Youth Leadership CouncilYLC

WE ARE ALL ABOUTCROSS-AGE LEADERSHIP

What is the YLC?

• Collaborative between ISD 622 and 832• Sponsored by:– Educational Equity Alliance– ISD 622 Community Education

• Act as the youth advisory council for youth programs in community education

• These partnerships help fund trainings and events. They also fund the mini-grants that we give to local groups in the area.

Our Mission

To provide youth with opportunity, leadership, service-learning, diversity, change and youth

involvement in the community.

What are our Goals?

• Student achievement– Working to close the achievement gap.

• Student leadership– Increasing youth involvement in community events.

• Service-learning opportunities– Providing chances for students to participate in prolonged

service projects• Integrated learning– Creating opportunities for cross-age leadership and

mentoring

What are our Goals cont..?

• Cultural competency– Increasing awareness of other cultures and about the

importance of diversity• Positive youth/adult relationships

– Mentoring and motivating younger students• Student engagement in after school programs/out-of-

school time– Increasing participation in enrichment and summer programs

• Career Exploration– Introducing and exploring possible careers with students

What is our Inspiration?

• Helping our community• Becoming better leaders• Knowing that we can improve the lives of

people in our community• Motivating others• Working Hands-on and directly with

individuals.• To make a difference in the world

Membership

The First Members of YLC

Thanks to the NYLT Camp. Our first members:

• Miguel Rivas ( 2nd left)• Arthur Moore III (Middle)• Nkaunaag Vang (right)

These three were the first YLC students.

2009-2010 Members• Miguel Rivas• Lisa Yang• Jose Bello• Arthur Moore III• Amy Erlandson• Eva Gallegos• Davend Giddings• Nkaunaag Vang• Anjali Seshadri• Advisors:

– Angelica Torralba– John Hayes

2009-2010 compared to 2010-2011

• 9 members in 2009-2010• 14 members in 2010-2011

2010-2011 Members

The TeamAmy Erlandson—North High School, 10th grade

Anjali Seshadri—Mahtomedi High School, 12th gradeArthur Moore III—North High School, 12th grade

Cheng Leng Xiong—North High School, 10th gradeEmily Fellerer—North High School, 11th grade

Eva Gallegos—Mahtomedi High School, 11th gradeJose Bello—Mahtomedi High School, 12th grade

Jose Carrillo—Mahtomedi High School, 10th gradeLisa Yang—Mahtomedi High School, 11th gradeRachel Mueller—Tartan High School, 11th grade

Ryan Cox—Tartan High School, 12th gradeVictoria Adofoli—North High School, 12th grade

Youa Yang—North High School, 12th gradeZang Her—Tartan High School, 9th grade

Advisors

Angelica Torralba-Olague-Youth Program Coordinator

John Hayes-Youth Program Facilitator

Tei Sowah-Academic Advisor / YLC Advisor

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows:Jay Rattanavong

LeAndra WilliamsMegan Bartel

Mini-Grants

Mini Grants• We gave the opportunity to groups in our community to

conduct service-learning and youth leadership projects.• Process:

– Students, staff & teachers can apply – YLC reviews & approves certain applications– Mini-Grant recipients receive a limited amount of grant money– Groups conduct their service-learning or youth leadership

projects – At the end of the year, YLC coordinates a Celebration where the

groups present the outcome of their projects.

Mini-Grants

• We decided that our Mini-Grant projects should be a tradition and should be continued throughout our YLC years.

• This year we decided to keep track of our participants and their projects to provide any assistants to make a better service-learning project for the youth.

Mini-Grant Recipients

Our Trainers and Speakers

Sparks (Search Institute) Service-Learning 101 (NYLC)

Mentor Training Youth Community Connections

Sparks Spark is a quality, skill, or interest that light us up and that we are passionate about.

Sparks Come From within us ( Relationship between peer & adult)

3 type of spark• Talent or Skill• Something you care deeply about.• Quality you know is special, able to solve disputes between friends.Research results• If adult who support your sparks more likely to have ascended of purpose, socially competent & physically healthy.•Use sparks to create serving tearing opportunity.• Sometime there will be a loss of spark but there is always a spark just transformed into a different element.Tips For Sparks Champions• Spark can change overtime • Young people need multiple champion• A skill is not automatically spark

NYLC- National Youth Leadership Council•Service-learning actively engages participants in meaningful and personally relevant service activities. •Service-learning projects work best when they fit the ages and developmental abilities of the participants, include interesting and engaging service activities, explore the context of the underlying societal issues the service addresses, and address needs that are important to the community being served.•Effective service-learning is an integral part of the learning process. It has clear learning goals that are aligned with the school curriculum or purpose of the extracurricular program. Learning becomes experiential and applied, deepening students understanding of the material, how it used, and why it important.

Mentor TrainingConnection between Mentor & true item.

Goal: to have a longer stronger relationships.Mentors1. Follow rule2. Safety of a youth3. Understand youth development4. Using a strength-based, youth centered approach5. Models a healthy life skillThe role of Mentor not to fix someone or help carry their baggage but to help them achieve their potential and carry the baggage betterIn Hopes to Maximize your Impact - pay attention of things that they want not what they need. - teach and model skill to help young people carry their baggage better. - Find a kids spark

Youth Of Community Connections

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MINNESOTA’S YOUTH THROUGH AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• “EVERYDAY IN THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 15 MILLION CHILDREN LEAVE SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE DAY AND HAVE NO WHERE TO GO. MORE THAN A MILLION OF THESE CHILDREN COME FROM HIGH POVERTY BACKGROUNDS” (AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE)•“ OUT OF SCHOOL TIME” DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.•STUDENTS HAVE AN AVERAGE 2000 HOURS OF OUT SCHOOL TIME IN A YEAR.•“ THE HOURS BETWEEN 3 PM- 6PM ARE THE PEAK HOURS FOR JUVENILE CRIME AND EXPERIMENTATION WITH DRUGS, ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES AND SEX.” ( FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS)•PREVENTS YOUNG KIDS FOR CRIME & VIOLENCE.• ACADEMIC- TUTORING AND IMPROVING SKILLS.• ACHIEVEMENT GAP

Hands-on Twin Cities• Works with over 250 nonprofit organizations

serving 9 country metro are with opportunities to volunteer and strengthen the community.

• They encouraged us to pass on acts of service value volunteering.

• This is our first year with them and it is going pretty good.

MLK Day of Service / Semester of Service Kick-Off

MLK Day Service, 2009-2010

• 2009-2010: – Went to the White Bear Unitarian Universalist

Church to help serve breakfast at their MLK Service Day.

– We had the opportunity to listen to the Big Screen Broadcast of keynote address by Reverend Joseph Lowery.

MLK Day Service, 2010-2011

• 2010-2011: – Coordinated service projects on site

• Two peace & one beauty murals (showcased in ISD 622 middle schools)

• Advocating for Haiti (bracelets for Haiti)• Community Cinema (discuss issues)

– Invited a keynote speaker to talk about the importance of community and connecting with younger youth

– Kick-off for mini-grant recipients– 75 people attended

Spreading the Word on Youth Leadership & Service-Learning

Peace Jam … Be Peace!

• We had the opportunity to meet – Rigoberta Menchu Tum (1992 Nobel Peace Prize

Laureate from Guatemala).– President Oscar Arias Sanchez (1989 Nobel Peace

Prize Laureate from Costa Rica)

Presenting to Rigoberta Menchu Tum during the 2009-2010 Peace Jam

Presenting to President Oscar Arias Sanchez during the 2010-2011 Peace Jam

Atlanta Service-Learning Showcase• Showcase our YLC program– Advocate our mini-grant

process– How we coordinated

the MLK Day of Service – Our model of cross-age

leadership and mentoring

– Importance of Sparks and out of school time programming

What the Future Holds for YLC

What We Hope to Accomplish

• Cultivate new ideas of service learning , promoting youth leadership and youth as assets

• Engage youth in their community)

• Impact youth in the community– By being Mentors– Being a positive role model for them to look up to

Summer Activities

• Facilitate youth camps• Encourage them through their hobbies,

interests, Sparks*– *A Spark is something a person is passionate

about, an activity that leashes their energy and joy• Add youth voice and ideas to Summer

programming

National Youth Leadership Training 2011

• Learn about the achievement gap and service learning

• Expand more opportunities for leadership• Develop new ways to interact and serve with youth• Advocate for more community projects• Expand knowledge on addressing community needs• Developing a new goal for the year 2011-2012 school year

Any questions, please contact:

Angelica Torralba-OlagueYouth Program Coordinator

651-748-7446Atorralba-olague@isd622.org