Learning From and With Youth to Facilitate Leadership

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Learning From and With Youth to Facilitate
Leadership Advocacy

• Debbie Gilmer, Maine Support Network
• Deb Hart, ICI, Boston

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Maines Commitment to Youth Voice

• Youth Leadership Activities
• Advisory Committees
• CSHN Youth Advisory Committee
• Legislative Youth Advisory Committee
• Maine Youth Leadership Network
• Governors Task Force To Engage Maines Youth

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Meaningful
Valued
Informative
Supportive
Connecting
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Youth Impact

• Policy
• Evaluation
• Professional Development
• Materials Development and Dissemination

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Celebratory Learning
Attributes of Celebratory Learning

• Positive interdependence
• Individual accountability
• Simultaneous interaction
• Connections to previous learning
• Theme-based learning
• Need based learning
• Brain compatible environment
• Play and Humor
• Learning Community
• Celebrating the learner the learning

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Connecting to the work and each other
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Meaningful
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Informative
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Purposeful
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Supportive
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Voices Valued
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Engaging Youth A Two Day Retreat

• Outcomes for the two days will look, sound, and
  feel like
• What is this grant all about?
• How can I help the grant activities be
  successful and make a difference?
• Have fun working and learning together
• Report Cards, the good, the bad, and the
  ugly!!!

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Jigsaw Instructions

• Team members choose topics to read (Meaningful,
  Purposeful, Informative / Voices Valued,
  Support)
• Each team member reads assignment
• Meet in Same Topic Pairs (Meaningful and
  Meaningful)
• In Same Topic Pairs take two minutes each and
  discuss the key points, new ideas, strategies,
  next steps
• Return to your Base Team
• Round Robin share and record your individual
  reflections on template provided.

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Begin Slowly, Just Begin
Random thoughts
What I heard that I want to try
????s
What are we already doing that we will celebrate?