MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/D1494A58/LCnotes1118.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Team Leader Learning Community Notes

PROSPER Prevention Educ= ation Learning Community (#2)

November 18, 2004 =

NOTES (12/13/04)

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I.    Newspaper Headlines

 

      -PROSPER Forms Sub-Committee to Plan Next SFP Program at Penn Kidder

      -Bradford Taken Over by Parents

      -Local Businesses Support District Families

      -SFP Competes with Basketball in Ca= rbondale

      -PROSPER and Jim Thorpe PTA – Plan “Family Fun Night.”

      -Carbondale PROSPER Graduates 28 SFP Families

      -Carbondale Prosper Plans School Board Presentation

      -Federal Funding Supporting Superintendent’s Son’s Restaurant

      -SFP – The Third Time Around

      -Family Block Party

      -Market Day Fundraiser Turns Out to Be a Team Success

      -Salisbury Middle School Recognized as a “Friend of Extension” at Annual Meeting

      -Team Continues with Only Two Players

      -CMP D&A Check Missing!

      -Free Agency Takes Its Toll: Team Barely Makes Playoffs

      -PROSPER Makes a Giant Break Through at Penn Kidder – Carthy on Board

      -PROSPER Boss Hits the Road

      -Janet Assumes Regal Title “Queen” after Mark Leaves

      -PROSPER gets 2 New Graduate Students

 

II.&n= bsp; What is the current Team Leader role? How has this changed since the “early days” of PROSPER?

We are currently revising t= he Cooperative Extension Educator PROSPER Team Leader Description to include t= hese tasks.  We will share the late= st draft and discuss it at the next PPELC.

 

PROSPER Team Management

    • Oversee everything
    • Recruited all team members
    • Created team mission statement = and vision statement
    • Subcommittees=
    • Wanting to elevate my co-team leader… is she willing?
    • Meeting agenda
    • Mailings – team
    • The quarterback with the great running game
    • Also coach & administrator …a bit concerned on the sidelines…
    • Eye on consistency… =3Dqu= ality =3Dfidelity
    • “Visitor” to the fa= ctory that has well-oiled machines running: SFP & All Stars<= /span>
    • Chair team meetings<= /span>
    • Send meeting notices and follow= up with calls
    • Record meeting minutes and sent= to team
    • Communicate with school administrators

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PROSPER Research & Management

    • Weekly conference calls with PC=
    • Meetings with Control school
    • Supervise program assistant
    • Supervisor of staff / HR tasks<= o:p>
    • Monthly invoices
    • Send in payroll every other Thu= rsday
    • Have facilitators fill out wage= pay roll correctly and send to PSU
    • Attend learning community meeti= ngs
    • Attend statewide meetings

 

SFP Meeting Coordination

    • Coordination of facilitators &#= 8211; material prep- supplies
    • Adams County SFP coordinator
    • Recruiter – families, facilitators (Phone calls, mailings)
    • Observe SFP
    • Local arranger – see job description (mention by two people)
    • Data Gatherer=
    • Setup phone calls to parents (recruitment)
    • Purchased food and gifts 1= st year
    • Schedule facilitations child ca= re
    • Group facilitation arrangements=
    • Childcare
    • Incentive shopping
    • Dinner arrangements<= /span>
    • Teen panel
    • Market program to community = 211; attend meetings, prepare news releases, flyers
    • Oversee SFP program – wor= k with facilitators and childcare workers
    • Help purchase incentives PSU=
    • Attend SFP and observe<= /o:p>
    • School-based program=
    • Communicate with teachers<= /o:p>

 

Budget

    • Monthly invoices
    • Proposal writer
    • Bookkeeping manager<= /span>

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Sustainability

    • Development officer<= /span>
    • Explore funding
    • Marketing / PR / Sustainability=
    • Public relations, media relatio= ns
    • Grant writing
    • Letter to medical community for funding
    • Proposal writer
    • Sale Guy
    • Fundraising
    • Cheer leader<= /span>

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In-reach

    • Keep CED updated and informed of PROSPER

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Miscellaneous

    • Prevention science catalyst
    • Middle  Man

 

III. What are the current tasks to be perfo= rmed by teams: Tasks related to SFP, and tasks not related to SFP?

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Agenda Dev= elopment

    • Executive function of CES team = leader
    • Empower members to assist with = agenda development
    • Specialized roles of team membe= rs
    • Request agenda items in advance= from team members

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Team Compo= sition

    • Letter to current members<= /o:p>
    • Parents who are invested in com= munity (alumni group)
      • Give them specific tasks<= /o:p>
    • Staff of team members for speci= fic tasks
      • Local / US, collaborative boar= ds, student  assistant team= s
    • Delegation
    • Meeting minutes

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Role of Lo= cal Arranger

    • Issue – P. card / purchas= ing
    • Incentives / purchasing
      • Web purchasing
    • Supplies – Bin.
    • Local arranger / supervisor or facilitators – combined role at higher rate of pay
    • Sustainability funding
    • Team members – help with fundraising

 

IV.&= nbsp; Program Adaptation

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Lessons Learned

    • Jim Thorpe
      • Don’t drop the food!
      • Watch the timing!
    • Wyoming Valley West
      • Had no incentives for families; however, that did not have any impact on participation.
    • Salisbury
      • Recruitment changes may have impacted enrollment (Not calling)
    • Bradford
      • Facilitators allowed added conversation to parent sessions

 

Other ideas for possible adaptations primarily are additions to curriculum.

    • Prescription drug use session
    • Health / nutrition during the d= inner
    • Bullying session
    • Import experts on specific topi= cs
    • Family alumni groups=
    • Targeted groups

 

Adaptations are not changes to the curriculum but additions to it.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  Nonetheless, adaptation may require increased attention to training / supervision of program implementers.=

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