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OUTCOMES Engage in presentation, discussion, and activity to consider why it is important to intentionally develop a sense of community and what that looks like in an afterschool program. Explore personal, philosophical, professional, and ethical reasons for intentionally creating a safe and supportive afterschool environment. Empower ourselves to be intentionally inviting in our programs.
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SO WHY DO WE DO IT?Creating a Sense of
Community in AfterschoolWith Intention
21st Century Community Learning Centers Annual
Statewide Out-of-School Time ConferenceNovember 2, 2014
SO WHY DO WE DO IT?Creating a Sense of
Community in AfterschoolWith Intention
21st Century Community Learning Centers Annual
Statewide Out-of-School Time ConferenceNovember 2, 2014
OUTCOMES Engage in presentation, discussion, and activity to
consider why it is important to intentionally develop a sense of community and what that looks like in an afterschool program.
Explore personal, philosophical, professional, and ethical reasons for intentionally creating a safe and supportive afterschool environment.
Empower ourselves to be intentionally inviting in our programs.
We are here
Think about young people with whom you work. Now think of them 20 years in the future.
What skills, qualities, and attributes do you want them to have 20 years from now?
• ACTIVE• AT PEACE• CARING• COMPASSIONATE• CONFIDENT • CONTRIBUTOR• CREATIVE• CRITICAL THINKER• EMPATHETIC • EMPLOYED• FORGIVING• GENEROUS • GET ALONG W/ OTHERS• GOOD COMMUNICATOR
• GOOD PARENTS• HAPPY • HEALTHY• HONEST • INDEPENDENT• INTEGRITY• LITERATE • LOYAL• MOTIVATED• PATIENT• PERSEVERENCE• POSITIVE ATTITUDE• PROBLEM SOLVERS• PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS
• RELIABLE• RESILIENT• RESOURCEFUL• RESPECT• RESPONSIBLE• SELF DIRECTED• SELF ESTEEM • SELF RESPECT • SELF SUFFICIENT• SENSE OF HUMOR• SUCCESSFUL • WELL-INFORMED
VISION
Why a Sense of Community in an Afterschool Setting?
THE SYSTEM
Learning & emotions are intertwined
(see amygdala)
TRAUMA
Fight, Flight, Freeze
inhibits learning and the
development healthy of
relationships
TRAUMA
Fear, embarrassment,
frustration, boredom…
…can trigger fight, flight,
freeze
TRAUMA
EXPERIENCE IS PRICELESS
EXPERIENCE IS PRICELESS
WHAT IS ASense of Community?
CONTAINER CONCEPT
Not all Containers are Alike
We Have Choices…We have Influence…
What are the qualities of the containers in your program?
How do we create a safe and inviting container?
Sense of Community Elements
McMillan & Chavis MEMBERSHIP: Sense of belonging
INFLUENCE: You matter, have a say in what happens
INTEGRATION & FULFILLMENT OF NEEDS: Giving and receiving help & support
SHARED EMOTIONAL CONNECTION: Sharing history and experiences, trust
Internal Focus
Actions based on beliefs
Always evolvingInvitational Education
What do you believe?
What are your principles?
What do you stand for?
People and environments are never neutral. They are either summoning or shunning the development of human potential.
~ Purkey & Novak, Inviting School Success
INVITATIONAL EDUCATION
INTENTIONALLY UNINTENTIONALLY
INVITING INTENTIONALLY INVITING
UNINTENTIONALLY INVITING
DISINVITING INTENTIONALLY DISINVITING
UNINTENTIONALLY DISINVITING
INVITATIONAL EDUCATION
INTENTIONALLY UNINTENTIONALLY
INVITING INTENTIONALLY INVITING
UNINTENTIONALLY INVITING
DISINVITING INTENTIONALLY DISINVITING
UNINTENTIONALLY DISINVITING
How are you intentionally inviting? How could you be more so?
External Creating the container,
group dynamics Intentional Process that
creates the conditions for a sense of community to develop
Sense of Community Elements
McMillan & Chavis MEMBERSHIP: Sense of belonging
INFLUENCE: You matter, have a say in what happens
INTEGRATION & FULFILLMENT OF NEEDS: Giving and receiving help & support
SHARED EMOTIONAL CONNECTION: Sharing history and experiences, trust
CONDITIONS FOR CREATING A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY INTENTIONALITY SAFE AND TRUSTING
ENVIRONMENT BALANCING “ME” &
“WE” OWNERSHIP POSITIVITY
INFLUENCE
Safe & Trusting Environment
Intentionality
Balancing “m
e” & “w
e”
Ow
ners
hip
SHARED EMOTIONAL
CONNECTION
INTEGRATION & FULFILLMENT OF
NEEDS
MEMBERSHIP
Positivity
Rules & Expectations
External Enforced Safety Respect
General Program/Community rulesSpecific Progam rulesNon-negotiableAlways in Place
Agreements & Contracts
Internal Ownership Rights Responsibilities
Agreed UponImportant to the GroupNegotiable
Open to Change as Group Evolves
RulesAgreementsExternalEnforcedSafetyRespect
Internal OwnershipRightsResponsibilities
General Program/Community rulesSpecific Program rules
Non-negotiable
Always in Place
Agreed Upon
Important to the GroupNegotiable
Open to Change as Group Evolves
It is important to hold in mind … that the person – that center of choice – develops in his/her fullness to a degree he/she is a member of a live community. ~ Maxine Greene (1988) The Dialectic of Freedom
“I am because we are.”African Proverb
"Yo soy porque nosotros somos”.
Proverbio Africano
Laurie FrankGOAL Consulting
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