Project Cornerstone ABC Reader Program ABC CHAMPION YEAR Leads: Robyn Mah, Irene Cheng, Pratima Satish

Project CornerstoneABC Reader Program

ABC CHAMPION YEAR

Leads: Robyn Mah, Irene Cheng, Pratima Satish

Agenda• Icebreaker

• What does it to mean to volunteer for the ABC Reader Program?

• Book Training

• Closing

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READ A BOOK - CHANGE A LIFE

• By volunteering just 2 to 3 hours per month, our Asset Building Champions build relationships with young people by reading selected books and leading classroom activities and discussions with a focus on respect, tolerance, peaceful conflict resolution, caring and friendship.

• Children learn what to do if they encounter bully behaviors and how to become an UPstander

• Thank you - Spread the word


Volunteer Requirements

Step 1: Complete and sign the Project Cornerstone volunteer application. (http://www.projectcornerstone.org/cms-assets/documents/179351-379139.volunteertrainingdocument.pdf)

Step 2: Complete an Assets 101 training or a 6 week Project Cornerstone Parent Study Group. (Sep 8th or Sep 26th – new readers only)

Step 3: Complete all school site volunteer requirements (Cherrychase Volunteer form, TB test)


http://www.projectcornerstone.org/cms-assets/documents/179351-379139.volunteertrainingdocument.pdf



Creating Volunteer Profile1. Go to www.projectcornerstone.org

2. Click on Volunteer tab at top of page

3. Choose Volunteer Application

4. Use the search tool to locate your school.

5. Click Volunteer Application.

6. All Project Cornerstone volunteer opportunities are listed on this page, some of these opportunities are available at your school.

7. Click Sign-up! • Create username under I am new to myVolunteerPage.com (This will allow you to log your volunteer hours)

8. Write down your username here _________________________________

9. Enter Email Address

10. Verify Email Address

11. Click The Organization Policies

12. Review Organization Policies

13. Click Close

14. Check the box next to I agree with the organization’s policies


http://www.projectcornerstone.org/

Volunteer Profile15. Click Save and Continue

16. Create Volunteer Profile by completing fields with an *• Password must be at least 6 characters,• Write down a hint for your password or your password: ________________________

17. Click Save and continue

18. Complete Volunteer Application

19. Under General Interests• Select all volunteer opportunities you are interested it

20. Under General Availability• Click boxes of times you are available

21. Under Additional Info• Complete all questions

22. Under Qualifications for Assets 101 choose one of the following:• Have not Completed (If you need to take Assets 101)• Grandfathered (If you have completed this in previous years)• Completed (If you completed Assets 101 this year)• Take It Personally (If you have completed Take It Personally (TIP) previously)

23. Click Save and Continue

24. Click Log out


How to Log Your Volunteer Hours

This is your chance to show us what you do as a volunteer! Silicon Valley youth are being impacted by what you do. Help us to share your story by reporting your hours! We encourage you to do this each time you volunteer. If you want to use your mobile phone you can log in through your phone and it will direct you to the mobile site.

Hours cannot be logged until you have been approved by your site lead/coordinator.1. Go to myvolunteerpage.com (Bookmark this page!)2. Log in using your volunteer username and password3. The first time you log in, click the Confirm Now button on the right side of page.4. Click Hours Log tab5. Choose your activity (Reading or Training) from the pull down menu• I read in a classroom – choose Reading- ABC or Los Dichos Reader• I attended a training – choose Training- School Site Training• I am a Lead/Site Coordinator and I met with principal, prepped for my site meeting, etc – choose Reading – ABC Lead/Los Dichos Site Coordinator• I am a Lead/Site Coordinator and I attended the Project Cornerstone monthly meeting – choose Training-Lead/Site Coordinator Monthly Meeting6. Complete questions (questions differ based on the activity chosen)7. Log out (red button on top right side)


Volunteer Responsibilities• Role model positive, basic social interactions with

students and adults.

• Attend monthly Book training @ Cherrychase to review book for the upcoming month.

• Read the selected ABC book in your classroom, lead students in a discussion and complete one or more activities based on the provided lesson plan

• Everything that you see and do concerning children is private and confidential: Grades, Behaviors, Test scores, other items that are the exclusive domain of the school’s professional staff.


Volunteer Responsibilities (contd)

• Use the “no name policy.” Ask students to not identify or name the person(s) in the story. This will avoid blaming or hurt feelings.

• If you know or reasonably suspect that a child has been abused, you must:

Report what you have observed to the classroom teacher (and/or principal) + ask him or her to file a report with Child Protective Services.


Preparation • Introduce yourself to teacher and parent volunteer. Exchange phone

numbers and emails. Determine the best form of communication.

• Ask Teacher how much classroom time you will have (Recommend 40 mins for 2nd grades and up)

• Schedule dates and times in advance. Be flexible to accommodate the teacher’s schedule.

• With multiple readers in one classroom, choose one reader to be the main contact with the teacher and readers

• Briefly discuss the lesson plan with the teacher and email it to the teacher prior to the reading.

• Ask your teacher if she is comfortable letting you email parent letter. If not include a paper copy of the parent letter to go home with the students.


Preparation (contd)

• Take time to read the book and lesson plan well in advance of your reading date. Personalize Lesson outline and activities to your/classroom’s needs.

• Lesson plans in your Inbox. They are also @ www.projectcornerstone.org, Volunteer Center, select your year (Champion), user name: abc and password: lessons (case sensitive)

• Attend the book training meeting as they help prepare you for the classroom.

• New volunteers can benefit from watching experienced readers model lesson.

• Recommended reading for New Volunteers: (1) Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud (2) How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath et al


Before going into the classroom..• Sign In and Out Twice! (For school AND for Project

Cornerstone) School sign in : front office (get volunteer label and put in on your

person). For safety, schools need to know exactly who is going in and out of their doors during the day

Project Cornerstone sign-in: reading log in the Cornerstone Corner (nook in the tunnel). Project Cornerstone needs the data for their grant reports.

• ABC Books cannot leave school premises.

• Show up on time

• If an emergency prevents you from showing up or being late, call ahead or ask someone to call for you (48 hours notice)


After reading…• Email parent letter the same day (It’s in your inbox/project

cornerstone website)

• Log into www.projectcornerstone.org to log your reading along with comments (more on this in the next book training)

• Share your experience with the group via email or in person

• Ask teacher’s feedback (ongoing – every month) : what went well, what could be done differently, how to deal with challenging student behaviors


FRIENDS TO THE END

ABC CHAMPION YEAR LESSON 1 PROJECT CORNERSTONE

Getting Started• Introduce yourself, why you’re volunteering, hobbies etc

• From the very first moment you step into the classroom invite children to build a relationship with you. “I’ll be coming to your classroom once a month to read a book with you. We’ll have a chance to talk about the book and have a conversation with what it means to you”

• Express interest in getting to know the students better. “I am happy to be here and I look forward to getting to know you as we read together and do activities”

• Identify yourself as a caring adult at school. “I want you to look to me as one of the caring adults on this campus”


Getting Started• Learn Names. Use nametags! Youth feel valued, respected

and known when you use their name.

• Make eye contact, smile, be genuine.

•Spend a little time setting the mood and clearly stating your expectations for your time with the students as an ABC Reader Reader.


ABC RulesBe Respectful

Raise your hand.

Take turns.

Be an active listener.

Give your Total Support for sharing ideas & feelings.

Treat others with care.

Use a “no name” policy.

Be Responsible Be Safe

Use positive language. Keep your hands and

Be helpful. feet to yourself.

Be forgiving. Follow directions.

Be kind.


Everyone Wants To Be Invited…


Conversation starters

Ask students to share ways they make friends, and get along with others…

Online Resource:

10 Ways To Build Relationships


10 Ways to Build Relationships:Invite and Include Others

1. Be an UPstander. Be there for people when they need your help, your comfort and your friendship.

2. Be honest.

3. Keep your promises.

4. Apologize. Be genuine. Use the steps for a real apology.*



5. Be a forgiving friend. Everyone makes mistakes. Give second chances. Accept an apology with forgiveness.

6. Be helpful. Everybody needs help from time to time.

7. Respect classmates’ feelings and their possessions.

8. Gossip and rumors STOP with me!



9. Tell friends and classmates how you feel. –Share your feelings. –Use an I statement: I feel ___ when ___

because____.

10. Be a bucket filler. Give lots of warm fuzzies! – Be a kind, caring and generous person.– Be a good listener. – Involve people in your life and in your activities. – Invite them to play and to join in!


Introducing and Reading the Book

• Show the class the cover of the book.

• Read the title and author.

• The photos are small and dark. Be creative in finding ways to ensure that everyone sees the images.

• The book is short. Take your time.

• Read slowly. Let the students absorb what they see and hear.


Discussing the Book (K-2)Take this time to discuss: inviting friendships

and being UPstanders at school.

1. What makes someone a good classmate?

2. What makes someone a good friend?

3. What can you do to get to know your classmates or friends better?

4. What can UPstanders say and do to help everyone know that they belong at our school?

5. What can happen when you give a person a chance or the benefit of the doubt?

6. How do you make a new friend?

7. How do you know someone is your friend?

8. Have you fought or had a disagreement with a friend? What happened?"


Discussing the Book (3rd-Middle)1. How do you keep a friendship, even though you

had a disagreement? What tools have worked for you?

2. Why is talking about friendship "like chewing ten pieces of bubble gum at the same time"?

3. Circles of Connection – 3 circles – who are in it

4. Online-only friend


Discussing the Book (3rd-Middle)Make a chart divided into 4 sections (see “Friends, Classmates, Enemy

Upstander Chart”) .

In the enemy section: write that we do not allow people at our school to use enemy behaviors. When you dip into someone’s bucket, you are dipping into your bucket too. The more you do this, the more your own bucket will feel empty.

Use the student responses to the questions below to fill in the remaining 3 sections.

What tool do we have in our tool box to deal with bucket dipping

behaviors?

Use our Lid when we need it.

Stop, think and understand what is happening.

Be thoughtful and use clear thinking to protect your bucket.

Some people may have empty buckets or not know how to fill them. Their words can hurt. Talk to a caring adult about how to fill their bucket

Stop, think and visualize why they are not bucket fillers.26 Friends to the End | ©2014 YMCA of the USA

Discussing the Book: Digital CitizenshipBeing A Good Friend Online…


Friends and Family

Online Community

ME!

Activity Idea: Hula Hoop GameMaterials: 2 hula hoops, and the assistance of the classroom teacher, or another adult

Directions: Have the students stand in 2 circles. Each circle receives the same instructions:

1. Slip the hoop onto one student’s arm and have the students all join hands.

2. The students have to find a way to move the hula hoop all the way around the circle without letting go of each other’s hands. Allow the game to continue if hands are temporarily unclasped. Fill buckets as each person takes their turn!

Challenge: To add difficulty, the hula hoop cannot touch the ground and the chain of hands cannot be broken. • If the hula hoop touches the ground, or if the chain of hands anyplace in the circle

is broken- the game starts over, in the same place it began. This can be frustrating for the people at the far end of the circle.

• How can the group help each other handle the frustration? Warm fuzzies!

Debrief:• How does game help us learn about each other?• What are our strengths as classmates?• What bucket filling happened?• How did you work together as classmates to solve a problem?


Activity Idea: Friend, Classmate, Enemy, and Upstanders (Grades 1-3)*Materials: Load a bucket with action cards created from Friend,

Classmate, Enemy and UPstander Behaviors, 4 posters or stations–with one word Friend, Classmate, Enemy Behavior, Upstander on each of the 4 papers.

Divide the students into teams and have them pull out an action card. As a team, they need to decide which category of behavior it belongs in. Have them post it on the poster of their choice. To de-brief the activity, ask them to explain why they chose to put it on that poster.

There may be lots of different, correct answers to explain how they classify the action.


Activity Idea: New Kid in school: (3rd-6th)

Divide the class into groups of 4 or 5. Each group’s task is to choose one group member to play the role of a new kid in class. The new kid’s challenge is to try to gain acceptance into the group. The other kids must behave in the way that they normally would in that situation.

After the role-plays, discuss with the class how it felt to be the new kid and how it felt to be part of the “in-group.” Discuss some of the different ways of using what they learned from the book to make new friends and be Upstanders towards new and returning students.


Activity Idea: Sticky Friends

Materials: Duct tape plain or designer type

Talk about sticky friends. These are friends that help and are “there” for them and stick with them in tough times like duct tape. Demonstrate how just like duct tape, Upstanders can stick together with a classmate or friend who needs support. You can stick together with a friend or friends. Let the students find their sticky friends.

1.Tear a piece about 1 foot long off of the roll.

2.Fold the foot long piece upon itself reserving about an inch of the sticky part.

3.Starting at the non-sticky end, tear the bracelet into 2 pieces down the center.

4.Viola! 2 sticky bracelets per foot of duct tape!


Activity Idea: What Classmates Play1.Tell the students you want them to think of their favorite outside game. It can

be a school yard activity, inside fun or a neighborhood game. Have them shout out their responses as a brainstorming activity before the game.

2.Have children stand up and form a circle. (You may want to go outside and stand around a painted circle on the black top. Define the activity space before starting the game.)

3.Walk around the circle and touch one child on the shoulder. That child stands in the center of the circle while the others put on their listening ears.

4.Ask the child in the center to say their favorite activity, such as playing tag. Then have the child call out, “I have lots of classmates who like to play tag at recess.”

5.All the students who like to play tag at recess should jump in and join the child in the middle of the circle. Look around the inside circle and comment, “Wow look at all the classmates you can play tag with!”

6.Next, use your signal. Ask kids to move back to the edge of the circle.

Repeat until most of the students have had a turn to be in the middle. If it is a big class you could divide the group into smaller circles. If someone choses an idea not as popular, it might help if you jump in to generate more enthusiasm.


Role-Play Idea: Best Friend forever (3rd-6th)

Divide the class into groups of 4 or 5. Give each the following scenario. Ask them to use all of their ABC tools from past year to give advice to solve this dilemma in a bucket filling way.

Jason has been “best friends” with Mike and Ben since kindergarten. During the school year they spend every recess and lunchtime together. They are now in 5th grade. During the summer Jason went to a camp where the only person he knew slightly was a boy called Ryan.

Ryan was new to his school last year, but Jason never took the time to talk to him as he felt as if he already had enough friends. At the camp he and Ryan discovered that they lived close to each other and had a lot of common interests. They spent the rest of the summer hanging out together. When they meet up at recess on the first day of school, Jason tells Mike and Ben that he wants Ryan to be part of their group. Mike and Ben do not agree. They want things to continue as before. What can Jason do to influence his friends to be bucket fillers?


Closing 3 min huddle in class

Let the students know that you will be their ABC Reader for the rest of the year and that you want to be a caring adult in their life.

Because you have just met each other, it may take a while to get to know each other better.

Looking at 10 ways chart, ask students to think of ways that they will be a good classmate or friend and help everyone feel that they belong at our school.

Reach out by smiling or saying, “Hi!” Be the first to introduce yourself.

Tell a little about yourself. Ask others to share a little about themselves with you.

Show people you are interested in them. Be a good listener.

Tell the truth about yourself and what you stand for.

Spend time with each other and look for others that have similar interests to yours.

Play with different people at recess. Sit with new people at lunch.

Make your games open to everyone. Invite new students to play with you and your friends.

Ask each other what you like to do for fun.

Accept others and be open to new ideas.


End of Book Reading

Closing Comments

• Reading Schedule (Robyn’s email)

• Sign-in every time you read

• Reporting Procedure (website)

• Planning Support

• Next Meeting Date (Oct 8)

• School-wide Calendar and Asset Building opportunities

• Questions??


Empathy Skill Building: For youthTaking the lesson from the classroom to the playground

School-wide Friendship Plan: How to invite and include others

Say, “Hi!”

Introduce yourself!

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Smile

Invite and Include them!

Empathy Skill Building: For youthTaking the lesson from the classroom to the playground

Will YOU try it today?

Say, “Hi!”

Introduce yourself!

Ask them their name38 Friends to the End | ©2014 YMCA of the USA

Smile

Invite and Include them!

Empathy Skill Building: For adults

Will YOU try it today?

• Provide Coaching at Recess/Lunch• Build Support Assets, Empowerment Assets,

Social Competencies

• Extend the lesson to your own interactions with adults at school: • Build Assets to create a more caring school climate as

a role model; provide examples of caring.

– PTA meetings; Principal’s Chat; Back to School Night; ABC meetings; at drop-off and pick-up time; in the hallways…


Activity Ideas:

See Reading Guide,

pages 4-8

See Outline,

pages 2-3


Documents

Project Cornerstone ABC Reader Program ABC CHAMPION YEAR Leads: Robyn Mah, Irene Cheng, Pratima Satish