M.S. Coordinator Call-in: Utilizing Youth Councils
1-800-868-1837 enter participant code 87223982#
This call will feature the following panel of speakers from Woodcraft Rangers Middle School Programs in Los Angeles:
Pablo Garcia
Leslie Nunes
Natalie Gunther
We want to hear from you!
Todays call is a discussion. Please share your successful practices, and ask questions. If you like, you can type an anonymous question into the comment boxes below and we will ensure we address your question. Our panelists will also share successful practices.
Guiding questions for todays call
• What are the advantages of utilizing youth councils and leadership clubs in middle school programs?
• What have been some results of utilizing youth councils and leadership clubs (New learning about youth
interest, new activities in your program)?
• How have participants on the line set up, established or developed youth councils or leadership clubs?
• What are some of the challenges or things to consider when setting up youth councils and leadership clubs?
• What strategies have you met with recruiting youth leaders to lead youth councils and leadership clubs? To
keep them motivated?
• What new relationships with the school day program resulted from youth councils and leadership clubs?
Below is a link to a video that the youth leadership group at Columbus Middle School completed. We will watch this as part of the presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxL3wMhQOCU
Youth Engagement is also outlined in the California Afterschool Program Quality Self Assessment Tool on page 13, in the Youth Development Section: http://www.afterschoolnetwork.org/qsatool
Middle School Practitioner Telephone Workshop Series
These dynamic 90 minute call-in sessions will allow you to learn from leaders in the field, share your solutions to common problems, and connect with practitioners from throughout the state to exchange resources and programming ideas. Hear directly how people from across California are addressing the same issues you are.
A printable brochure is also available here
advantages of Leadership clubs
They are the voices of the participants of the after school program
activities off campus
how do you address the activities off campus at the assistant living (transportation costs, etc, liability)
The budget is already set
The budget is already set aside for field trips. Each youth fills out a field trip slip filled out by parents and signed by the principal. Some field trips are walking. The middle school youth walk to the elementary school with a 1:10 adult to youth ratio. They walk to the elementary school and grab youth from that program and walk to the convalescent home. Sometimes youth walk to the local park down the street and clean up the park. It offers them a chance to positively contribute to the community in which they live.
Some of the activities at the convalescent home:
- Cooking club will cook with convalescent home residents, Thanksgiving dinner
- Art club does art with the the residents
How are they chosen
Stephens Middle School i Long Beach choose them by a vote.
Using a program leaders as advisor
It's good to choose a leader that has been on a student council or youth council.
more activities
Local food banks need more help than ever. We've established a relationship with one here in Long Beach
Youth council subjects
What types of after school (Site Specific) issues does your youth council tackle?
topics
what after school topics do they (Youth Council) bring up the most, and what are their concerns.
keeping them motivated
just make sure their being heard. that they see an end result in the hard work they are putting into the youth council
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