Transcript For Youth - NC Cooperative Extension

Youth Adult Partnerships
North Carolina 4-H &
NCACC Youth Council Project
4-H is…
The youth development program of NC
Cooperative Extension.
Is in all 100 counties in NC.
For youth ages 5-18.
A community of young people across
America who are learning leadership,
citizenship and life skills.
Is serving ~240,000 youth in NC.
YAP
Objectives:
*Identify skills, knowledge, and attitudes
needed to participate in successful
Youth & Adult Partnerships (YAP)
*Identify what youth can bring to YAP
*Identify what adults can bring to YAP
YAP
What is a Youth & Adult Partnership?
Definition:
“When adults and youth come together in a
positive environment to take advantage of
the strengths that each group brings to the
table as they strive toward an end result that
would have been impossible without
collaboration from the two unique groups”
YAP
Contributions…..
Youth bring:
-Energy
-Fresh perspectives
-Knowledge of youth
-Sense of community
-Legitimacy/credibility
-Cause-based passion
Adults bring:
-Experience
-Power
-Connections
to institutions
YAP
Benefits:
For Youth:
For Adults:
-Ownership
-Changes in
-Decreased risk
attitudes
behaviors
-Greater
-Increased status
confidence
-Enhanced leadership
in youth
& communication skills
-Broader career choices
-Increased competencies
YAP
Youth are Resources
Youth can help adults in planning,
implementing, and evaluating work.
Programs and activities are FOR and
WITH youth.
YAP
Youth are Partners
Youth and adults share
decision-making power.
Program and Activities are
WITH youth.
YAP
Tips for Working with Youth as Partners
*Don’t expect more from youth than you
would from adults
*Treat youth as individuals; don’t make
one youth represent all youth
*Remember, your role isn’t parenting
YAP
Advice from youth to adults:
*Treat us with respect
*If invited to be a part of an organization,
we’d like to be as fully involved as
adult members
* Know that we are capable and can do
most things adults can
YAP
More advice from youth to adults:
*We are willing to be involved and can commit
time and energy to the project or
organization
*Invite questions and answer willingly so that
we can feel comfortable to ask about things
we don’t understand
*Please help us if we need help (but ask first!)
YAP
Maintaining Youth & Adult Partnerships
*Adults need to be willing to share their power &
responsibility
*Youth need to be willing to gain power & take on
responsibility
*Everyone needs to forget everything they have ever
thought about youth and adults as separate groups
and start treating them the way they treat their
peers.
*Both youth and adults need the skills to work together
successfully!
YAP
Utilizing Youth
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Presenting to Community Groups
Fundraising
A Fresh Voice on Boards and Councils
Event Planning
Workshop Facilitation
Mentoring Younger Youth
Anywhere You Use Adult Input and Opinion,
Include Youth!
YAP
EXAMPLE
YAP
QUESTIONS