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Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say (Vol. 1)

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For camps, recreation programs, before-school and after-school programs, and more, this book provides a curriculum of what to teach staff and exactly how to teach it!

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For camps, recreation programs, before-school and after-school programs, and more, this book provides a curriculum of what to teach staff and exactly how to teach it! In this one-of-a-kind, bestselling book, you’ll get

  • the specific key skills we need to teach staff, volunteers, or others to work with young people;
  • original, creative, step-by-step lesson plans and highly engaging activities with scripts and reproducible materials that teach each skill at trainings and quick staff meetings; and
  • examples of how staff members can train each other.

You’ll seize attention with “Grand Openings” that motivate. Laugh and learn with unique, funny, fully scripted “Skill Skits” that review key points to members of your leadership team and other trainers. This book, written by internationally acclaimed educator and speaker Michael Brandwein, also teaches you how to get returning and new staff up front presenting the skill chapters themselves, dramatically increasing learning and motivation.

What Readers Are Saying …

“This book makes it easy—I successfully incorporated some of the ideas the same day I read them!”—Pam Lingert, Director, Before & After School, Children at Play Programs, Arlington Heights Park District, IL

“Creative, precise detail, amazingly flexible, and easily implemented. This will take training to a level it’s never been before.”—Dave Wright, Executive Director, Camp Tecumseh YMCA, IN

“A masterpiece! Brilliant techniques, scripted for guaranteed success to create a dynamo staff!”—Nancy Richardson, Owner-Director, Bar-T Before & After School Programs, Pre-K, & Camp, MD

 

Additional information

Author

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Michael Brandwein

Publication Year

2011

Page Count

320 pages

Table of Contents

Introduction & Thanks

Chapter 1       What Makes Leaders Great

Chapter 2       Questions

Chapter 3       How to Use This Book, Part One

Chapter 4       How to Use This Book, Part Two

Chapter 5       User’s Guide: The Purpose of the Parts

Chapter 6       How to Use the Skill Skits

Chapter 7       Training After Children Arrive: SD1 & SD2

Chapter 8       Three Hot Hints

Group A: Communication Skills

Skill A1          Learn & Use Names

Skill A2          Respond the First Time Called

Skill A3          Bend Your Knees to Listen

Skill A4          Smile

Skill A5           Eye Contact One-On-One

Skill A6          Shake Hands

Skill A7           Greet Every Person You Pass

Skill A8           Encourage Talk About Feelings

Skill A9           Respect Feelings

Skill A10         Prove That You’re Listening

Skill A11          Be an “Audience”

Group B: Group Leadership Skills

Skill B1          Balance Attention & Focus

Skill B2          Increase Participation

Skill B3          Add Creative Twists

Skill B4          Participate With Them

Skill B5          Make Transition Time Terrific

Skill B6          Give More Responsibilities

Skill B7          Establish Rituals & Traditions

Skill B8          Set Rules Positively

Skill B9          Follow the Schedule

Skill B10         Model Directions by Going First

Skill B11         In A Moment, Not Yet

Skill B12         Say Please

Skill B13         Connect Them with Different People

Skill B14         Keep Track of Them

The Beginning

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