Koodos International aims to enhance the resilience, awareness and confidence of teenagers through developing their emotional, social, living and vocational skills using creative groups. It does this by using experienced professionals, providing teenagers with skills so they can educate themselves, ensuring Koodos is a positive experience, and carefully selecting international and domestic students for groups. Koodos offers short courses focused on self, relationships and the future to help international teenagers with their transition and develop important life skills through a creative process.

4. Koodos
SERVICE
OVERVIEW
Interna,onal
aims
to
greatly
enhance
the
resilience,
awareness
and
confidence
of
all
teenagers
in
a
Koodos
group
by
developing
their
emo,onal,
social,
living
and
voca,onal
skills
through
the
use
of
crea,ve
groups.
We
do
this
through:
• Using
experienced
professionals
• Providing
teenagers
with
skills
so
that
they
become
their
own
educators.
• Ensuring
that
all
teenagers
view
Koodos
as
a
posi>ve
by
making
it
fun
and
crea>ve.
• Careful
group
selec>on
with
a
mix
of
Interna>onal
students
so
that
modeling,
friendships
and
acceptance
can
emerge

5. THE REASONS
WHAT
IS
HAPPENING
WITH
TEENAGERS?
1
Adolescent Development
• Need to know self
• Search for identity.
Changes Occurring
• Psychological
• Physical
• Social
• Moral
• Spiritual

6. • Homesickness
• Difficulty integrating
• Family worries
• Finance concerns
• Culture shock
• Feeling lonely
• Change in emotions
WHAT
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS MAY
EXPERIENCE

7. WHAT SOME NEW ZEALAND REPORTS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
1. There
are
not
many
chances
in
the
school
environment
to
share
and
for
others
to
learn
about
their
culture.
2. OIen
students
felt
that
they
weren’t
culturally
included.
3. Many
Students
Experienced
Loneliness
And
Isola,on
In
The
First
Few
Months
Of
Residence
In
New
Zealand.
4. Students
Relied
Considerably
More
On
Chinese
Friends
In
New
Zealand
Than
Their
Parents
Back
In
The
PRC.
5. Friendships
And
Intercultural
Communica,on
With
New
Zealanders
Proved
Difficult
Because
Of
Language
And
Cultural
Differences
The Report On The Results Of The National Survey 2004, ‘
The Experiences Of International Students In New Zealand Highlighted The Following Concerns :
The Experiences Of Chinese International Students In New Zealand
Report For Education New Zealand March 2007

8. THE REASONS
1
Will I fit in
with the
culture?
Will
my
emotions
change?
Will I
have
friends?
Will people
be able to
understand
me?
Will I have
enough
money?
WHAT
TEENAGERS
AWAY
FROM
HOME
MAY
THINK?
Are my values
and and beliefs
really
different?
Will I miss
my family

9. Koodos
believes
in…..
The
Robustness
of
human
Nature,
We
can
learn
to
be
resilient
by
1
acquiring
skills

10. 1
WHAT TEENAGERS
WANT •
Their
own
discourse
•
Their
own
space
•
To
‘make
a
mark’
on
society
•
To
be
secure
in
their
future
• Learning
through
modeling
each
• To
be
social
and
confident
in
themselves

11. THE COMBINATION
COMBINE
WHAT
TEENAGERS
WANT,
ARE
EXPERIENCING
WITH
WHAT
KOODOS
BELIEVES
AND
THE
SCHOOL
AGENDA
AND
WE
HAVE…
1
•
Experienced
people
•
Small
groups
of
teenagers
•
Crea,vity
•
Short
interven,on
•
Early
ac,on
•
Set
areas
of
learning

12. SMALL GROUPS
OF TEENAGERS
TEENAGERS
SAY
THEY
LEARN
FROM
EACH
OTHER,
MODELING.
1
Each
group
has
8
teenagers
in
it
which
creates:
A
sense
of
learning
and
community
Safety
within
the
Koodos
group
Shared
interac,on
and
modeling
from
everyone.

13. SHORT COURSES
1
A
COURSE
THAT
TEENAGERS
CAN
COMMIT
TO
Koodos
Interna,onal
offers
2
ini,al
courses,
in
terms
one
and
two.
About
me
and
About
me
and
others
One
hour
per
week
Monitored
confiden,al
access
online
We
believe…….
• Skills
can
be
learned
quickly
in
a
crea,ve
environment
and
there
is
a
focus
to
prac,ce
these
out
of
the
group
• clear
short
goals
that
are
tangible
and
realis,c.

14. 1
CREATIVITY
THE
TEENAGE
‘ERA’
IS
THE
MOST
CREATIVE
TIME
IN
A
PERSON’S
LIFE.
TEENAGERS
NEED
LOTS
AND
LOTS
OF
OPTIONS
AND
S
OLUTIONS
TO
LEARN
SKILLS
Koodos
offers,
crea,ve
media…..
Art
Drama
Cartoons
Rap
Journals

15. EARLY ACTION
1
LEADS
TO
EXCEPTIONAL
RESULTS
• If
we
learn
a
skill
early
we
con,nually
prac,ce
this
throughout
life.
• If
we
learn
this
skill
in
a
fun,
trus,ng
and
caring
environment,
the
posi,ve
experience
of
this
aids
development
of
the
skill.
• Koodos
starts
to
train
as
early
as
is
developmentally
possible.

16. Interna,onal
students/
Families/agents
are
presented
with
the
Koodos
informaon.
They
select
Koodos.
SELECTION
A
year
group
is
selected
by
the
school
to
screen
which
includes
internaonal
students
SCREENING
A
presentaon
to
the
group
followed
by
the
compleon
of
the
screening
tool
is
completed
THE
GROUP
A
group
is
selected
based
on
the
screens
and
discussion
with
a
mixture
of
Internaonal
students
and
NZ
cizens.
GROUPS
START
Weekly
reviews
are
sent
to
the
school
and
at
the
end
of
the
six
weeks
a
review
is
completed
for
each
student
THE
PROCESS

17. THE FOUR AREAS

18. AREAS OF LEARNING
WHAT
AREAS
DO
WE
FOCUS
ON
AT
KOODOS?
1
About
Me:
TERM
ONE
About
Me
Others:
TERM
TWO
About
the
Future:
LATER
YEARS
About
Living:
LATER
YEARS
About
the
future
develop
goals
for
future,
ter3ary
educa3on,
jobs
About
Living
Living
Skills
(planning,
organising
cooking,
budge3ng,
hygiene)
About
me
Emo3onal
skills
to
learn
about
anger,
sadness,
anxiety
About
Me
and
Others
Social
skills
friendships
and
communica3on

19. EXAMPLE OF THE KOODOS
WELL BEING SCREENING TOOL
f

21. KOODOS OFFERS
A
knowledge
that
all
internaonal
children
will
be
introduced
into
their
new
school
community
in
small
friendly
weekly
supporve
groups
for
their
first
two
terms
at
school.
A
knowledge
that
each
child
will
learn
skills
to
help
them
transion
easily
into
their
new
school
environment
and
culture
Joanne
Taylor
Course
co-­‐ordinator
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