to their own problems

Activities: 

1. J.O.Y= J: Write something that Just happened to you (in recent past); O; Write something Oh so special you want to do for yourself; Y: Write something that makes You special
2. 5 Things in Common= start off in pairs and find 5 things you have in common, then group with another pair, then the four find 5 things in common collectively... continue process until the whole class is together to find 10 things in common collectively (GOOD LUCK! ^_-)

Outcomes based the activities:

• working in groups
• movement= get to know people in different space
• foundation/common ground= common reference in comprehension
• community/shared space
• eye contact

Announcements:

• Family/Community Interview instruction will be given today (Wed, July 14) or tomorrow (Thur, July 15); either way it's due Thursday, July 22, 10