One of the main shifts in focus this year at the afterschool program is developing student leaders. We have picked out a group of kids, developed strong relationships with them, and given them shared responsibility for homework help, lessons, mealtime, and clean-up.
Last year, we would have scrambled to do everything for the kids. This year, we're mobilizing and empowering them to help each other.
So far, it has helped to unify the kids, create a rewarding environment, and prevented us from going crazy on days like today, where we had over 30 kids in our program.
This year's group of student leaders is pictured below:
Awesome~ We too are trying to have our students take their roles as leaders more seriously and have more intention with what they do here in PA as well.
ReplyDeleteGood plan! You can really multiply what you get done when you engage student leaders- ours have been lifesavers this year!
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