Agenda for May 12, 2005

A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Sue Nelle DeHart, Ed.D., Presenter

McComb Youth Center / Boys and Girls Club of Merced County

 615 W. 15th Street, Merced  

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS BELOW!

9 am to 4 pm

Sue Nelle is OUTSTANDING! You won't want to miss this full day of training!

 (This is only one of the OUTSTANDING evaluations Sue Nelle received following the training she provided during the 2004 Joint Special Populations Leadership Training Conference in Sacramento!)

Be prepared for an in-depth study of issues related to economic disadvantage that affect recruitment, retention, placement and training of vocational education students!  Workshop content is based upon Dr. Ruby Payne's book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty.  (Complete agenda follows!)

NO COST to attend!

Workshop materials and box lunch provided by the

Central Region Consortium!

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS to the Mc Comb Youth Center / Boys and Girls Club of Merced County, 615 W. 15th Street, Merced.  (Corner of M Street and 15th Street)  From Highway 99, take the R Street / V Street Exit.  There are two entrances to the Center.  Use Mc Comb Youth Center entrance.

From Fresno:  Take Highway 99 north to Merced.  Exit Highway 99 at R Street / V Street.  Turn right onto R Street.  Continue to 15th Street.  Turn right onto 15th Street.  The Mc Comb Youth Center will be on your left.  FREE parking in lot adjacent to Center.

From Stockton:  Take Highway 99 south to Merced.  Exit Highway 99 at R Street / V Street.  Turn left onto R Street.  Continue to 15th Street.  Turn right onto 15th Street.  The Mc Comb Youth Center will be on your left.  FREE parking in lot adjacent to Center.

Full day workshop, lunch, handouts provided by the Central Region Consortium, Grant 04-342-001, VTEA 1B State Leadership Funding awarded to Yosemite Community College District by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges 

TIME  TOPIC
9:00 a.m. Welcome & Key Points
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Resources and Case Studies
11:10 a.m. Registers of Language, Discourse Patterns and Story Structure
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Hidden Rules Among the Classes, Patterns of Generational Poverty, Family Structure
1:45 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Discipline Interventions
3:00 Closure and Evaluation
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

PARTICIPANTS WILL:

analyze the eight resources of a students;

explain language registers, discourse patterns, and story structure;

give examples of hidden rules among classes;

identify discipline interventions that are effective;

explain mediation and cognitive structures; and

explain how economic realities affect patterns of living.

 

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