GEY Activity and Skills Mapping Worksheet To help identify what skills, competencies and activities you want to implement in your GEY program, use the matrix below to think through different activities and components. Clean worksheet is available on the next page to start your work. Example: Hold a mock city council ACTIVITY Being an active citizen Participate in a job shadow Advocate for an issue meeting Define active citizen How to act professionally Understand what the city Identify issues from city council does, how it staff and brainstorm Understand structure and How to talk with adults operates, and its function others function of government Interview skills (state, federal and local) Who are the members Research the issue (read Knowledge of the person background material, use What are the various local What neighborhoods do they are interviewing and the internet and job government agencies and they represent the job they hold shadow interview) what do they do What does an agenda Arguments for and Learn about careers in local and staff report look like against an issue from government (how to find How does RR of order COMPONENTS jobs, minimum various stakeholder work? perspectives qualifications, salaries, Attend a city council education requirements.) Presentation on your meeting or view one issue Who runs government Advocacy strategies you Public versus private may use How do decisions on issue get made (who has power, how do you get power)
GEY Activity and Skills Mapping Worksheet To help identify what skills, competencies and activities you want to implement in your GEY program, use the matrix below to think through different activities and components. Clean worksheet is available on the next page to start your work. ACTIVITY Being an active citizen Participate in a job shadow Hold a mock city council meeting Advocate for an issue COMPONENTS Define active citizen Understand structure and function of government (state, federal and local) What are the various local government agencies and what do they do Learn about careers in local government (how to find jobs, minimum qualifications, salaries, education requirements.) Who runs government Public versus private How to act professionally How to talk with adults Interview skills Knowledge of the person they are interviewing and the job they hold Understand what the city council does, how it operates, and its function Who are the members What neighborhoods do they represent What does an agenda and staff report look like How does RR of order work? Attend a city council meeting or view one Identify issues from city staff and brainstorm others Research the issue (read background material, use the internet and job shadow interview) Arguments for and against an issue from various stakeholder perspectives Presentation on your issue Advocacy strategies you may use How do decisions on issue get made (who has power, how do you get power) Example:
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