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Tasks for the BC team

January 24th, 2008 at 11:00am Chris Wells Permalink

As most know, this quarter we have 10 very talented undergraduates who are spending time working on the PSO through the CCCE. For the past two weeks, they have been learning about the theory behind PSO and other projects. As of Monday, they will begin analyzing the curriculum created by the YMCA and creating more of the curriculum modules that Chris Tugwell sketched out. We also want to give them a fairly solid preview of the other things they will be doing this quarter, so I would appreciate feedback and suggestions on what their role might be. Here are the elements we plan on having them tackle:

1) Understanding the curriculum created by the YMCA, evaluating it in terms of the learning goals, and drafting the curriculum modules that have not been written. This will include standardizing the modules and creating some good PSO-specific templates.

2) Another task will be devising ways for the PSO to fit into the programs in which other interns are working, including Aki Kurose Middle School and the City Year programs. The main task here will be working with the students from Aki to find ways to use PSO in combination with the Project Citizen curriculum.

3) Another task that makes sense for this group is marketing for the PSO. (There are several students interested in marketing.) Some materials we plan to have them create are: Powerpoints for presentations to both potential partner organizations and groups of youth; a plan and materials for advertising over Facebook, Myspace, etc.; and a set of ‘alternative’ materials such as videos and podcasts for the PSO site and the web.

4) Finally, the task that will require more thinking out is how the BC interns might take a lead on establishing the youth management process for PSO, perhaps by becoming regional leaders in different Seattle neighborhoods.

We would appreciate any comments on these ideas or suggestions for others. We plan to present a plan for the quarter to the students on Monday.

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1. Toby Campbell | January 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

This looks great to me, Chris! I think these are all going to be really helpful areas to have the BC interns helping with. We can keep this conversation open as we know more about what the partnerships/outreach branch of MacArthur activity is going to look like. I’d be happy to find ways to make the two overlap.
2. Lance Bennett | January 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am

This all sounds good.

We should coordinate the youth management process with Chris T at the Y. But having the UW teens start thinking about what the issues are is a good start.

I want the management model to be driven by the teens as much as possible.