Homework
Help
This training
focuses on making homework help time effective by helping youth get organized,
by providing an atmosphere that helps youth focus on their work and by building
a supportive relationship with youth. These elements will help you to
reconsider a time to help with homework as an opportunity to build
relationships and nurture positive growth, beyond merely getting the work done.
Training Objectives
Participants will:
- Describe the homework cycle and name potential supports.
- Develop strategies to make homework help time productive.
- Compare homework tracking systems and design the homework space for their program.
Core Competencies
Addressed
Core Knowledge Area
– Learning Environment and Curriculum:
4.B: Design and implement
a curriculum to enhance cognitive development – Entry Level and Level 1.
Primary QIS Scales
Addressed
Supportive
Environment:
II-J: Staff support
youth to build new skills.
II-K: Staff support
youth with encouragement.