A positive program culture is the foundation for high quality classroom management and program management. This presentation is not as interactive or as explicative as the workshop itself.
Creating a Positive Program Culture for Youth Development Programs 10-13-14 PHMC- Philadelphia - PA
1. Creating a Positive Program Culture
Timiya Clark, MHS Program Specialist
Tyler Richendollar, PD Coordinator
2. Introductions
The Mingle Game
- Name
- Agency / Position
- One word that describes your program’s culture
3. Agenda
• What is Culture?
• Safety for Positive Program Culture
• Youth Strengths and Needs
• Taking Action
• Building Culture – Activities
• Review
4. Objectives
• Define culture for programs
• Define safety for positive program culture
• Identify Our Youths’ Strengths & Needs
• Explain actions that support positive
program culture
• Strategize ways to build positive culture
5. DHS-OST Outcomes
• Improve Life Skills
• Improve Relationships
• Increased Engagement in Learning
• Increased Engagement in School
• Aspires to Academic Excellence
• Prepared for College and Career
6. Coffee Shop Case Study
-5 images/phrases to describe each
-Experience with coffee shops?
-What behaviors does it encourage?
7. Culture
Culture is made of the artifacts, routines and
rituals that a group believes and upholds
Starbucks
Demonstrate what
they value and their
customers behave
in that way
9. Group Norms
• One Mic
• Step-Up, Step-Back
• Keep a Positive Mindset
• Your Idea’s - ________
• Above All - Enjoy Yourself and Learn!
10. Top Values Activity
• Use deck of 10 value cards
• Discuss, organize with group
• Most to least important
• Based on OST environment
Choose a “Speaker”
for your group.
11. Time for The Feud!
What are the top three (3) values
for positive program culture?
12. Top Three (3) Safety Values
Creating a Positive Program Culture
Youth need to be safe from
physical and emotional harm
Youth are protected by a set of clearly
stated, shared, and consistent norms
Youth are valued and accepted by the
staff and their peers
25. Five (5) Principles for
Supporting Youth
Youth know they will be protected from all harm
Adults model desired behaviors
Youth presence, voice, and ideas are valued
Schedule is the boss – Rituals & Routines
Mistakes are teachable moments
26. This Is Positive Program Culture
Three (3) Safety Values
Five (5) Principles to Support Youth Needs
Putting Principles into Action
29. Create a Program Oath
We are a Team
We respect each other
We take risk
We learn from our mistakes
We try our best
We create
We dream big
We celebrate each others success
31. Agenda
• What is Culture?
• Safety for Positive Program Culture
• Youth Strengths and Needs
• Taking Action
• Building Culture – Activities
• Review
32. Outcomes
• Define culture for programs
• Define safety for positive program culture
• Identify Our Youths’ Strengths & Needs
• Explain actions that support positive
program culture
• Strategize ways to build positive culture
33. Timiya Clark - tclark2@phmc.org
PHMC Program Specialist
Tyler Richendollar – tylerr@phmc.org
PD Coordinator
Notas do Editor
9:35-37am
Intro Mingle Game
Stand up behind your seat,
Like a Conga line,
“Mingle, Mingle, Mingle!”
Walk around the Space
On the third, “Mingle Mingle Mingle” you will hear “FREEZE!”
Find the person closest to you, introduce yourself
Your Name
Program
An Attention Getter
Hold Up!! Wait A Minute!! To get started again.
We’ll do this three times and then get back to our seats.
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.
Activity – Take time to strategize as a team: What are some ways to put these principles into action?Around the world – Pass lists from table to table 3x
Take two minutes to reflect.
Turn to your neighbor and answer these two questions – Write down their answers for them.
Activity – Take time to strategize as a team: What are some ways to put these principles into action?Around the world – Pass lists from table to table 3x
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.
9:32-33am
Review the items in the agreement list; 2 second explanation for each.