Invite and confirm assistants, trainer, mentors, and scholars
that can work toward a successful Institute.
Promote the Institute leading up to the registration deadline
to have maximum attendance.
Provide confirmation letters to the attendees that not only
include confirmation of attendance and arrival, but also an agenda,
expectations of attendees, and information needed from participants.
Work with assistants, trainer, mentors, and scholars during
the months prior to the Institute on roles and responsibilities
expected the week of the Institute to meet Institute goals.
Arrange and confirm all meals, lodging, and transportation based
on final arrival itineraries, creating an overall safe, conducive,
and interactive learning environment.
Create a welcoming atmosphere through welcome tables, welcome
packets, tours of the facilities with staff and mentors available
throughout the day, etc.
Create opportunities through meals and classroom exercises that
create team building.
Provide a thorough and comprehensive overview of Project Citizen
as a basis for the agenda.
Display Project Citizen portfolios and documentation binders
as visual references throughout the Institute.
Gradually build a strong understanding and foundation of public
policy, leading up to the working knowledge of the Project Citizen
steps.
Create an opportunity for carousel discussions on multiple topic
areas of public policy where attendees will interact one-on-one
with scholars representing specific content areas. Attendees will
rotate among the scholars every thirty minutes.
Provide multiple activities throughout the Institute that teach
multiple classroom implementation strategies.
As a capstone activity, assist the attendees in preparing their
own Institute Project Citizen portfolios and documentation binders,
and participation in the culminating showcase and hearing.
Offer opportunities for daily evaluations, debriefs, and a “parking
lot” question/answer session, and instruct that these same
steps can be used in the classroom to conduct classroom reflections
of students’ learning experiences.
Provide an informational session on additional programs, i.e.
We the People: The Citizen and The Constitution and Foundations
of Democracy.
