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WELCOME PARENTS!. Agenda. 5:00p.m. Dinner 5:20p.m. YLC Prepares You for College, Work & Life! 5:50p.m. Introduce EEA Instructions for Focus Groups 6:00p.m. Room 101/103 – Adults Room 202 – YLC Room 109 – Smaller children

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  1. WELCOME PARENTS! Agenda 5:00p.m. Dinner 5:20p.m. YLC Prepares You for College, Work & Life! 5:50p.m. Introduce EEA Instructions for Focus Groups 6:00p.m. Room 101/103 – Adults Room 202 – YLC Room 109 – Smaller children (Supervised play area)

  2. YLC Prepares Your Student for College, Work & LifeYouthleadership council

  3. WHAT IS YLC? • 3 high school (ISD 622 & ISD 832) • Small group of students • Lead & guide the direction of after school & summer programs • Funded by Community Education & Educational Equity Alliance

  4. WHY YLC? Through enriching opportunities in leadership, service-learning, diversity and after school activities …. We strive for youth to develop skills necessary to prepare them for college, work and life.

  5. How Does YLC Help Youth in Developing these skills? Effective Oral & Written Communication Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Initiative & Self-Directed Adaptability Collaboration Curiosity & Imagination Accessing & Analyzing Data

  6. Project S.W.A.G.Students Working on the Achievement Gap Elementary Outreach A. Cross-Age Mentoring B. After School SparksProgram 2. High School Outreach A. Recruit as Mentors B. Conduct Peer Workshops C. College Access Opportunities 3. Staff & Community Awareness A. Video B. Lead Presentations & Workshops

  7. Elementary Outreach We have served 600 Elementary Youth since January 2012

  8. High School Outreach We have served 550 High School youth in: College Access activities, Peer Workshops & Recruited as Mentors

  9. Staff & Community Awareness We have directly served close to 80 adults in our sparks time program & staff presentations We have indirectly served over 2,000 staff & community members with our video

  10. Where do they go after YLC?

  11. YLC Alumni “YLC helped me focus on what I want to do for people who are victims of violence and domestic abuse” “YLC helped me be confident in myself and in my dreams of becoming a teacher” “YLC trained me for group settings and taught me on the importance of community and building social and professional networks” “YLC has made a positive impact on my life and really shaped who I am today”

  12. YLC Recognitions • Red Wagon Award by Lt. Governor of MN • Presented to three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates • Youth Board members of national organizations • Selected as a US Delegate for a Girls Empowerment Seminar in Brazil

  13. CONTACT INFORMATION: Angelica Torralba-Olague ISD 622 Community Education 651-748-7446 612-558-8787 atorralba-olague@isd622.org

  14. Focus Groups Purpose: To collect qualitative data to measure success as a result of participating in YLC; as well as find ways to improve our program Where? Room 101 & 103 – Adults Room 202 – YLC members Room 109 – Other children (Supervised play area)

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