Falmouth Institute -Developing Tribal Youth Summer Camps and Programs

Developing Tribal Youth
Summer Camps and Programs

Date: March 25 - 26, 2021

Time: 12:30 p.m. EDT; 11:30 a.m. CDT; 10:30 a.m. MDT; 9:30 a.m. PDT; 8:30 a.m. AKDT
Duration: 4 Hours/Day

Location: ONLINE - VIRTUAL TRAINING

Tuition: $849

Attend this LIVE, ONLINE TRAINING presented by our expert, who will be using all the interactive training tools used in the classroom and more. You’ll be able to ask questions, respond to polls, and collaborate with others. Don’t let anything interrupt your training needs. Join us online and experience a different way of learning! Please click here for Virtual Training FAQs.

Get started now! Plan your youth summer culture camps or summer programs. Summer presents a perfect opportunity to nurture and engage your tribe’s youth, teaching them the values, interpersonal skills, and behaviors they’ll need to thrive as adults. In this hands-on class, you’ll discover how to create a fun, positive summer camp or summer program experience for children and teenagers. Come participate in exciting team-building and leadership development activities that you can use with youth, while discovering effective ways to weave culture throughout the camp.

Our Native American Education and Child Development expert, Lisa Harjo*, will teach you proven strategies for transmitting the culture of your tribe and community to coming generations, including how to create meaningful opportunities for parents, youth, and elders to share with each other. Whether you’re looking for guidance on how to establish peer mentoring and tiered mentoring programs, build parental involvement, or come up with creative ways to support and develop your youth, this class will send you home full of exciting new ideas. Each participant will make and take home leather pouches and chokers that they can later make with youth. Come ready to participate in fun and challenging Native American Games that can be used to support good sportsmanship in the youth.

*Subject to change.

T O P I C S I N C L U D E

Working with Stakeholders

Strategies for engaging the community
Involving elders
Hiring cultural experts
Ensuring effective communication with parents and guardians
Involving tribal councils and youth councils

Designing Culturally Appropriate Curriculum that Builds:

Leadership skills
Character and values
Self-esteem and self-identity
Decision-making skills
Civic participation
Native language-learning skills
Ability to “walk in two worlds”
Knowledge of tribal government and council operation

Managing Consultants

Recruiting and choosing the right teams
Orientation and training prior to camp
Establishing fair pay for all
Deciding on and implementing group and individual management methods
Ensuring accountability for results

Managing Logistics

Planning youth camp schedules
Building a camp budget
Camp staffing ratios
Transportation
Health and safety plans
Recruiting and training chaperones
Preparing for the unexpected

Recruiting Attendees

Deciding on the target audience, including age and geography
Coming up with an outreach plan for inclusion
Marketing strategies for success with the younger generation

Camp Coordination

Enrollment
Permission forms
Medical records
Other necessary records

Evaluating the Camp

Defining success
Deciding on evaluation measures
Quantifying achievements:

For funders
For tribal leaders
For program leadership
For program participants

Planning for next year

*Topics subject to change.

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