When writing your portion of the Director’s Report for your location, you should have one paragraph dedicated to Teen Services. Key considerations include:
- Be sure that your paragraph includes the core message of teen participation and teen ownership.
- “Teens planned and implemented…”
- “Teens’ participation in the planning and implementation…”
- Concentrate on the BASICS, the WHAT, and the BENEFIT
- BASICS: Pretend reader doesn’t know anything about what you do at your location; let the reader know what your location offers to teens.
- WHAT: Don’t get bogged down in details; this is not about clever program ideas, it’s about the core message: teen involvement.
- BENEFIT: this is the big “why” of your paragraph; relate it to the core message. Include developmental needs language:
- Meaningful participation
- Competence and achievement
- Creative expression
- Leadership
- Decision making
- Self definition
- Physical activity
- Positive social interaction
For more details, please see the presentation below. Feel free to also reach out to Jennifer Velasquez if you have any other questions.
