CAPA 青少年领袖俱乐部
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当华裔孩子在各方面都非常优秀的同时，家长们也希望他们能更上一层楼。培养孩子的领导才能是近年来家长们的共同呼声。但是怎样培养呢？其实现在的孩子在学校里完全有机会得到他们需要的领导技能的锻炼（比如，从初中就开始的debate team，初中高中里的各种student council, student government, club, 等等）。课外也有专家们办的各种课后和暑期培训班。因此，我们认为孩子缺乏的不是学习具体技能的资源，而是原动力(self-motivation)。原动力来自哪里？首先来自孩子的自信，这种自信要建立在对自己的身份认同(identity)和家庭传统文化的自豪感 的基础上。原动力还来自于dare to lead或者说主人翁的心态。原动力更来自于内心的使命感(sense of purpose).
我们相信充分调动孩子的原动力(也称为内驱动力或主观能动性）才是培养领导才能的根本。以此为指导思想，CAPA成立了青少年领袖俱乐部。这个俱乐部将主要由孩子管理，由孩子主导议题，带队老师辅助。我们希望孩子们通过实践，社区参与，和沙龙式的自由讨论，帮助他们建立自信，找到属于自己的sense of purpose.
会议时间：每月一次，可能会有会议以外的实地活动。不要求每次都参加。学生可选择他感兴趣的和时间合适的主题参加。
注册时间：会员优先 11/12 - 11/18 members only; 11/19 - 11/28 open to public
注册费：高级会员免费，普通会员或非会员建议$5/meeting 的捐款 (collect at the meeting)
注册人数: 5-25名
带队老师：欧阳峰，徐菁
如有兴趣参加请联系徐菁：jeanjxu@yahoo.com
俱乐部运作细节请看下文。
Youth Leadership Club
Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County
2015-2016
Purpose:
Chinese-American children are outstanding in many ways. We are very proud of what our children have achieved. At the same time, we are setting higher goals and expectations for them. Leadership has become a critical skill to acquire in order to achieve those goals and meet those expectations. But what is leadership skill after all? Leaders are self-motivated and passionate about what they do. Leaders don't just collect the title, instead they take initiative upon issues they truly care about. Leaders do what they do, not because others are doing it or their parents want them to do it. They do it because THEY want to do it. But above all, leaders not only know what they want, but also know why they want it. They have the sense of purpose.
Our club is designed to help the children find their sense of purpose so THEY not YOU will be the engine behind everything they achieve.
Objectives
1. Provide support and resources to enhance public speech skills.
2. Enrich volunteer experience.
3. Provide leadership opportunities.
4. Positively influence students so that they are proud of their Chinese heritage.
Implementation:
The club activities will help develop students' leadership skills by working on real-world issues. The students will conduct independent or team research on real community issues and present their findings to an authentic audience. The students will participate in community meetings and voice their thoughts on various community issues. They will take actions based on their research and will be encouraged to take a leadership role on these initiatives.
To provide more leadership opportunities, the club will be mainly managed and operated by the students themselves. The first leadership team will be volunteer based. A new student body will be elected at the May 2016 meeting.
The students are encouraged but not required to attend all the meetings or participate in all the activities. The students can select the meetings/activities they would like to attend to fit in their interests and schedule.
Topics for 2015-2016:
The students registered in the club will meet once a month led by a group of 2-3 parent volunteers. Each meeting will last 2 hours. We will select one topic for each meeting. The students are required to prepare for the presentation/discussion in advance when necessary. We might have field activities other than the meetings.
For the school year 2015-2016, the following topics are planned:
Saturday, December 5: Lunar New Year and My Family Tradition (Part I Discussion) Miller Library
This meeting will be in a free discussion format. Parents are strongly encouraged to participate. Students will be asked to prepare the following topics to discuss in the meeting:
1. Does your family celebrate LNY and how?
2. Is celebrating Lunar New Year very important to you and your family? Why?
3. Would you like to have a school day off on Lunar New Year? Why or why not?
4. If you would like to have a school day off on Lunar New Year, what would you suggest we, as a Chinese-American community, should do to make it happen? What actions would you like to take to make it happen? Some background information will be provided to the students and their families.
Objectives:
1. Be proud of their family traditions and their Chinese heritage.
2. Learn how to discuss in a group setting, to convey messages effectively and to solve problems in a creative way with a win-win outcome in mind.
Thursday, December 17 7:30pm: Lunar New Year and My Family Tradition (Part II BOE public hearing testimony)
BOE Building Board Room
We will organize interested students to participate and testify on the December BOE meeting on School Calendar planning. Particularly, they will be asked to testify on their opinion regarding the school day-off on Lunar New Year.
Objectives:
1. Learn how to advocate for themselves effectively in front of the authority.
2. Practice public speech skills.
January: Lunar New Year and My Family Tradition (Part III interview with Baltimore Sun reporter, TBD)
Some CAPA board members were interviewed by the Baltimore Sun reporter Lisa Philip. She seems very interested in our LNY initiative. We plan to organize a round table discussion conducted by our club students and Lisa Philip or another Baltimore Sun reporter. It will be published in the newspaper.
Objectives:
1. Develop skills to work with the media.
This offers an opportunity for the students to interact with the media directly, a very important skill they should acquire in order to become an outstanding leader.
2. Learn how to express your thoughts in an organized and effective way.
We are also planning on the following topics. More details will be followed.
January/February: Design name and logo for the club
February: Draft and present primary election packet with basic election facts
March：Conduct BOE candidates research
April: Volunteer at poll station or other places (community service hours will be certified); Share the election volunteer experience
May: Share community volunteer experience and ideas; student body election.
June: Conduct wrap up presentation (parents are invited); Planning for next year.
Possible topics/activities in the school year of 2016-2017:
1. Election discussion/volunteering until November general election.
2. Book discussion: Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
3. Free discussion: Asian Stereotype
Roles of Parents:
Discuss with your children on their research findings, their opinions on BOE candidates or election in general, their volunteer experience, etc.
Parents are welcome to attend the monthly club meetings but not required to.
Parents are encouraged to volunteer as our meeting facilitator or activity coordinator.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the last meeting in June.
Parents are welcome to invite other parents or community members to attend club meetings or participate activities .
Targeted Students: 8th-12th graders
Fee: This program is free of charge for the CAPA Senior members. CAPA general members have the privilege to register before non-members. CAPA general members or non-members will be asked for a $5 donation for each meeting. Students are responsible for materials if needed.
Enrollment:
The minimum enrollment is 5 students. The maximum is 25 students. Since not every student will participate in all the meetings, we expect to maintain a size of no more than 15 students each meeting/activity.
Registration dates: 11/12 - 11/18 members only; 11/19 - 11/28 open to public
