1. AmeriCorps Promise Fellows #3 Small Corps Meeting!
Welcome!

2. Small Corps Agenda Arrival & Welcome Circle & Best Practice Sharing
Lunch
Announcements
Member Hours Snapshots
New Background Check Process
Establish Maintain Restore Activity
Closing

3. Circle & Best Practices Share

4. Lunch Ambassador Lunch Get your sweatshirt! Here at 12pm
Kyle with Ambassadors

5. Announcements

6. Tax Season is Here & Health and Safety Survey Update
Kita went through everyone’s responses. She will reach out to you if you asked
Check me out!

7. Member Hour Snapshots & Process
Your full legal name is needed for the background check process that we are doing today. You need to enter your name exactly as printed
In 12/1 – 12/15 there was 8 possible service days AKA 80 service hours
In 12/16 – 12/31, there was 11 possible service data AKA 88 service hours
Trainers, if you used Noam’s , he was off by 1 day. Some people might notice. He said that there were 88 hours from 12/1 – 12/15 and 96 hours from 12/16 – 12/31

8. Mid Year Evaluation Process
Jan 18th – Released online
By Feb. 6th – Promise Fellow and Supervisor meet to review evaluation
By Feb. 8th – Submitted in iCIMS

9. New Background Check Process
Required by Serve Minnesota (state commission) for all AmeriCorps programs
Background checks will only screen for basic AmeriCorps eligibility requirements (which you have all already passed!)
Set up two accounts:
Fieldprint & schedule fingerprints
Truescreen

10. New Background Check Process
Invite ed out this week to set up Truescreen account
When asked, indicate that you are a Member
You will need a photo or copy of a gov. issued photo ID to upload
Use your full, legal name
Only enter an alias if you’ve undergone a legal name change

11. New Background Check Process
We’ll be setting up your Fieldprint account today!
You’ll be guided through scheduling a fingerprinting appointment at a location near you
No cost to members at time of appointment
Need 2 forms of identification (one must be photo ID)
Bring your confirmation page or Appointment Number
Schedule a time you know you can keep
Once an appointment is made, you may not make a change or cancel less than 24 hours before the appointment time without incurring a charge.

12. New Background Check Process
Use your full, legal name
Match to what is on your photo ID
You will be turned away if name or DOB do not match.
Only enter alias if undergone a legal name change
Alliance code: FPCNCSMNAllianceYouth1163

13. New Background Check Process
Fieldprint – don’t miss your appointment! If you must, reschedule at least 24 hours in advance
Truescreen – follow prompts to set up your account this week
Alliance will be in touch with any additional needs
Instructions for both are in your iCIMS account!
Accounts set up and fingerprints taken - due Feb 15th
Thank you!

14. EMR Tree Relationship Activity
Students who are difficult for you to personally connect with
Students who are easy for you to personally connect with
Get an online copy for yourself at
tinyurl.com/TreeExercise

15. Tree Reflections
In what way is gender represented across your tree? Do you notice a pattern? How do you think your own gender identification impacts where students are on your tree?
In what way is race represented across your tree? Do you notice a pattern? How do you think your own race impacts where students are on your tree?
What do you know about the cultural backgrounds of the students in each section? What do you want to know?

16. Building Empathy Through EMR

17. EMR: Responding/Validating with Empathy
Go to
tinyurl.com/
activelisteningplusdelta
Listening is one of the most important skill you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on interactions with others, and on the quality of your relationships with students. When we actively listen to students we are able to obtain information, get to know the student, and more deeply understand their perspectives. Here are three to steps to active listening: look, show, and speak

18. Dr. Brene Brown on Empathy

19. Brainstorming Situations Where Empathy Would Have Helped
Think of three situations or conversations that you have had with students where responding with empathy would have helped
Write out 1 per sticky

20. Validation & Empathy Statements
Most students are not looking for advice or problem-solving (unless they specifically ask for it). More often they are seeking validation. Validation is the recognition and acceptance of another person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as understandable

21. Reflection with Validations
Repeating back the same phrasing used by the student and acknowledging the feeling that was identified
Reflection Statement: “So you’re frustrate because sometimes school work is lame” Frustration is a powerful feeling
Validation w/Empathy Statement: “I know from my school experience that schoolwork can be very frustrating. I imagine that the frustration must be taking a lot of your energy.”

22. Demonstrate Empathy Through Validation
Using language to demonstrate empathy (but not sympathy) to the student’s feelings
Reflection Statement: “I hear what you are saying. You are feeling misunderstood and that no one listens to you.”
Validation w/Empathy Statement: “I get frustrated when I feel that people aren’t listening to me. Your voice is very important and valuable.”

23. Validation & Empathy Statements With Your Examples
Repeating back the same phrasing used by the student and acknowledging the feeling that was identified
Reflection statement: “So you’re frustrate because sometimes school work is lame” Frustration is a powerful feeling
Validation w/Empathy Statement: “I know from my school experience that schoolwork can be very frustrating. I imagine that the frustration must be taking a lot of your energy.”
Using language to demonstrate empathy (but not sympathy) to the student’s feelings
Reflection statement: “I hear what you are saying. You are feeling misunderstood and that no one listens to you.”
Validation w/Empathy statement: “I get frustrated when I feel that people aren’t listening to me. Your voice is very important and valuable.”

24. Empathy Closing
Empathy is foundational for building bridges between individuals, understanding each others’ complex emotions, gaining a diverse perspective, and leveraging relationships for collaboration and progress.

25. Plus Delta Survey
Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below.

26. Closing & Upcoming Training/Data Dates
Benchmark #2:
Quarter Sites: February 15th
Trimester Sites: March 29th
Small Corps #4
Corps
Date
Time
Location
Osprey
Tues., March 5th
9:00am – 4:00pm
Alliance
Minnehaha
Wed. March 6th
Monarch
Thur., March 7th
Pine
Fri., March 8th
10:00am – 5:00 pm
Lakewood Church (Brainerd)
Birch
Wed., March 13th
Pipestone
Fri., March 15th
Northfield HCI