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Promoting the Positive Impact of Participation in Activities

Brian Bubach NDHSAA

Promotion Considerations

• Qualitative Analysis

– Activities were good for us – why good for all students?

• Data-Decision Making
• What exactly are soft skills?
• Packaging

Data

• Scientific

– Google (e.g.): ‘Debate participation GPA’

• Journal or Periodical

– High School Today, Rostrum, Dramatics

• Student and School Demographics

– Current participation percentages

• Budget

– Current and comparative information

• State Standards

– Content specific standards relating to goals

Soft Skills - Definitions

• DOL.GOV Definition
• “soft” or applied skills — such as teamwork, decision-

making, and communication

• Soft skills cannot be taught in a vacuum nor can they be

acquired simply because the goal of a lesson plan indicates it shall be so. Rather, they must be introduced, developed, refined, practiced, and reinforced. http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/softskill s.pdf

Soft Skills – Definitions continued

• JODY L. HERTLEIN THESIS:
• A soft skill is the knowing of how something is done.
• Soft skills are those skills that employees require to

interact with others, get along productively with

• thers, and to work in teams (Ally & Cleveland-Innes,

2007).

• Soft skills are learned through socialization.
• Development relies on face-to-face, synchronous
• ccurrences.

http://auspace.athabascau.ca/bitstream/2149/3053/1/J

• dyHertleinTHESIS.pdf

Soft Skills—Why Important

– Already more than 40 years ago the German Engineering Association (VDI) recommended that 20% of courses of the engineering curricula should be soft skills. – …one property that immediately comes to most people’s mind when soft skills are mentioned: those are the communication skills http://ir.polytechnic.edu.na/bitstream/10628/39/1/ The%20Importance%20of%20Soft%20%20Skills- Education%20beyond%20academic%20knowledge.p df

Packaging

• Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?
• What is the program’s ‘footprint’?
• What is the investment required of the

decision-maker?

Packaging Layout

Who What When Where Why/How Supporting Data Overarching Goal

Sample Presentation

• MHS Band
• Recording equipment purchase for

14-15 School Year for use in small groups contest development

• Equipment to be used to create

practice CDs and self-evaluate performances

• State Benchmarks:

– 12.7.1 Evaluation – 12.6.2 Technical Vocabulary – 12.2.1-3 Performance

• MHS Band

– 70% of student body – 28 performances yearly for

• ver 10,000 people

– 1 Trip Biennially – 1 Region, 1 State Contest yearly – 38% members advanced to state contest last year

• Upon graduation students will

be able to use music to develop networks and friendships at the collegiate and community level

• P.O. Attached

Sample Presentation

• Anytown HS
• Student Congress Program

Implementation for 2014-15

• Season includes 3 dates

during Sept. 1 – Nov. 10

• 2 Season and 1 State Date
• Students will use Evidence-

Based Reading & Writing to prepare speeches and collaborate with participants

• If approved, coach will:

– Schedule team practice – Schedule transportation – Notify all students & recruit – Develop prelim budget for admin review & approval – Download resolutions – Start practice with online tutorial video – Attend CSTAND Conf. for training – Event focuses on research, teamwork, communication, and presentation

Quality Qualitative Commentary

• Timing is everything!
• Know your audience-what did they participate

in?

• Be prepared to draw parallels (e.g. Speech to

Track)

Pitfalls

• Budgetary Homework

– Total contract cost – Total transportation cost (district cost model or rate?)

• History

– Request approval/denial – 3 or 5 year track

• Battles, Wars, and Exit Strategies

In Closing

• Keep it simple
• Do the heavy lifting
• Accept partial success
• Gently move forward