Improvisation is a Youth Work Superpower!
Your Course Description
Communications
- Youth workers need to be able to think on their feet. Learning improvisation techniques will give you all the practice you need. Build your self-confidence for dealing with challenging and unexpected moments by practicing improvisation.
- Incorporate improv into your programming to foster cooperation, inspire creativity, and strengthen problem-solving.
- Improvisation techniques are a fun and engaging way to connect and reinforce real trust in your relationships with youth. Let yourself play with improv in this safe learning environment and see where it may take you.
Your Learning Objectives
- Learn key elements of improvisation theory, methodology, and form to enable your use of improv in youth work
- Understand the ways that improvisation can be used to develop youth programming and youth worker self-reflection practices
- Explore exercises and games to demonstrate improv’s potential to encourage self-confidence, trust, creativity, and cooperation
Your Course Details
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Completion Certificate
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Youth Worker Track
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This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.
Your Trainer
Nick Kleese is an educator who lives in St. Paul, MN. Born on a family farm in Southeast Iowa, he has since received a B.A. in English Education at the University of Iowa and a PhD in Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota. Nick has a passion for using improv as a tool for building self-awareness and trust. He has honed his skill performing improv comedy in a range of venues across Iowa City, Chicago, New York, and Minneapolis. He credits those improv adventures for helping him grow more comfortable working with young people in programming that ranges from children’s literature to nature immersion. He is committed to fostering confidence and trust in young people through creative expression. 
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Your Skill-Building Objectives
Communication
Listening and speaking to deeply connect
Relationship Building
Building trust through caring relationships
Inclusion
Fostering belonging in all young people
What YIPA members are saying
This was a great training, lots of fun to learn new ideas and techniques to engage with youth in a relaxed way that also promotes connection and trust.
The trainer's passion, engagement, expertise and vulnerability was quite refreshing.
I particularly enjoyed how the facilitator emphasized and focused on making the youth feel comfortable during proposed exercises. Inclusion was very clear.
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