Youth Corps

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Peer Training Session
Faculty Advisor Training Module
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• What is Peer Training?
• A method of teaching whereby students that know
  and understand specific
• information help other peers to learn the
  information.
• Why does Peer Training work?
• Peers
• are close in age
• have similar knowledge
• speak the same language
• Students often feel more comfortable asking
  questions of their peers rather
• than asking adults.
• Students learn academic and social skills,
  enhance peer relations and improve
• self-esteem by working with peers.
• Trainers
• improve skills in listening, communication,
  organization and cooperation
• develop a sense of importance by contributing to
  their community
• increase self-esteem through their
  responsibilities as role models

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What is the role of a Peer Trainer?

• I. Choose Topic and Format for Presentation
• (Plan Practice before doing Presentation)
• II. Provide Information to Peers
• III. Act Professionally
• IV. Make it Fun!

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I. TOPICS and FORMATS

• YOUTH CORPS TOPICS
• Tobacco Cessation
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• POSSIBLE FORMATS
• Puppet shows, skits or plays, games, experiments,
  creative videos, songs, displays

• When planning, make it something you would enjoy
  if you were in the audience and remember this
  proverb

Tell me and I will forget Show me and I will
remember Involve me and I will understand
-Chinese Proverb
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II. PROVIDE INFORMATION

• Face audience
• Speak clearly and appropriately (be a role model)
• Introduce self, your group and the presentation
• Give simple yet specific directions for
  activities
• Check for understanding (observe the audience-are
  they on task, can they recall information or
  repeat directions)
• Encourage questions
• (to clarify and reinforce concepts)
• Review important concepts at conclusion of
  presentation

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III. ACT PROFESSIONALLY

• Be patient and respectful
• (allow enough wait time)
• Be positive (words body language)
• Be observant
• (encourage everyone to participate)
• Be an active listener
• (use good eye contact)
• Be honest
• (you dont have to be an expert-admit
• if you dont know something and refer
  students to possible resources)
• Provide praise
• Redirect inappropriate actions
• (by restating what the topic is, asking to
  keep comments or questions on the topic,
  providing options for participation, seeking
  assistance from faculty advisor)

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IV. MAKE IT FUN!

• REMEMBER TO
• Ask yourself if you would enjoy the presentation
  if you were in the
• audience
• Be enthusiastic-its contagious!
• Use humor when appropriate
• Use non-verbal cues and
• positive body language such as
• nodding, thumbs up, and SMILING!

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Assignment 1 Practice
Being Positive

• Examples of Negative
• Responses
• That was stupid!
• DUUUUUUUH!
• No!

• Examples of Positive
• Responses
• Great try!
• Thats right!
• Terrific!
• Awesome answer!
• Youve got it!
• Good thinking!

Think of Others - Share Your Ideas
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Assignment 2Redirecting StudentsNegative
Positive

• Shut up and pay attention!
• Stop annoying everyone!
• Be quiet and let someone else have a turn!

• Everyone needs to be looking and listening.
• Show respect for others.
• Thanks for sharing your thoughts- now lets hear
  someone elses ideas

Think of Others - Share Your Ideas
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Role Play Scenarios

• EXAMPLE
• During your presentation a student is
  disruptive, shouts out negative comments, and has
  an overall bad attitude.
• What would you do?
• Brainstorm some ideas as a group

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Assignment 3Role Playing

• Divide Youth Corps into 2 small groups.
• Distribute several role playing scenario cards to
  each group.
• Students decide who will portray the teacher
  and the student then act out the scenario using
  skills discussed in the Power Point presentation.
• Other students in group will observe and discuss
  how the situation was handled afterward.
• Repeat activity using another scenario card and 2
  different students doing the acting.

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Conclusion
If young people wished, they have it in
their hands to make a bigger, more
beautiful and better world.

-Anne Frank

You will make this a better world by
making a difference in your community as you
do your INSight Youth Corps projects!