Core Program Areas
Youth Development Strategy
Staff Expectations
Field Trips
Group Management
100
Programs in the category help youth to develop their creativity and cultural awareness.
What is The Arts?
100
An example from this strategy is to ask youth to pick-up or put away equipment or keep score during a sporting event.
What is A Sense of Usefulness?
100
This must be stored in the staff area during work time unless you are leaving the building.
What is your cell phone?
100
This is how often you should do a head count when on a trip.
What is every 15 minutes?
100
When you are playing games you must establish these.
What are boundaries?
200
Programs in this category develop skills for positive use of leisure time, self management, appreciation for the environment and social skills.
What is Sports, Fitness and Recreation?
200
An example of this strategy is team sports or knowing every child's name.
What is Sense of Belonging?
200
At least two hours in advance.
What is the time frame in which you must notify the director or assistant director if you will be absent?
200
This is something you should do with youth before you leave for a trip.
What is establish rules and ensure that youth understand the rules?
300
Programs in this category develop young people's capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and live successfully.
What is Health & Life Skills?
300
An example of this strategy is helping youth set individual goals and reward youth accordingly.
What is Sense of Competence?
300
Staff Shirt, name tag and closed toe shoes.
What is your daily appearance?
300
Three safety things you must bring on a trip for youth.
What are first aid kit, medical forms and permission slips?
400
Programs in this category encourage youth to apply learning to everyday situations and embrace technology to achieve success in a career.
What is Education and Career Development?
400
An example of this strategy is giving a youth a chance to be heard/listened to.
What is A Sense of Influence?
400
This the length your shorts may be above your knee.
What is 2 inches?
400
You should never leave a trip without doing this.
What is a final headcount?
500
Programs in this category empower youth to support and influence their community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, develop a positive self-image, participate in the democratic process and respect their own and others' cultural identity.
What is Character & Leadership?
500
The acronym to remember the Youth Development Strategy.
What is B.U.I.C.?
500
Being aware of the conversations you are having between staff members, not using inappropriate language and always talking about any "situation" with a closing director prior to talking to parents.
What is Professionalism?
500
These are the three things you must leave at the site when you leave for a field trip.
What are: where you have gone, your cell phone number and when you are going to return?
M
e
n
u