Brooke County Office948 Main Street, Follansbee, WV 26037

Phone: (304) 527-3410 Fax: (304) 527-4278 Angela Kocher

akocher@rsvpwv.org (RSVP Director)Carissa Venning

cvenning@rsvpwv.org (RSVP ASAP VISTA)

Marshall County Office 2200 S. Marshall St. #18, Benwood, WV 26031

Phone: (304) 905-0673 Fax: (304) 905-0673Tonette Alward

talward@rsvpwv.org (RSVP ASAP Coordinator)Alina Hopkins

ahopkins@rsvpwv.org (RSVP ASAP VISTA)

Welcome RSVP ASAP Volunteers

"Volunteers polish up the rough spots in our

communities."Jefferson Award Winner Alice

Sandstrom

Volunteer TrainingPresented by: Alina Hopkins

RSVP ASAP VISTA

Table of Contents: Learning StylesHow We LearnA Teacher’s “Tricks of the Trade”Dealing with Difficult Behaviors

in GroupsActivity EvaluationRecap

Learning Styles

Visual Learner--seeing

Auditory Learner--hearing

Physical Learner--doing

Learning Style Characteristics

If the learning style is….

Then the learner likes to…

Preferred Learning Style Activity

What’s your Preferred Learning Style?

Take a few minutes to determine your Learning Style…

AncientChinese Proverb

“I hear and I forget,

I see and I remember,I do and I

understand.”

1.Create a safe learning environment

“Tricks of the Trade”

2.Use color on visuals

3.Be ready for anything

“Tricks of the Trade”

Dispel the Fear Factor

Don’t have to learn it today

No Tests

No silly / stupidquestions

Class MACH RulesMake Mistakes

Ask Questions anytime

Cheat—use all the resources in the room

Have Fun!

HAVE FUN!

Have Fun with the instruction…if you are enjoying yourself, students will be more inclined to have fun, as well.

“Child-like” vs. “Childish”

Dealing with Difficult Behaviors in Groups

All students need to have the activity affect them personally for learning to occur

Difficult Behaviors In Groups

MonopolizersQuiet OnesDigressersChatterboxesDisrupters

Difficult Behaviors in GroupsContinued…

Sometimes need to Divide and Conquer…

Your Goals as an instructor are to: Get the student on board with activity, if possible Minimize their impact on others

Use “Right/Wrong Way” Poster…list positive behaviors you want exhibited. Once posted, you don’t need to refer to

it again.

After an Activity

Ask the students:

“What happened during this activity?

“What did that feel like?”

“What did we learn?”

4 Levels of Evaluation to Measure Success

Did participants:1. Like it?2. Learn it?3. Use it?4. Make a Difference (back home

or at school)

RecapLearning Styles…what are they?How we learn—what’s the most

training effective mediums for retention?

What’s one “Trick of the Trade”?What are your goals when dealing

with difficult behaviors in groups?

The EndGive yourselves a big round of applause for being such GREAT participants!!