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A Facilitator's Guide for By the People
This Guide includes ten training sessions based on the real activities of
AmeriCorps members during their service. During these sessions,
AmeriCorps members will receive an introduction to ideas and skills
which they will first practice in class and then bring to their
current assignments. The materials should come alive in follow-up
sessions when the members report their insights and give examples
of how they applied the new ideas and skills in the field.
The purposes of these sessions are to:
- Help AmeriCorps members better understand the full meaning of
citizenship, including life-long involvement in community service.
- Give AmeriCorps members information about civic skills and
practice using these skills to enhance their current and future work in civic
activities.
- Build within AmeriCorps members a framework and motivation for
life-long community service through:
- Volunteerism as an enriching, part-time addition to one's
life, and/or
- Pursuing a full-time career in professional community service,
including teaching, human services, public or government
service.
The guide is available in sections or as one
large document. You will need the free
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Download A Facilitator's Guide for By the
People
In entirety:
In sections
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Table
of Contents and Introduction
(PDF, 111 K)
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Session
1: Citizenship and You (PDF, 71 K)
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Session
2: We Ask, We Listen, We Learn
(PDF, 75 K)
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Session
3: You and Community—There's History
(PDF, 57 K)
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Session
4: Valuing Differences(PDF, 60 K)
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Session
5: Service As a Profession: Is It for You?
(PDF, 37 K)
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Session
6: Analyzing Problems, Planning Solutions
(PDF, 48 K)
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Session
7: Managing Conflict (PDF, 52 K)
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Session
8: Development: Empowering People and Communities
(PDF, 53 K)
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Session
9: Reflection and Evaluation
(PDF, 57 K)
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Session
10: Creating Your Citizenship Action Plan
(PDF, 23 K)
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Training Tips and Bibliography
(PDF, 49 K)
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