2008 Statewide OHCE Leader Lesson

Forming Community Coalitions

OHCE District Meetings

Developed by:

Renée A. Daugherty, Ph.D.

Extension Specialist – Leadership and Educational Methods Specialist Cooperative Extension Service / Family & Consumer Sciences Programs

Associate Professor Department of Human Development & Family Science College of Human Environmental Sciences 233 Human Environmental Sciences Building Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078

Telephone: 405.744.6231 E-mail: [email protected] Forming Community Coalitions (Lesson Leader’s Guide)

Lesson Objectives

By participating in this lesson, OHCE members will learn to:

 Recognize the three basics elements of coalescing/partnering  Use recruitment tips and strategies, including convening the first meeting  Use the Sustainability Web  Recognize the ten dangerous traps that can threaten the sustainability of a coalition

Lesson Contents

 Flipchart with script on reverse side  Handout: The Sustainability Web (ready for duplicating)  My Lesson Plan form (two pages)

Lesson Preparation

1. Review the flipchart with script printed on the reverse side. Study the material. Practice using the flipchart. Learn the material well enough to use the flipchart without having to read the script word-for-word. You will make the lesson far more interesting if you teach it rather than read it. 2. Read the Extension fact sheets below” for tips in teaching the lesson. They are available on-line at http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-315 or pick up a copy at your county OSU Extension office.  T-8201 – “Developing Effective Volunteer Teachers”  T-8202 – “Teaching Adults”  T-8203 – “Do-it-yourself Visuals” 3. Decide how you want to evaluate the lesson to determine what people learned. One possible evaluation technique is described below: “ Headlines” Evaluation Technique

Purpose: This technique can help you determine how participants see themselves using the content you are teaching. It involves asking them to think about some point in the future – several weeks or months after the lesson – and picturing what the headlines would say about the success they have had using what they learned in the session. Based on participants’ responses, you can gain an understanding of what they have learned. Did they learn the things you consider important from the lesson?

Suggested time at the lesson: 5 – 10 minutes

Materials needed: Scrap paper and a pencil or pen for each participant

At the end during review time – what to say: The directions for using this technique are in the flipchart. 4. Prepare your lesson outline using the “My Teaching Plan” form. 5. Make copies of the handout. 6. Practice the lesson at least two times. 7. Purchase/collect the supplies you will need for whatever evaluation activity you decide to use. MY TEACHING PLAN--Part I

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following questions, then organize your answers into the columns on part II to develop your teaching plan.

1. What topic will I teach and how much time is allowed?

2. What do I want the people to learn from my teaching? Learning will be in the form of increased knowledge, attitude change, and/or improved skills, so be specific about what knowledge, what attitudes, and/or what skills. Refer to OSU fact sheet T-8201, “Being a More Effective Volunteer Teacher”.

3. What two or three major points can I teach in the time allowed?

4. What activities can I use to teach each major point? What the learners read, hear, see, say, write, or do (or some combination of these activities)?

5. How will I know if they learned what I want them to learn? MY TEACHING PLAN--Part II

What the Learner Will Learn How the Learner Will Learn It How the Learner Shows Learning List major points. List and describe the learning List the desired changes in attitudes, activities I will use. skills, and/or knowledge.

Prepared by: Renée A. Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Extension Specialist – Leadership & Educational Methods, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, updated 2005 Adapted from “Your Teaching Plan” developed in 1988 by Claire Powell, Extension Educator-FCS, Oklahoma County, and the Education Committee of the Oklahoma County Extension Homemakers Council.