[Artemisia] Collegium Youth Track -- Thank You!

Wed Nov 11 20:14:34 CST 2009

Well I did have good attendance at my classes and really enjoyed teaching  
them.  

But I think that the major difference was that I was standing near the sign 
 up tables and heard some parents wondering if adults would be allowed in 
the  "youth" classes.  I stepped in and told them that all were welcome as 
long  as it didn't prevent any youth who wanted to attend but that I didn't 
think that  would be a problem.  So I ended up with higher attendance and with 
the 2  deep adult that was needed without going hunting.

And one teenaged student said that he wasn't going to come to a "kid class" 
 but when he saw that adults were also there he thought it might be  
worthwhile.  He later said it was the best class of the day.

So, maybe if we had some sort of adjustment on the signup sheet where  
adults were invited to attend but maybe they had a separate area to sign up so  
that we made sure that there was room for any youth to attend first if there 
was  any sort of shortage in available spaces?  That way we would also have 
 knowledge that we would have additional adults available for "supervision"

I also like the idea of having some of the classes taught by the teenaged  
group.  Maybe we should consider having a "train the teacher" type class as  
many other organizations do.  Then our more talented youth (and maybe even  
some of our adults) would feel more confident in volunteering to teach.  Or 
 even asking for "teachers assistants" as a sort of mentoring endeavor so 
those  who would like to teach but don't know if they are capable can "get 
their feet  wet" without having to jump in without knowing how deep the water 
is. (g)

a couple of ideas anyway.

Loved the collegium and the classes even though I was so busy teaching that 
 I didn't have a chance to take any.  But I learned something new in each 
of  the classes I taught and that is the best sort of teaching experience.   
Can't wait for the next one.

Constance de la Rose, OL

Barony of Loch  Salaan
Kingdom of Artemisia

"Remember, it should also be  fun"

In a message dated 11/11/2009 6:24:30 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
ladysyeira at yahoo.com writes:

One  thing is the Arn Hold group doesn't have the teenage group. We have 3, 
 really. Four during summers. I know of only 2 that were at the  Collegium 
and then not for the whole day. 
I think in an area with a  higher local population of teens you would have 
seen more participation.  K

Kids stuff DID in fact ROCK according to my daughter  (10) who took a 
couple of classes.

In  Service,
THL Syeira
Barony of Arn Hold
Kingdom of  Artemisia

--- On Wed, 11/11/09, BECKY LEISHMAN  <leishman10 at msn.com> wrote:

From: BECKY LEISHMAN  <leishman10 at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Collegium Youth Track  -- Thank You!
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list"  <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009,  3:43 PM

I agree... everyone that pulled this entire Collegium  rocks... I only wish 
that we could have made it (sighhh).  

Regarding the 'why' participation might not be what you had  hoped for: 

My observations are and have always been that the  youth program 
participation is primarily kids 13 and under... in other words  tweens and chilluns.  
This is mostly because if this age group gets they  get dragged to an event 
in the first place, they aren't usually old enough to  participate in 
anything else.  This is why in the past, our youth  officer's efforts have been 
primarily targeting this age range.  

Also, when kids get up into the teens, they often have other  activities 
that prohibit them from even participating in SCA stuff.. i.e.  sports, jobs, 
etc... or, they are old enough that they can participate in  adult classes, 
etc... so they tend not to do 'youth' activities.  

Something to consider in the future:  Teens teaching  teens.  Find some 
teens who know a lot of stuff really well.. have them  serve as the class 
instructor... see if that will boost participation. Always  of course have adults 
present to cover the 2 deep leadership criteria.  

Are you actually having your youth officers keep track of  their 
participating kids and how old they are?  This would help you  define your target 
population so that you don't have folks spinning their  wheels on stuff that is 
going to get little to no participation.  Just a  thought. Sounds like you 
might be using the event sign in to try to identify  this.. that will only 
work if the age of the youth is listed. And for the  record... 1 child 
particpating is 'enough' to make the effort worth while..  That 1 will realize what 
a good time they had, and next time bring some of  their friends, and so on 
and so on and eventually the program grows and  flourishes. 

But hey... one has to admire your efforts and your  energy level. 

Bethoc

Who gets tired just watching  you
> From: dtavares1 at hotmail.com
> To:  artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:39:07  -0700
> Subject: [Artemisia] Collegium Youth Track -- Thank You!
>  
> 
> Now that I've recovered from Collegium weekend -- and gotten  caught up 
with work -- I want to texpress my enthusiastic and heartfelt thanks  to all 
the instructors who gave so unselfishly of their time and effort to the  Tee
n Track. The number of teachers and the variety of classes offered for this  
first-ever experiment just amazed me.
> 
> 
> 
> I  particularly want to thank two of my Youth Officers: Dame Constance de 
la  Rose, of Loch Salaan, taught two sessions of her wonderful class on 
bees &  honey in Period for both adults & kids. (This class was so popular at 
last  spring's Combined Collegium that I requested she teach it again.) 
Baroness  Petronilla, my tireless Evil Smurf(tm) from Twae Linnes, devoted 
herself to  the education and entertainment of the smaller fry that day. Pet 
rocks!!  >:)
> 
> 
> 
> My personal thanks to THL  Allegretza, my retired officer out of Arrows' 
Flight, who offered herself as  my relief in case I needed a break.
> 
> 
> 
> Alas,  not as many teens & pre-teens attended the event as I had hoped. 
(A couple  of classes had no one signed up...but I'm told that's pretty much 
an  occupational hazard of any collegium.) I am already analyzing why and 
how to  address that issue. Please know that, however your class turned out, I 
very  much appreciate your involvement. I will be getting together with the 
class  coordinator and the autocrat to parse the information gleaned from 
the  enrollment sheets and other forms of feedback. If you as a teacher, 
student,  parent/guardian have any observations or suggestions for improvement 
-- talk  to me! The more we know, the better we can build Youth participation 
for the  next event.
> 
> 
> 
> Again -- Thank you, thank you,  a thousand thank you's. Our kingdom rocks.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Aurora de Portugal
> Kingdom Youth Officer
> 
>  801-232-2698
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