Champions of
Change© Youth Curriculum
Champions of Change is a hands on guided action-learning program
developed to assist youth to become skilled in understanding, experiencing and
creating change. The goal of the project is for young people to learn a
supportive and resilient way of experiencing change and a collaborative model
for making change happen in their lives.
Through highly interactive and participative experiences they learn
skills that will empower them to create positive changes in their own lives.
Because this program stresses a balanced approach to change, both left and
right brain learning experiences are incorporated.
 The arts in
all forms are a strong component of both the learning process and the projects
that are developed by participants. As a final component of the program,
participants work together to create and implement a project that creates
positive change within their own community.
Champions of Change Learning
Modules
| Component 1. Understanding Change |
'Seeing' |
1/2 day |
Topics
and activities include
using the STEP approach to examining change in society, family, and the
millennium; understanding the challenge of change and ways to view change;
creating a timeline, researching news media, identifying and practicing
resiliency skills, and learning the Champions of Change© model and stages
of change.
| Component 2. Visualizing Change |
'Saying' |
1/2 day |
Topics
and activities include
visioning exercises, cooperative problem-solving and support activities,
personalizing and sharing visions through creative media and the arts.
| Component 3. Taking Action for Change |
''Doing'
|
1/2 day |
Topics
and activities include
selecting a group project, engaging in steps for translating vision into
action, determining course of action, building supportive "bridge"
strategies, and identifying and taking action steps to achieve project goal.
The
Champions of Change© curriculum was pilot-tested and implemented in
the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Public School system at the request of the
S,D &G Board. The complete program is delivered in three highly
action-oriented thematic modules, interspersed over several weeks, so that on
site learning and follow up can take place in classrooms or with young people
in preparation for the second and third workshop sessions.
 For information on purchasing The Champions of Change©
curriculum or having it's creator, Gail
Siler, Ph.D. train teachers or offer the program to your children's group,
email us at ChampionsofChange
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