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Worksheets for the Social Development Strategy.

Four templates for work in organisations, free to use. The PDF is created in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere. How the three ingredients work together is explained on the page on the strategy.

Activity planner

Practitioners in early years, schools, clubs and youth work

For an activity you do with children regularly: how do you involve them, what do they need to be able to do, and how do you recognise their effort?

Fill in online and save as a PDF →
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Activity planner

Think the three ingredients through beforehand and review them afterwards

Organisation
Activity
Date

Fill in the tables before the activity. Leave the last column blank until the activity has taken place.

Opportunities:How do the children get the chance to take part and have a say?

How do we involve the children?How do we take age and maturity into account?After the activity

Which level of participation does the activity reach?Ladder of participation after Hart (1992)

  1. 1 Manipulation
  2. 2 Decoration
  3. 3 Tokenism
  4. 4 Assigned but informed
  5. 5 Consulted and informed
  6. 6 Adult-initiated, shared decisions with children
  7. 7 Child-initiated and directed
  8. 8 Child-initiated, shared decisions with adults

Levels 1 to 3 involve children in name only. Real participation begins at level 4.

Skills:What does a child need to be able to do to manage the task?

What do we teach?In which steps?Who teaches it, and what does that person need?After the activity

Recognition:How do we recognise effort, progress and goals reached?

How do we recognise it?When?How does each child know it is meant for them?After the activity

What will we take with us next time?

Communities That Care · Social Development StrategyWorksheet, free to use in organisations. More on the strategy:communities-that-care.eu/en/social-development-strategy/worksheets/

Introduction plan for an organisation

Trainers and contact persons in organisations

Records what the organisation wants to achieve, how the training will run and who follows up the work afterwards. The basis for steps 3 to 8.

The nine steps →
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Introduction plan for an organisation

To fill in with the contact person before the first training session

Organisation
Contact person and role
Date

What should change in the organisation through working with the strategy?

How would you notice in a year's time that it has worked?

The training

QuestionAgreement
How many staff will take part?
Roughly how many children does the organisation reach?
Date, duration and venue
Who sends the invitations, and who looks after the room and equipment?
How will participants be seated, and how will groups be formed?
Who leads the training?
Which projects, guidelines or curricula does the work connect to?

The follow-up meeting

QuestionAgreement
Date of the follow-up meeting
Have decisions been made on how the work continues?
Which activity will be planned first?

The follow-up

QuestionAgreementResponsible
How will the work be followed up, for example in team meetings, with the weekly log or through quality development?
When and how often?
Which existing tools can be used?
What support is needed?
When does the organisation report to the community board?
Communities That Care · Social Development StrategyWorksheet, free to use in organisations. More on the strategy:communities-that-care.eu/en/social-development-strategy/worksheets/

Weekly log

Everyone who works with children regularly

Four questions for each week, ticked in a minute. After a few weeks it becomes clear which ingredient gets too little room in everyday practice.

Keep it online as a weekly check →
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Weekly log

Four questions once a week, one minute

Name
Organisation
Year
  • Involved? Did I involve the children?
  • Equipped? Did I show them how to do something so that they could succeed?
  • Recognised? Did the children get specific, personal recognition?
  • Values shown? Did I say and show what matters to us?
Weekly log: four questions per week, each ticked yes, partly or no
WeekInvolved?Equipped?Recognised?Values shown?
yespartlynoyespartlynoyespartlynoyespartlyno

What did I notice?

Communities That Care · Social Development StrategyWorksheet, free to use in organisations. More on the strategy:communities-that-care.eu/en/social-development-strategy/worksheets/

Pocket card

For training sessions and staff badge holders

Four cards per sheet, the recipe on the front, the weekly check on the back. Print double-sided and cut at the marks.

Pocket card

The Social Development StrategyThe recipe
  1. Opportunitieschances to take part
  2. Skillsshow how it is done
  3. Recognitionspecific and personal
  4. Bondingattachment to the group
  5. Clear standardsfor example: Every person is of equal worth · Treat each other with respect · Help one another · Resolve conflicts without violence · Have a say and let other views count · Take responsibility
Bonding grows in everyday life, one encounter at a time.
The Social Development StrategyThe recipe
  1. Opportunitieschances to take part
  2. Skillsshow how it is done
  3. Recognitionspecific and personal
  4. Bondingattachment to the group
  5. Clear standardsfor example: Every person is of equal worth · Treat each other with respect · Help one another · Resolve conflicts without violence · Have a say and let other views count · Take responsibility
Bonding grows in everyday life, one encounter at a time.
The Social Development StrategyThe recipe
  1. Opportunitieschances to take part
  2. Skillsshow how it is done
  3. Recognitionspecific and personal
  4. Bondingattachment to the group
  5. Clear standardsfor example: Every person is of equal worth · Treat each other with respect · Help one another · Resolve conflicts without violence · Have a say and let other views count · Take responsibility
Bonding grows in everyday life, one encounter at a time.
The Social Development StrategyThe recipe
  1. Opportunitieschances to take part
  2. Skillsshow how it is done
  3. Recognitionspecific and personal
  4. Bondingattachment to the group
  5. Clear standardsfor example: Every person is of equal worth · Treat each other with respect · Help one another · Resolve conflicts without violence · Have a say and let other views count · Take responsibility
Bonding grows in everyday life, one encounter at a time.
Once a weekMy weekly check
  • Did I involve the children?
  • Did I show them how to do something so that they could succeed?
  • Did the children get specific, personal recognition?
  • Did I say and show what matters to us?
More on the strategy and all worksheets: communities-that-care.eu
Once a weekMy weekly check
  • Did I involve the children?
  • Did I show them how to do something so that they could succeed?
  • Did the children get specific, personal recognition?
  • Did I say and show what matters to us?
More on the strategy and all worksheets: communities-that-care.eu
Once a weekMy weekly check
  • Did I involve the children?
  • Did I show them how to do something so that they could succeed?
  • Did the children get specific, personal recognition?
  • Did I say and show what matters to us?
More on the strategy and all worksheets: communities-that-care.eu
Once a weekMy weekly check
  • Did I involve the children?
  • Did I show them how to do something so that they could succeed?
  • Did the children get specific, personal recognition?
  • Did I say and show what matters to us?
More on the strategy and all worksheets: communities-that-care.eu