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Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 4, Session 5: Our Project | Page 63 of 91

Session 5: Our Project

Date: Time: 10 5 minutes Facilitator(s):

Facilitator preparation:

1. Print for each individual a copy of Handout 1: Steps of the Project Cycle and cut each into five pieces.


2. Print several copies of Handout 3: Planning Steps for each team. Cut them apart so participants can re-
   arrange them into a sequence.


3. Make sure you have kept the posters of the Project Cycle with questions and activities added that were
   created by the participants in the Practice section of Session 4, “The Project Cycle.”


4. Make sure you have kept the poster made by participants in the Assessment of Session 4, which provides
   advice for groups at each step of the Project Cycle.


5. Collect relevant Trainer Materials from previous Units about communication, team building, and leadership
   to have on hand as reference to remind participants about some of the specific things they have learned that
   will be helpful as they work on their projects. Use Trainer Material 2: Summary of Training Units as a guide to
   anticipate what participants might need.

Note: Because doing any kind of project is complex for people just beginning to learn about project management, this session will
focus on a project of immediate relevance to the participants. It is also a project with a limited scope that is very doable for novice
project managers. However, it is possible that not all of the steps of the Project Cycle will be completed during this session. Some
actions in the Doing step, some in the Reviewing step, and the entire Celebration step will occur during Session 6.

Note: If your youth group wishes to explore the topics of the Project Cycle and project planning more deeply, or if they need to
develop skills even further, please refer to the Peace Corps documents listed at the end of this session plan. These resources will
offer training designs and useful tools for facilitators and their youth groups.

Materials:

Equipment

1. Posters of the Project Cycle with questions and activities added that were created by the participants
   in the Practice section of Session 4, “The Project Cycle.”


2. Posters made by participants in the Assessment of Session 4, which provides advice for groups at each
   step of “The Project Cycle.”
   Prepared flip charts
   Flip chart 1: Unit 1
   Flip chart 2: Unit 2
   Flip chart 3: Unit 3
   Flip chart 4: Unit 4
   Flip chart 5 : The Project Cycle
   Flip chart 6: What Have You Learned?
   Handouts
   Handout 1: Project Cycle Actions
   Handout 2: Project Description
   Handout 3 : Planning Steps
   Trainer materials
   Trainer Material 1: Project Cycle Actions (Answers)
   Trainer Material 2: Summary of Training Units