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To develop the PLUS Program on a site there are two training options
Both options provide the PLUS Program Implementation Kit
The PLUS Program Development Trainings will build up youth leadership programs and advisors with the skills, curriculum, and a sustainable framework to systematically develop a positive school climate. Schools will learn researched based strategies and activities that truly make a difference when it comes to addressing core campus issues, such as racism, violence, bullying, and harassment. Implementation of the PLUS Program will enable schools to discover the true PULSE of their campus climate and the behaviors of the student body that need to be addressed with youth leadership activities. The PLUS Program is a youth development process which establishes a foundation for students to have a voice, build community, feel included, and engage in meaningful participation
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Option 1: 2-Day Advisor Training Offsite Cost: $1495 for a team of 1-4 Staff Members This dynamic two day training will develop a strong understanding of peer program research and its impact on youth development and developing a safe school environment. Participants will discover how to plug their student leadership program into safe school planning. You will learn a researched based model that will develop strategies on how to: -Using peer educators in proactive situations to alleviate youth violence and address critical campus issues. -Develop Safe School Actions utilizing Youth Leaders under the scope of Prevention/Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and RecoveryUnderstanding data and trends of critical youth issues -Identifying, selecting and training student leaders -Student Led Forums: organization, implementation and evaluation -Cross age mentoring strategies and activities -Establishing your calendar of events -Sustaining your PLUS Program: fundraising strategies, grant writing and community partnerships -Data collection: Collecting and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative campus numbers |
"The PLUS Program training was exactly what we needed. Over the last two years of implementation at our High School, we have seen a significant decrease in suspensions and expulsions for violent behavior on campus. It not only builds the connections between students, but as important, for students to school. We have seen an increase in our attendance at this high school. PLUS has a lot to do with it." Mike Wong - Student Support -Palm Springs Unified School District
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Onsite Student/Advisor Training Cost: $2750 for up to 60 students and 5 advisors. Ask about our multiple school discounts. Student Leaders will participate in an action - learning environment to enhance the leadership skills required to implement the PLUS Program activities. The objectives of this 10 hour workshop include: -Learn the qualities of being a mentor and role model -Foster student skills for improving communication & listening -Strengthen student knowledge of youth trends and data -Increase public speaking skills -Lead and facilitate large group discussions & focus groups -Pro-Active Conflict Mediation Strategies -Application: Students will learn how to use their skills on campus and in their community through the implementation of PLUS. -PLUS Forums: organization, implementation and evaluation -Cross age mentoring strategies and activities -Establishing your calendar of events based off of data assessment gathered in PLUS Forum. -Student Leaders will learn techniques to facilitate discussions on critical issues amongst a group. -Student leaders will practice analyzing student behavior data and developing program strategies to address identified issues |
"My students did not want the training to end! The PLUS Program is a perfect compliment to what we are already doing in youth leadership. We now have a tool that gives us direction throughout the year. It tuly is youth empowerment to the highest degree. It has changed the lives of my students and the culture of our campus." Krista Carr - PLUS Advisor, Marcos De Niza High School, Arizona
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Take your Onsite PLUS Training FurtherTEEN TRUTH PLUS - 2-Day Event Cost: $5000 for Assembly and 2 Day Training TEEN TRUTH PLUS, A comprehensive program that focuses in on youth development and building safer schools, combines the life changing TEEN TRUTH LIVE School Wide Assembly Experience with the powerful safe schools PLUS PROGRAM Onsite Training Development. This comprehensive 2-Day event will begin by reaching your entire student body with TEEN TRUTH LIVE’s powerful school-wide assembly experience. Upon completion of the assembly the onsite student and advisor training is implemented. See Onsite training above for description. |
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CyberBully Alert Internet Safety Program Cost: $3750 for Training and CyberBully Alert Cards This powerful addition to the onsite PLUS Program training will challenge student leaders to tackle the critical issue of internet safety and cyberbullying by coming together and taking care of one another. This one of a kind program option will equip all students on a campus with the internet safety software, CyberBully Alert. This unique option gives schools a powerful safe schools program, backed with the protection of the internet safety software CyberBully Alert.Students will learn current data, trends, and forms of cyberbullying and bullying. Students will be challenged to take a stand and support one another on a campus. Student leaders will learn how to teach other students about cyberbullying and how to utilize Cyberbully Alert software to document, alert and report any cyberbullying they or a friend might encounter while online. |
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All training options include the PLUS Program Implementation kit:1. PLUS Program Development Curriculum Includes: Manual 1: PLUS Program Development Prepares a school site with the implementation strategies to establish the PLUS Program on a school site. Advisor will develop a strong understanding on how to gather data, select student leaders, organize community efforts, and establish a foundation for the PLUS program to be successful. Manual 2: Establishing a Commitment to Actions, Identity, and Purpose. Guides an advisor through the steps to train, prepare and implement a PLUS forum on campus. The PLUS Forum is the core of the PLUS Program and the source for identity development and data gathering. Manual 3: A Guide to Ongoing Actions Leads an advisor to a variety of activities to sustain the PLUS identity on a campus. All activities focus on team building and enriching the student community on a campus. 2. Classroom Curriculum Includes: Developing the PLUS Team Member Teacher Guide and Student Workbooks This interactive classroom curriculum supplies 1 teacher guide and 20 student worksbooks. It has been written as a resoruce to help an advisor develop the skills of the youth leaders who will be facilitating the activities of the PLUS Program. A variety of lessons have been tailored to enhace the skills of the PLUS Team member. Activities include situation and scenarios, listening and communicating, self discovery, team discovery, emotional assessments, and more. More student workbooks can be ordered upon request. 3. PLUS Team T-Shirts 20 PLUS Team T-Shirts are supplied for all students who will be trained to be the PLUS Team on the campus. More shirts can be ordered upon request. |
