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Hip Hop Hooray

HipHopImageThis seminar was presented at the Tri-State Diversity Conference, February 2015. Hip Hop culture is the voice of urban youth since the genre was mainly created by them. In this seminar, participants learned to use this multi-modal culture to engage youth in learning through a variety of resources and methodologies.

Hip Hop Hooray Prezi

Hip Hop Hooray Handout

 

Adventure Central Program Plan 2014-2015

This comprehensive plan provides the framework for all programming that will happen at Adventure Central this year. It includes lesson plans, resources for activity planning, program goals and objectives, timelines and more. It is used most often in-house by our Group Leaders, who plan daily lessons for the afterschool program. Scanning the document can give readers insight into the intentionality and level of detail we put into each major program. It also provides a good overview of the monthly themes we will focus on for the year. Enjoy!

Adventure Central Program Plans 2014- 15

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A Course in Life Management

Managing your time well is really a function of how well  you manage your life. The following is Power Point file with teaching notes from a staff development I presented to the Adventure Central team. Feel free to use it to improve your own time management skills or to inspire your own workshop.

Life Management

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Goals Rock!

Effective goals are essential to success in all walks of life. Need some motivation? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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1. First, let Kid President remind you why now is the time to be awesome.

2. Read through the power point and use the packet to help you find your vision and write your own goals.

Goals Rock Power Point

Goals Rock Packet

3. Go forth and be awesome!

An Innovative Way to Increase Parent Involvement

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Do you need more parent involvement in your school or out of school time program? Check out our latest journal article! Increasing Parent Involvement with Parent Progress Reports, Journal of Extension

Also, this Increasing Family Involvement wPPR, created for a webinar for the Western Region of the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents, summarizes the research base and our experience with Parent Progress Reports.