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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION
The Youth Development Session (YDS) aims to equip attendees with the necessary life skills to realize their full potentials, reduce risky behavior, and decrease deterrents to their development with the end goal of enabling them to contribute meaningfully to improving the condition of their families. The Street Classroom, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Porgram (DSWD 4Ps)- Marinduque, conducts these sessions in different secondary schools in Marinduque, tackling topics like volunteerism, personality development, coping with stress, and even sharing life stories and lessons.
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Currently, The Street Classroom has conducted YDS in three national secondary schools in Marinduque, benefiting more than 1,100 students.
BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
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The Street Classroom believes that youth development is crucial to poverty alleviation. Hence, the Youth Development Session aims to equip learners with necessary life skills to realize their full potentials, reduce risky behavior and decrease deterrents to their development with the end goal of enabling them to contribute meaningfully to improving the condition of their families.
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The project is intended to augment with the Family Development Session conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The project follows a youth-centered module designed to keep learners in school. The module is designed to develop a positive mindset among the youth participants. Included in the YDS module are activities which will allow the youth beneficiaries to understand their changing bodies, minds, emotions, and roles in the society. Topics like teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and child pornography are also included in the YDS.
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PAST SESSIONS
In partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program - Marinduque, and the Department of Education-Marinduque, The Street Classroom was able to expand its network, and share lifelong topics through the conduct of Youth Development Sessions in three public secondary schools in Marinduque: (1) Buenavista National High School, (2) Bognuyan National High School, and
(3) Mogpog National Comprehensive High School, benefiting more than 1,100 students.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION | BUENAVISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
UNO, BUENAVISTA, MARINDUQUE | JUNE 18, 2019
As the pilot conduct of the Youth Development Session, and with The Street Classroom only a few months-old, the session was strategically designed to gain network and volunteers from Buenavista. As the biggest school in the municipality in terms of student population, Buenavista National High School is a suitable venue for the session. Topics tackled include the Youth's Role in National Building, Current Education State of the Philippines, and Volunteerism. After the session, more than half of the 200 participants committed themselves as volunteers of The Street Classroom, igniting a plan for the conduct of Pangarap ng Puso Project in Buenavista.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION | BOGNUYAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BOGNUYAN, GASAN, MARINDUQUE | OCTOBER 11, 2019
Applying the evaluation feedback from the previous session, The Street Classroom has decided to incorporate success stories in the Youth Development Session in Boguyan National High School. This YDS is, by far, the biggest event of The Street Classroom with more than 600
high school students from the said school. The event was divided into morning and afternoon sessions to ensure participant's attention is maintained. Topics discussed include
teenage pregnancy, and personality development.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SESSION | MOGPOG NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
CAPAYANG, MOGPOG, MARINDUQUE | NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Attended by more than 300 junior and senior high school students of Mogpog National Comprehensive High School, this Youth Development Session was influential to the conduct of another project in the municipality of Mogpog for the Christmas season. The Street Classroom also started to apply a lesson plan style of session during this YDS- setting of objectives, engaging students through a motivation, group activities, generalization, and evaluation. This move has made the YDS elicit more tangible results for the attendees.