Transcript How to start and maintain youth skill building workshops

How to start and maintain
youth skill building
workshops
By
Domonique O.
What do they want?
• Survey the students and ask them what kind of
workshop they would like to see and attend.
• Use that information to narrow it down so that it
is easier to search for potential instructors.
Budget?
• Ask your supervisor about money for
supplies
• See how many supplies you have around the
center
• Ask volunteer about helping donate supplies
• Ask donors to help donate supplies
Search instructors
• Ask your team what workshop instructors
you had before and contact them to come
back
• Ask your staff if they know of anyone or if
they could help teach a class
• Then reach out into the community.
• I searched Yellowpages.com and Craiglist.org
and asked people who were offering there
services if they wanted to donate their time
to help some students in some skill building
workshops.
Start volunteer process
• Once you have contacted your workshop instructors
have them come in for a review of what they will
teaching and a monthly lesson plan. Also you will talk
about supplies. Once you feel like they are perfect and
they also want to continue the process. We have our
volunteer coordinator come in and start the volunteer
process.
• The volunteer coordinator will go over the core values of
the company. Talk about polices and rules. Also watch
video on how the company was started and then have
fingerprint and background checks done. Once
everything is finished we issue out a name badge and
see them back on the first day or their workshop.
Make room assignments
• Here at my site we have a limited number of available rooms. So we
make room assignments to make sure you have the right room for
the right project.
• Also you might want the room set-up in a certain way so you would
want to let your site manager know what they need to bring In or
take out.
Promote workshop
• Once you have your volunteer, you
have made your room assignment and
you have all your supplies you
promote the workshop.
• I promoted everyday I saw the group
which was Tuesday and Thursday
during there announcements time.
• I spoke with a lot of energy and made
them want to sign up for all the
classes.
Have Sign-ups
• Once I promoted for two weeks I finally had sign-ups.
Most of the students wanted to sign-up when I told them
there were going to be sign-ups but I made it more fun
and ad them meet me in a location once homework time we
over. When that time came I had a huge crowd and I knew
they were excited to want to join a workshop.
• In some workshops I had only certain number of slots for
students to sign-up so I stated that on the sign-up list.
• I also had limited the number of classes a student could
sign-up so that other students could sign-up.
• Once they signed up I talked to the students to let them
know this was a commitment they were making and I hope
they were serious because I could deny anyone who I
thought was not serious.
• First day of workshops. You make sure all the rooms are
set-up like they need to be.
• Once your volunteer’s come in you show them their room
and let them know you will be available if needed but
will also be walking around the building to ensure every
class is running efficiently.
• Now the students are out of there homework time you
let them know that if they have signed up for a class it is
running today and make sure you arrive on time.
• Next once the students are in there classes you walk
room to room to make sure the students and volunteer
are working together and help where needed.
Maintain workshop
• I sometimes once a week would like to join a
workshop class or just sit in to make sure
everyone is gaining something and also show
the volunteer and students that I am interested
in the class and not just walking around being a
warden.
• I felt the times when I sat in on the class it
made the relationship with the students and
volunteers stronger.
Finale projects
• In every workshop I told the volunteer that
the students needed to work towards a
project to present at the end. Something to
work towards and not make the class a hang
spot.
Last day of workshop
•On the last day of the workshop I
have the students finish up there
projects and present what they have
made and share what they have
learned.
•This is a time for the students to
exchange or get more information on
the class they have taken to see if
they will want to further there
interest in the class
•Lastly we try and take a group
picture to give to the teacher and
students.
Sewing
Workshop
Body Image
Boxing Workshop
Workshop ideas
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Oil pastels
Charcoal art
Boxing
Beat making
Hula
Photography
Sewing
•Vocal lesson
•Soccer
•Salsa
•Crochet
•Cooking
•Girl Inc
•Self defense
•Girl Talk
•Body Image