Orientation and Training Susan A. Abravanel Sydney Taylor June 25 th, 2014

2 About ICP envisions a world where young people in every nation are actively engaged in improving their lives and their communities through civic participation.

About ICP believes that well-structured youth service programs can provide innovative solutions to social and environmental issues, while helping young people develop skills for future employment and active citizenship. 3

Four C’s Introductions 4

“Summer and afterschool programs have a great potential to help close the gap in achievement among at-risk populations and to enlist more partners for improved reading and literacy because of their community and family connections.” Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success 5

Introducing SummerTrek a six-week summer expanded learning program designed to:  engage middle school youth as community problem-solvers  enhance academic literacy; college, career, and workforce skills; and civic engagement. 6

Curriculum Overview 7

Academic Development 8

College, Career, and Workforce Readiness Page 21 Page 20 Page 19 Page 22 9

“Successful individuals are those who have creative skills, to produce a vision for how they intend to make the world a better place for everyone; analytical intellectual skills, to assess their vision and those of others; practical intellectual skills, to carry out their vision and persuade people of its value; and wisdom, to ensure that their vision is not a selfish one.” Robert Sternberg, Tufts University 10

1. Critical Thinking / Problem Solving: Ask youth to think about the issue, why it is so important to address, why they care about it, and what they can do about it How Facilitators can promote the Four C’s 11

2. Creativity / Innovation Encourage creativity, originality, new ideas and ways of doing things How Facilitators can promote the Four C’s 12

3. Communication: Provide youth with opportunities to write about and speak about their project – to other students, the community, media, and public officials How Facilitators can promote the Four C’s 13

4. Collaboration: Promote effective teamwork, shared responsibility, flexibility, valuing the work of others How Facilitators can promote the Four C’s 14

Civic Development 15

“Trek” Progression Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Inner Trek School Community Trek Community Trek National (U.S.) Trek Global Trek Project Demonstration 16

Trekkers choose one: Bullying Transition from Elementary to Middle School Community Garden to address Hunger 17

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Staying Connected 19

Student Engagement 20

Baker’s Dozen* Engagement is most highly related to: 1.Goal setting / self-regulation; 2.Student choices; 3.Rewards for personal best; 4.Teamwork with group problem-solving; 5.Self-assessment and evaluation; 6.Time management; © 2009 Shelley Billig, RMC Research Corporation 21

Baker’s Dozen* continued 7.Caring and trust; 8.Relevance; 9.Meaningfulness; 10.Control over learning; 11.Challenging but achievable tasks; 12.Curiosity; 13.Sharing what was learned. © 2009 Shelley Billig, RMC Research Corporation 22

Address and solve real-world problems Work together as active learning teams Assume leadership and responsibility Frequently and intentionally reflect on their learning Youth/Students... 23

Guide, coach and support youth Observe and point out connections to enhance identified developmental goals Frequently and intentionally reflect on their facilitation and youth outcomes Facilitators/Teachers... 24

Parse Your Project with IPARD/C Page 55 25

Investigate 26

Prepare and Plan 27

Act 28

Reflect 29

Vary the types of reflection activities: Verbal Written Storytelling nonlinguistic representation analogies and metaphors Challenge students to design reflection activities that serve a particular purpose Reflection strategies 30

Demonstrate / Celebrate 31

Aha!! 32

Your questions? 33