Facilitators
Giving Students a Vision of Influence Through Community Varsity Leaders
What is a Community Varsity Leader / Facilitator?
A facilitator is a model community leader that helps guide students through the VLA program. Facilitators guide students through a one-hour session per week for five weeks, followed by a community outreach project. As a facilitator, you can expect to lead the following actions:
- Introduce and discuss the importance of the value of the week
- Lead group discussions based on the curriculum and prompt questions
- Guide students through group activities and the lesson
- Explain action steps and have students set a goal that is achievable for that week
Why Become a Facilitator?
According to a One Hope Global Youth Study, 66% of Gen Z teens in the US deal with high anxiety and 74% with loneliness. By becoming a facilitator, you can help students overcome feelings of doubt and hopelessness so they can realize their full potential. This is a great opportunity for caring, passionate leaders from the community to help students develop value-based leadership skills and inspire them to make a difference!
*Global Youth Culture: Insights from a Digital Generation, OneHope. USA Data. Please note these are not necessarily clinical levels of depression or anxiety. Teens interpreted for themselves the terms provided and self-reported if they felt they had experienced them.
Facilitator Values
Facilitators empower students to serve and impact those around them.
As a mentor and a resource, facilitators are:
- Models of authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty
- Willing to share their own life experiences
- Loving of people and respectful of their opinions
- Able to keep their team or group on track
- Coordinators of outreach in the local community
- Willing to connect students to resources of care
- Encouraging to students and their personal growth
Curriculum
Resources
We have resources that we can provide you to support you throughout your VLA journey.
