Jael Jones March ITP presentation
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The Dogs Trust provides an education program to teach children about dog safety, care, and responsible ownership. Their program includes classroom workshops by Education Officers using activities and resources to convey important messages. The officers aim to educate the dog owners of the future so children can influence their parents and help reduce stray and abandoned dogs long-term.
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- 1. Dogs Trust Our Education Programme
- 2. Jael Jones Education Officer for Wales * Joined Dogs Trust in 2011 * Visit schools across Wales with my Education Dog,Harry! * Link with the work of the Re- homing Centre and Campaigns Team in Wales * Previous experience – 16 years Secondary and Special Needs teaching.
- 3. Why Educate? Children are the dog owners of the future - education is the most vital LONG TERM solution to the problem of stray and abandoned dogs. • Children are a, if not the, major influence on their parents. • Being in schools we are working at the heart of local communities tackling local issues.
- 4. • Representing your organisation in schools is an effective way to raise your profile. If you would like everyone in your community to know who you are, tell the kids. They will communicate your key messages to the wider community.
- 5. Activity - Questions to think about….. • Why do you need to educate in your particular areas? • What would you like to focus on through education? • What will be the key messages of your education programme? We will come back to these later……..
- 6. Dogs Trust’s Education Programme Comprehensive programme including:- * Educational website * Classroom resources for teachers * International education training * Education Officer workshops
- 7. Educational Website www.learnwithdogs.co.uk Downloadable teacher resources Online games for children Information for parents Short films/fundraising information Links to our Education Officers
- 8. Curriculum Linked Resources Pre-school Primary Secondary • Resources linked to UK curriculum • Free to download from www.learnwithdogs.co.uk • Can use prior to/after your visit to introduce/reinforce key messages • Pre-school, Primary and Secondary resources • Lesson plans and activities – all photocopiable • Useful for schools that Education Officers cannot visit
- 9. Resources for teachers Examples of Dogs Trust resources
- 10. International Education Training Encouraging others to implement education programmes in their home countries Offering advice, resources, support and help to get started Delegates from animal welfare organisations around the world
- 11. SOS Dogs Education Booklet • Free to animal rescue groups, schools and other organisations outside of the UK • Activities to improve children’s English as a 2nd language whilst promoting a positive attitude towards dogs. • Has already been sent to Europe, South America, India, China etc • Available from our website below or from the Head Office Education Team. www.dogstrust.org.uk/wayswehelp/international/education
- 12. Education Officers • Education programme began in 1999 with 1 Education Officer • 14 Education Officers currently • Based at our re-homing Centres across the UK and Ireland. • Workshops are targeted at areas highlighted by the annual Stray Dog Survey • Workshops are fun, interactive and engaging
- 13. Where Do We Work? • School:- - Workshops in classrooms • Re-homing Centres:- - Tours bring classroom learning to life . Other:- - Libraries - Community Centres
- 14. Who are our target audience? We primarily target:- Early Years - aged 3-5 Primary - aged 5-11 But we also provide workshops to:- Secondary - aged 11-16 College students Youth Groups Children’s groups such as Brownies and Scouts etc
- 15. Workshop Themes Our main workshop themes are:- • Safety Around Dogs • Responsible Dog Ownership • A Dogs Needs • Careers in Dogs Trust With curriculum links to:- PSHE Literacy Numeracy Citizenship
- 16. Workshops (cont) • Around 1 hour for Key Stage 2/3 and 30 minutes Foundation Phase • Workshops are offered for every learning level and ability • Special Educational Needs (SEN) workshops are also available . We can also adapt our workshops to fit in with a particular school subject or issue eg Environmental Week
- 17. Booking workshops • You will need to know the following information from those booking a workshop:- Date and time of visit? Contact name/school name? Address (postcode essential for Sat Nav!)? Telephone number? Number of classes who would like a workshop? Number of pupils involved and abilities? Ok to bring Education Dog? Where did they hear about the workshops?
- 18. Developing and Delivering an Educational Programme
- 19. What to include in your workshop? • All workshops need a structure – a beginning, a middle, and an end:- • Introductions (Beginning) • Key messages/activities/resources (Middle) • Conclusion (End) • Q&A (You can choose to take questions at the end or to take them throughout, it is entirely up to you!)
- 20. Introductions • Tell them who you are • Why are you here • How long you will be talking to them • What about? • What they will learn? • What do they have to do?
- 21. Activities for pupils • Must be age and learning level appropriate • Activities help to reiterate your key messages • Allow children to develop opinions and gain knowledge and understanding of topics • Younger pupils – use ‘quick fire’ activities such as drawing, drama, songs etc • Older pupils – more mature activities such as group working, debates, discussions, matching, art and design etc
- 22. Activities used by Education Officers include:- • Brainstorming • Storytelling/Big Book activities • Drama and role play • Whiteboard activities • Matching and sorting • Decision-making • Problem solving • DVDs/Internet • Interactive elements with a furry classroom assistant – our Education Dogs!
- 23. Resources are also needed:- • Resources can include, amongst others:- Visual aids Activities for pupils Resources for teachers DVDs, internet etc Prizes for children/Items to take home • Resources add fun and excitement for pupils • Can help to focus children’s attention • Offer additional learning opportunities • Reinforce key messages
- 24. Visual aids – Kids love them! • Props Food, water bowl, stethoscope, microchip scanner, brushes, blanket, shampoo, collar and lead, poo bags • Photos Dogs at your rescue centre, healthy dogs, happy dogs, success stories (no graphic or upsetting images) • Big story book Large photo book of a dog from your rescue centre, how you cared for him, what he needed to be healthy and how you found him a new, happy home • DVD • Puppets • Internet
- 25. Meet the dogs in our centre • Take pictures of the dogs in your centre and talk about them - Why have they come into the shelter? - What kind of dog are they? - How big will they grow? - What do they need?
- 26. Puppet
- 27. And Fake Poo!
- 28. Activity - Using and Creating activities & resources • We will now take a look at a small selection of the resources and activities that Education Officers use during a workshop:-
- 29. Activity - Brainstorm Time! • Thinking back to the questions I posed at the start of the presentation:- • What are the key messages you/your organisation would want to deliver in your workshops? • What activities/resources could you use to get these messages across? • Jot down some initial ideas now…….
- 30. Conclusion of Workshop At the end of the lesson you should always aim to reinforce what the pupils have learnt during the workshop Use questions to ask the class what they have learnt that was important You could have a quiz and then give them a prize when they tell you what they have learnt - stickers work a treat!
- 31. Goodies for children to take home – Kids love them! • Given at the end of a workshop an educational gift can carry your key messages home to parents and the community • Children are likely to ‘show and tell’ with their parents, siblings, friends etc • Raises awareness outside of the classroom and promotes your organisation and its aims
- 32. Dogs Trust gifts for children Certificates Stickers Classroom posters IKYP (Information to Keep in Your Pocket) ‘Collared’ puzzle magazine
- 33. Feedback • Feedback from schools, teachers, pupils and parents is vital • Praise and constructive criticism can help to improve workshops and resources • Leave a feedback form with the school asking for their opinion • Collate your feedback • Strive to both maintain and improve standards
- 34. Idea’s of how to get into schools in the first place! - Contact local council for school contact details - Post information flyer and introductory letter - Telephone call, email, contact internet site • Promote yourself any way you can via:- - Emails, letters, telephone calls, flyers, posters - Advertising in local newspapers, shops etc - Word of mouth - Competitions for schools - Social networking sites such as Facebook/Twitter - Attending teacher conferences etc
- 35. Remember to find out about any legal requirements you will need in order to work in schools such as:- • Criminal Record Check • Permission letter from local authority • Photographic Identification
- 36. When you get back to the office… After the workshop: -Thank You letter sent (from me and Harry!) -Keep in contact: aim to build long-term links and ensure repeat visits.
- 37. Repeat visits to schools • Build on retained knowledge/key messages • Explore other dog welfare issues • Develop good working links with schools • Children’s understanding will increase and improve after each visit
- 38. Summary Beginning:- – Introduce yourself/why you are visiting/what you will be doing – Summarise the work your organisation does – Remember to make everything relevant to the age and ability of the group Middle:- – Keep the workshop really interactive and fun – Ask the children lots of questions, get their opinions on issues – Tell them little stories and anecdotes to keep them interested – Use lots of visual aids-videos, DVDs, pictures, photos, puppets, equipment, a real dog, fake poo, to get across your key messages End:- – Reinforce key messages from the workshop – Ask lots of questions to check understanding – maybe through a quiz - Tell them they have goodies to go home with!
- 39. Any Questions?
- 40. Thank you! Thank you very much for listening. Good luck! Contact the Education Team at Dogs Trust educ@dogstrust.org.uk or me direct on Jael.jones@dogstrust.org.uk
Editor's Notes
- SOS (Save our street dogs) booklet created by Battersea Dogs Home, Dogs Trust and North Shore Animal League. Designed as a resource to send out to schools, animal rescue groups and other organisations outside of the UK. The aim is to help kids improve their English as a second language and to educate children about the problems of stray dogs, how this might be improved and to promote a positive attitude towards dogs. We’ve had requests from Europe, South and North America, India, China etc. The booklet is downloadable from the website or can be ordered from the head office team via email. This booklet was created after we set up a shelter in Oradea, Romania with Battersea and North Shore, which is currently still running and operate a neuter, trap , release scheme.
- We have a number of key messages that we try to develop more and more with each school visit. And since the beginning of the New Year, we have been offering teachers the chance to customise their Dogs Trust visit by choosing a particular topic for their workshop. Whether that be how to stay safe around dogs or learning about RDO. This has proved to be very successful and has helped teachers who want to help children affected by issues in school eg. a stray dog in the playground or if a pupil has been bought a puppy for Christmas.
- IMPORTANCE OF STRUCTURE Structure is very important. Your talk must have beginning, middle and end. Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you have told them. Introductions Most important part of talk- sets scene for rest of talk Gain attention: Create a first impression Tell them who you are Tell them what they are going to learn. So in effect you are telling them your objectives. Tell them why they should listen and when they can ask questions. Can we all agree……. Write out your introduction word for word- this is when you are most likely to get stage fright so get confident and comfortable with your intros. Body of the talk Can be done in separate ‘teaching points’. This will help to give the talk structure This is the easy bit – you know your stuff, you know what messages you want the kids to know and take home. You are basically talking about the work you do Why do you exist as a charity? Why do you have to do the work you do? You can put on prompt cards and bullet point to remind you. Conclusion Also very important to end strongly – tell them what you have told them – or better still ask them what they have learnt? Write your conclusion out so that you can practice it Refer to the introduction Sum up your main points and finish with a call for action: ie ask them to go away and do something or think about something. Always thank them for listening and praise them for being good. Question and Answers You may want to have a separate bit at the end for questions, or you may want to encourage children to ask questions as you go along. Its your choice. What ever you decide, let them know in your introduction. Most importantly – make it interactive. Ask questions all the way through, even if they are the most obvious, it gets the children listening and gets them involved. Why do we exist? Why did they want their dog? What can they do with their cat? Another technique I use is to make deliberate mistakes. Spell something incorrectly eg bad – dad. When discussing a card make an incorrect observation.
- Props are an excellent way to reinforce your messages. Take along props such as leads, poo bags, beds, dog toys, tins of food… anything that will retain interest and reinforce your key messages. Be mindful of the fact that you may not have a lot of space to be able to take everything a dog needs along with you to the presentation!