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Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

The following activities help participants review key information, practice skills, and assess their understanding of the concepts in this practice module. Some of these activities include writing tasks; however, discussions may be substituted for writing assignments.

Remind participants that the journal activities are intended only for reflection or discussion with a coach. No grammar, spelling, or punctuation rules apply when writing these activities.

Have participants interview several parents from the program. Participants should ask each parent how they manage (plan, organize, influence, and evaluate) major tasks at home. For example, parents could be asked how they prepare meals, make repairs, and budget their money. Have participants write a list of the different strategies that parents use to manage key tasks in their lives. This list can serve as a reference tool to show how families are also managers.
Have participants observe how staff members in their program area use management skills. Ask participants to list the management tasks that staff members perform. Refer to the skills in Handout 2: The Dimensions of Management. Have participants reflect on any new management strategies they observed and how they can use those strategies.
Have participants work in pairs or groups to define key words related to performing the dimensions of management. To begin, distribute Handout 2: The Dimensions of Management, Part I. Use the handout to review the meaning of the management dimensions. Next, distribute four index cards to each participant. Ask each participant to write one of the management dimensions on the front of each card—planning, organizing, influencing, and evaluating. Referring to the examples given for each dimension on Handout 2, ask participants to work with the other members of their group to select one example of an action performed for each dimension and write the example on their index cards. Next, ask participants to work with their pairs/groups to write a working definition of each dimension on their index cards. In addition, tell them to include references to how they each perform the actions associated with the example. After participants complete the group assignment, ask them to share their working definitions with each other, giving all participants the opportunity to expand their definitions.

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