Building Youth-Adult Partnerships

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4-H 201Building Youth-Adult

Partnerships

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Building Youth-Adult Partnerships

OBJECTIVE

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• Identify the benefits of Youth-Adult Partnerships

• Identify methods that enhance successful Youth-Adult Partnerships

• Identify ways to connect Youth-Adult partnerships with existing teen/pre-teen clubs

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Youth-Adult Partnerships• Young people and adults share equal

power in decisions and work together on projects for mutual benefit

• Youth are fully engaged participants, leaders and decisions makers in the programs, organizations and community to which they belong. (National 4-H Council, 2005.)

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What do you think the benefits of such a partnership might be?


OBJECTIVE

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Identify three benefits of youth-adult partnerships.

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In a successful partnership…• Young people and adults share decision

making power

• Young people and adults work together on projects

• Young people are fully engaged in the organization/community (National 4-H Council, 2005.)

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What is leadership?

What I have learned about leadership is [that] it’s not totally about standing in front of people, taking charge, and telling

people what to do. It’s more about your personal leadership… how you feel about yourself and how

comfortable you are with yourself and sharing yourself with others people. It’s… like the interaction between people is a

form of leadership.

Youth quote, Learning and Leading: A Toolkit for Youth Development and Civic Activities, p. 7

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Leadership

"…a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal.”

Leadership Theory and Practice: Second Edition, (2001, p.3), Peter Northouse

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Adultism

“Adultism” is the view that young people are not as

valuable as adults.

The thoughts, opinions, or actions of young people

are considered to be less important, or less real,

than those of adults.

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AdultismLogistical and Organizational Barriers

• Time and location of meeting

• Transportation

• Food

• Equipment

• Procedures and policies – roles and responsibilities

• 4-H projects offered

“Creating Youth-Adult Partnerships Training Curricula for Youth, Adults and Youth-Adult Teams” – The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development

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OBJECTIVE

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Identify three methods that enhance successful youth-adult partnerships.

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Youth-Adult PartnershipMethods that work

• Build relationships

• Build a cooperative environment

• Set goals

• Find a balance of power

• Discover skills and attitudes

• Show concern for each other

• Recognize and celebrate accomplishments4-H Leaders’ Digest, Youth Development Program, University of California Cooperative Extension, PNR Publication 21729

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ACTIVITY

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Mapping the Youth-Adult Partnership

Complete the activity from The Innovation Center.

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ACTIVITY

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Live with Fourleafa

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Assign roles, rehearse and perform the skit.

Discuss concepts and questions that arise during the activity.


REFLECTION

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Reflect•What could have been done to make the group a better

partnership?

•Which of the groups do you identify with and why?

•What skills do adults need to make the partnership successful?

•What skills do youth need to make the partnership successful?

• How will you proceed to ensure a partnership develops?

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OBJECTIVE

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Identify three ways to connect a youth-adult partnership with an existing teen club.

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REFERENCE

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Curriculum is available from:

• 4-H Mall

• www.4Hmall.org

• The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development

• www.theinnovationcenter.org• “Learning and Leading: A Toolkit for Youth Development and Civic Activism” –

The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development, 2004

• “Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual” – The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development, Youth Leadership Institute, 2003.

• “Creating Youth-Adult Partnerships Training Curricula for Youth, Adults and Youth-Adult Teams” - The Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development

• State 4-H programs16


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A Youth Center is going to plan an event for Boys and Girls Clubs of America’s “A Day for Kids” celebration.

The Teen Center has asked the Keystone/Leadership Club if they would like to be a part of the team to put on the celebration.

The Keystone/Leadership Club votes YES and both the adults and teens think it would be a great idea to learn how they can best work together in order to plan a successful event.

Sample Training Scenario

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• Identify lead adults• Identify lead teens/youth

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What characteristics will you look for in partnership leaders?

What will you tell potential leaders when you talk to them about the partnership?

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Sample ScenarioStep 1


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Plan a Youth-Adult Partnership Training• Choose lessons to focus on• Choose program focus, for example:• Youth in Governance• Health Rocks!

• Decide who will teach each lesson• Plan dates and advertise• Suggested training plan: • 1 and ½ days training• ½ work in action

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Sample ScenarioStep 2

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Train Your TeamSample Training Outline:• Welcome and Introduction, Get Acquainted game• Overview of the training and program focus

• Youth in Governance, Health Rocks!, Keystone Club, etc

• Seeing Youth and Adults as Partners• Activity: How Youth and Adults see each other differently/same• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 56

• What makes an effective partnership?• Activity: Conversation about Youth and Adult power/influence• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 62

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Train Your Team• Accepting and Understanding Differences

• Activity: Create an awareness of the similarities and differences within the group.• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 70

• Identifying Age as a Culture• Activity: looking at different age-based cultures within the group• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 73

• Mapping a Vision• Activity: Examining ways your group/organization might include youth-adult

partnerships in decision making, goal setting, etc.• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Module, p. 87

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Train Your Team

• Seeing Youth/Adults as Partners • Activity: How Youth and Adults see each other differently/same • (Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 56)

• Claiming Your Voice• Activity: Conversation about Youth and Adult power/influence• (Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 62)

• Youth as Culture: Class Reunion• Activity: looking at different age-based cultures within the group• (Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 73)

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Train Your Team

• Identity Mingle• Activity: Create an awareness of the similarities and differences within the group.• (Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, p. 70)

• Mapping Youth-Adult Partnerships• Activity: Examining ways your group might include Youth-Adult partnerships in

decision making, goal setting, etc.• (Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Module, p. 87)

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Promising Practice: Health Rocks!

• Teens and adults work together

• Teach younger participants about peer pressure, dealing with stress

• Focus on health issues (eg. tobacco, drug, and alcohol use)

• Teens and adults plan and prepare lessons for Health Rocks!

• Present the program to youth as a team

• Youth identify with teens, seeing them as role models/mentors

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REFLECTION

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• What ideas about youth-adult partnerships stand out to you?

• What did you learn about partnerships that you did not know before?

• Based on today’s activities, how do you feel about working with youth-adult partnerships?

Reflect

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REFLECTION

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• How can you advocate for a youth-adult partnership in your program/facility?

• In what ways could a youth-adult partnership be beneficial to your community?

• What skills could teens and adults gain through participating in a youth-adult partnership?

• How could participants’ skills be enhanced through a youth-adult partnership program delivery model?

• What existing group(s) do you see that could function as a youth-adult partnership?

Apply

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CONCLUSION

• Youth-adult partnerships = effective way to provide programs and leadership opportunities

• Programs and opportunities can help youth achieve the Essential Elements

• Look for already existing teen/pre-teen groups as potential partners

• Opportunities to for partnerships are readily available

• New opportunities may evolve as well as partnerships with other organizations

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Key Concepts


REFERENCE

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• National 4-H Council, 2005.

• Learning and Leading: A Toolkit for Youth Development and Civic Activism, 2004. Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development. Takoma Park, MD. pg 7 Retrieved 2/02/2011 from:<www. theinnovationcenter.org>

• Creating YOUTH-ADULT PARTNERSHIPS: Training

Curricula for Youth Adults & Youth-Adult Teams, November 29, 2009. Retrieved 2/02/2011 from: <cals-cf.calsnet.arizona.edu/fcs/bpy/content.cfm?content=YOUTH-ADULT PARTNERSHIPartners>Building Partnerships for Youth is part of the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona, and gratefully acknowledges the hosting of this website by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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REFERENCE

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• Bell, John, December 14, 2010. Understanding Adultism: A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships. The FreeChild Project. Retrieved 2/2/2011 from: <www.freechild.org/bell.htm>

• Ranum, B., Brock, W. (1997). Life with Fourleafa! A skit about Youth-Adult Partnerships.

• 4-H Leaders’ Digest, Youth Development Program, University of California Cooperative Extension, PNR Publication 21729.

• Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual, 2003. Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development. Takoma Park, MD. Retrieved 10/25/2011 from: <www. theinnovationcenter.org>

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