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Beyond the Bell Tools

Tool 68: Recipe for Success

In Section 4: Program Delivery, you learned about supporting positive behavior in programs. Creating a recipe for success with young people involves them in the process of setting behavior expectations and helps gain their buy-in.

Directions: Creating a recipe for success can be as simple or as elaborate as you make it. Below are a few ideas to get you started, but feel free to exercise your creativity. This activity works well at the beginning of a new school year or program cycle to develop expectations that will last throughout the year, or at the beginning of a session or specific activity to last the duration of the session or activity.