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Youth-Adult Partnership Resource Kit Tools and Inspiration for Organizations and Communities Youth-Adult Partnership Resource Kit Tools and Inspiration for Organizations and Communities Compiled by Mandy Elder Hatfield Resident Fellow, 2017-2018 The Ford Family Foundation Why Youth-Adult Partnership? Dear Rural Resident, Across Oregon and Siskiyou County, Calif., rural community leaders express the same concern: How do we engage the next generation of leadership? Youth-Adult Partnership can be a powerful tool for youth engagement and organizational improvement. By forming authentic partnerships with youth and sharing decision-making responsibilities and power, Youth-Adult Partnership provides a framework for collaboration across generations. Both youth and adults benefitYouth-Adult from Partnershipskill building additionally while working promotes toward intentionally a shared goal. inclusive practices. The populations of our rural communities are increasingly diverse in terms of race, culture, language and ethnicity. Organizational approaches to decision making that value and elevate the voices of rural youth also ensure greater relevancy and more equitable outcomes. This Youth-Adult Partnership Resource Kit is intended for community leaders, youth development professionals, and K-12 educators and administrators. It targets any ally to youth who is interested in organizational improvement and new avenues and and explore Youth-Adult Partnership as a tool to incorporate into your professional practice.strategies for authentic youth engagement. I hope you will find inspiration in this kit Please share these resources with the young people you know. Additional copies of this Resource Kit are available through The Ford Family Foundation’s Select Books program (www.tfff.org/select-books). A PDF version is also available. Thank you for all you do to support rural youth as well as The Ford Family Foundation’s mission. With hope for our future, Mandy Elder The Ford Family Foundation Roseburg,Hatfield Resident Oregon Fellow, 2017-2018 August 2018 Cover: Participants engage at the Youth-Adult Partnerships in Action convening held at The Ford Family Foundation. Photo by Katie Tripp Contents: (Click on title to go to section) 1: Creating Inclusive and Effective Environments for Young People: Exploring Youth Voice and Youth-Adult Partnership (6 pages) Introduction to Youth-Adult Partnership created by an Education Northwest researcher in conjunction with the Institute for Youth Success. Includes 2: Y-APexplanation Convening of Youth-Adult Proceedings Partnership’s (4 pages) benefits, tips and additional resources. Summary document from the Youth-Adult Partnerships in Action convening held at The Ford Family Foundation. Includes recommendations for cultivating a culture of partnership in your organization and action steps. 3: Being Y-AP Savvy: A Primer on Creating & Sustaining Youth-Adult Partnerships (63 pages) Comprehensive manual for all adults and youth hoping to enhance their professional practice by incorporating Youth-Adult Partnership. 4: Ladder of Participation (2 pages) Graphic representation and explanation of the stages of youth involvement in organizational decision-making. 5: Youth-Adult Partnerships Rubric: A Tool for Professional Development and Program Evaluation inY outh Settings (15 pages) Self-assessment tool that can be utilized as a means for evaluating organizational structures and processes to strengthening Youth-Adult Partnership practices in youth settings. 6: Youth-Adult Partnerships in Community Decision Making: What Does It Take to Engage Adults in the Practice? (4 pages) Summary document from nationwide research identifying challenges to effective Youth-Adult Partnership and strategies for community governance and organizational decision making. Includes review of relevant theory and research. 7: Youth-Adult Partnerships in Public Action: Principles, Organizational Culture & Outcomes (48 pages) Research exploring how organizations cultivate and sustain a culture of Youth- Adult Partnership. Document includes two organizational case studies. 8: Recommended Resources Creating Inclusive and Effective Environments for Young People: Exploring Youth Voice and Youth-Adult Partnership Everyone Benefits When Youth Are Consulted An effective and evidenced-based way to improve schools, nonprofits, and government agencies is to learn from the perspective of those being served. Research has shown that giving youth a voice results in increased feelings of engagement and ownership. For example, stu- dents who believe they have a voice in school are seven times more likely to be academically motivated than students who do not believe they have a voice.i What Is Youth-Adult Partnership? Gathering feedback from young people and using that feedback to improve services is a best practice for all youth-serving organizations. But that only scratches the surface. Out-of-school time programs, communi- ty-based organizations, and local government agencies can all benefit from the intentional inclusion of youth in their policies, programs, and structures. Figure 1. Youth-Adult Partnership Settings Youth-adult partnership (Y-AP) is defined as a group of youth and and Activities adults working together to make decisions and take action on im- Program portant issues.ii Y-AP is not a specific program model or curriculum. Planning & Implementation Instead, it is a set of principles and practices that may be applied to a Outreach Service & wide range of settings and activities (Figure 1). Y-AP is not just about & Media Philanthropy giving young people a voice, it’s about shared decision-making. In Y-AP Y-AP settings, youth are increasingly serving alongside adults as facil- itators and educators, board members, researchers, media producers, Research Teaching & Evaluation & Learning community organizers, and fundraisers. Governance & Policymaking 1 Source: Adapted from Zeldin, Petrokubi, & MacNeil, 2007. Y-AP is a fundamental strategy for positive youth development. The use of empowering practice is a core compe- tency for youth workers,iii and youth participation in decision-making is a key indicator of youth program quality. For example, it is a core feature of many assessments that measure high-quality out-of-school-time environ- ments, such as A Program Assessment System (APAS) from the National Institute on Out-of-School Time and the Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA). However, many organizations struggle to move beyond voice—occasionally asking youth for input or feedback on decisions that adults make—to a more meaningful engagement of young people in authentic decision-mak- ing, where young people work alongside adults over time to grapple with real-world issues and choices.iv Re- search suggests that youth experience higher levels of empowerment when there is this type of “shared control” among youth and adults.v Why Does Youth-Adult Partnership Matter? A synergy happens when both youth and adults are expected to contribute their resources and perspectives toward a common goal.vi Through mutual learning and collective action, Y-AP has powerful influences on youth empowerment, adult development, organizational effectiveness, and community issues. Figure 2. Youth-Adult Partnership Promotes Thriving Youth, Programs, and Communities Youth Contributions Mutual Learning Thriving Youth, & Collective Action Programs, and Communities Adult Contributions Source: Petrokubi, 2014. Four core principles underlie Y-AP: authentic decision-making, natural mentors, reciprocity, and community con- nectedness.vii Each principle works together to create a dynamic environment with thriving youth. Reflecting on your program, school, or organization, consider: • To what degree do youth have the authority to make decisions that matter to themselves and others? • What are some settings in which youth work alongside adults who share their interests? • How do youth and adults learn from each other? • How we do we foster as sense of belonging? • How do we help young people feel like they have a role to play in our community? 2Education Northwest Education Northwest2 How Can We Grow Youth-Adult Partnership Within Our Organization? Y-AP challenges adults to think differently about their role in relationship to youth. Some adult partners adopt a mindset of “leading from behind,”viii which involves making space for youth to step into roles and responsibilities previously reserved for adults. Both youth and adults need support and scaffolding for this type of relationship. Effective organizations take steps to align their norms and structures to build a “culture of Y-AP” in which young people participate in multiple aspects of decision-making.ix Just like adults, young people want the freedom to choose where and how they engage in decision-making. Not every young person is interested in becoming a board member. There are many ways youth and adults can share decision-making in everyday settings such as afterschool programs and classrooms. These opportunities can help lay the foundation for Y-AP in less typical settings, such as organizational operations and management. Table 1. How Are Decisions Currently Being Made in Your Organization? Youth and Adults Youth adults share control control control Decisions in settings where there are more youth than adults Establishment of group norms and expectations Management of conflict Recruitment of new program participants Use of space Program development and curriculum design Facilitation of program activities Planning of special events Decisions in settings where there are more adults than youth Fundraising
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