1. building community Trainer Gwyn Williams February 12, 2015 Date
Location
Gwyn Williams
February 12, 2015
Collective for Youth

2. Building Community Workshop Objectives
Participants will:
explore the ways in which they can build community with youth.
explore ways to provide youth with opportunities to develop a sense of belonging.
understand the difference between icebreakers, energizers, name games and bonding games.
understand the stages of group development.

3. Agenda Welcome Name Games Why Build Community? Bonding Games
How Groups Form
Closing

4. Housekeeping Materials Bathroom location
Take care of yourself (eat, drink, stretch, etc.)
Please silence your cell phone

5. Building Community and the Youth Program Quality Assessment (PQA)

6. Bubble Names page 40 Draw the letters of your name in bubble letters.
Draw, in the open spaces of each of the letters, symbols or pictures that represent facts about you.

7. Why Build Community? page 2
Help young people feel that they belong
Help groups get along and be productive
Increase participation and attendance
Increase student learning
Read more in the Literature Review starting on page 90

8. The Building Community Method page 6
Create avenues for community building
Be involved and mindful
Don’t leave anyone out
Promote respect for diversity

9. Be Mindful pages 9-10 of issues of power and control
of youth comfort levels
of the experiences of new members
of group stage development

10. Purposes of Building Community page 8
Help participants feel welcome
Break the ice
Energize the group
Help a group form
Build a strong team

11. Types of Group Games page 30
Name games
Icebreakers
Energizers
Team builders
Diversity

12. Group Games pages 34-87 Select a game.
Prepare to lead the game for the rest of the group.
You will have a 4 minute time limit.
After presenting, we will discuss suggested adaptations for 1 minute.

13. Stages of Group Development page 16
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning

14. Planning for Building Community page 24
Consider how you currently support youth in each of the areas.
What you might do to improve?

15. Be sure to check out these resources in your guidebook.
Sharing Building Community with Others (26-27)
Across Age Groups & Content Areas (19-21)
Group Games (34-87)
Planning for Community Building (25)
Research Review (90-95)

16. Thank you! Lingering Questions? Evaluations Contact Us…
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17. Alternative activities
Cooperative Learning
Alternative activities

18. Quotation Station
Look at the placards around the room and stand by the one that you most closely identify with.
Discuss with others at that quote why they selected it themselves.
Share a summary of your discussion with the full group.