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Brooke County Office948 Main Street, Follansbee, WV 26037
Phone: (304) 527-3410 Fax: (304) 527-4278 Angela Kocher
[email protected] (RSVP Director)Carissa Venning
[email protected] (RSVP ASAP VISTA)
Marshall County Office 2200 S. Marshall St. #18, Benwood, WV 26031
Phone: (304) 905-0673 Fax: (304) 905-0673Tonette Alward
[email protected] (RSVP ASAP Coordinator)Alina Hopkins
[email protected] (RSVP ASAP VISTA)
Welcome RSVP ASAP Volunteers
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"Volunteers polish up the rough spots in our
communities."Jefferson Award Winner Alice
Sandstrom
Volunteer TrainingPresented by: Alina Hopkins
RSVP ASAP VISTA
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Table of Contents: Learning StylesHow We LearnA Teacher’s “Tricks of the Trade”Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
in GroupsActivity EvaluationRecap
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Learning Styles
Visual Learner--seeing
Auditory Learner--hearing
Physical Learner--doing
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Learning Style Characteristics
If the learning style is….
Then the learner likes to…
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Preferred Learning Style Activity
What’s your Preferred Learning Style?
Take a few minutes to determine your Learning Style…
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AncientChinese Proverb
“I hear and I forget,
I see and I remember,I do and I
understand.”
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1.Create a safe learning environment
“Tricks of the Trade”
2.Use color on visuals
3.Be ready for anything
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“Tricks of the Trade”
Dispel the Fear Factor
Don’t have to learn it today
No Tests
No silly / stupidquestions
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Class MACH RulesMake Mistakes
Ask Questions anytime
Cheat—use all the resources in the room
Have Fun!
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HAVE FUN!
Have Fun with the instruction…if you are enjoying yourself, students will be more inclined to have fun, as well.
“Child-like” vs. “Childish”
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Dealing with Difficult Behaviors in Groups
All students need to have the activity affect them personally for learning to occur
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Difficult Behaviors In Groups
MonopolizersQuiet OnesDigressersChatterboxesDisrupters
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Difficult Behaviors in GroupsContinued…
Sometimes need to Divide and Conquer…
Your Goals as an instructor are to: Get the student on board with activity, if possible Minimize their impact on others
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Use “Right/Wrong Way” Poster…list positive behaviors you want exhibited. Once posted, you don’t need to refer to
it again.
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After an Activity
Ask the students:
“What happened during this activity?
“What did that feel like?”
“What did we learn?”
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4 Levels of Evaluation to Measure Success
Did participants:1. Like it?2. Learn it?3. Use it?4. Make a Difference (back home
or at school)
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RecapLearning Styles…what are they?How we learn—what’s the most
training effective mediums for retention?
What’s one “Trick of the Trade”?What are your goals when dealing
with difficult behaviors in groups?
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The EndGive yourselves a big round of applause for being such GREAT participants!!