Community and Youth Development The road less traveled

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Community and Youth DevelopmentThe road less
traveled
There can be no vulnerability without risk there
can be no community without vulnerability there
can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without
community. M. Scott Peck
A Presentation by Dr. Stephen KempApril 19, 2007
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Community and Youth LeadershipPresentation
Outline

• The road less traveled ......
• The CY Leadership and Development Toolkit
• The Process
• Acquire/Accommodate/Apply/Assess
• Acquire
• Review of the Literature
• Accommodate
• Needs
• Issues
• Assets
• Apply
• Organizational structure, culture and environment
• Programs, youth participation and skill building
• Community and family connections
• Training, evaluation and monitoring
• Assess
• Re-view, revise, reinvest
• Further along the road less traveled.......

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Community and Youth LeadershipThe road less
traveled ....
Community - youth leadership and development is
based upon three foundational principles (1)
People, as opposed to programs and services,
making a (2) Collective difference, people
working together in a unified and
collaborative manner for the good of all
residents and community members, engaged in
respectful (3) Relationships.
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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
The CYLD Toolkit
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Community and Youth Leadership and
DevelopmentThe Process

• Literature Review
• Saskatchewans Success Stories
• Principles of CY Development
• Best practices of CY Development
• Conceptual and Process Organizer
• Issues Independence, mastery, belonging,
  generosity

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Community and Youth Leadership and
DevelopmentThe Community Profile
Accommodate

• Needs Assessment
• Assets (Strengths) Inventory
• Issues Inventory
• Issue Cultured

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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
Engage, educate, empower
Apply

• Organizational Structure, Culture and
  Environment
• Programs, youth participation, skill building
• Community and Family Connections
• Training, evaluation and monitoring
• Issue Synchronization

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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
Engage, educate, empower
Organization Structure, Culture and Environment
(Adaptive Leadership, Authentic Partnerships)

• Consensus of purpose
• Diversity of stakeholders
• Communication
• Governance
• Pathways for leadership
• Distributed leadership
• Interdependence
• Collaboration

Apply
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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
Engage, educate, empower
Programs, Youth Participation, Skill Building
(Responsive Programming and Services)

• Participation mechanisms
• Skill building
• Role/Power identification
• Outcomes based
• Education, arts, sports, culture and recreation
  programs
• Family centeredness
• Reciprocity
• Empowerment
• Planning
• Capacity building

Apply
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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
Engage, educate, empower
Community and Family Connections (Caring and
Respectful Communities)

• Issue identification
• School relationships
• Disengaged youth
• Partnerships
• Diversity
• Flexibility
• Inclusion
• Connectedness

Apply
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Community and Youth Leadership and Development
Engage, educate, empower
Training, Evaluation and Mentoring (Assessment
for Collaboration, Comprehensive Prevention and
Early Intervention)

• Training, support sessions
• Mentoring programs
• Leadership training
• Community asset mapping
• Personal asset mapping
• Adult allies
• Synchronization
• Collaboration

Apply
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Community and Youth Leadership and
DevelopmentThe Process
Assess

• Formative
• Summative
• Comprehensive
• Issues Independence, mastery, belonging,
  generosity

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Community and Youth Leadership and
DevelopmentFurther along the road less traveled
.......

• Continue Literature Review
• Develop the Community Profile
• Needs
• Assets
• Issues
• Develop benchmarks for implementation
• Organizational structure, culture and environment
• Programs, youth participation and skill building
• Community and family connections
• Training, evaluation and monitoring
• Develop assessment tools for along the road