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Wu, Heng-Chieh Jamie; Kornbluh, Mariah; Weiss, John; Roddy, Lori – Afterschool Matters, 2016
Commonly described as youth-led or youth-driven, the youth-adult partnership (Y-AP) model has gained increasing popularity in out-of-school time (OST) programs in the past two decades (Larson, Walker, & Pearce, 2005; Zeldin, Christens, & Powers, 2013). The Y-AP model is defined as "the practice of (a) multiple youth and multiple…
Descriptors: Youth, Adults, Cooperation, Social Justice
Andrew Wiegand; Michelle Manno; Sengsouvanh Leshnick; Louisa Treskon; Christian Geckeler; Heather Lewis-Charp; Castle Sinicrope; Mika Clark; Brandon Nicholson – MDRC, 2015
YouthBuild is intended to help high school dropouts, ages 16 to 24, who face an array of impediments to their educational and employment success as they progress into adulthood. Stemming from one program launched in the late 1970s, today over 270 YouthBuild programs operate nationwide. YouthBuild is a principles-based model that values a…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Adolescents, Young Adults, Youth Programs
Hannum, Kelly M., Ed.; Martineau, Jennifer W., Ed.; Reinelt, Claire, Ed. – Center for Creative Leadership (NJ3), 2007
With the increase in the number of organizational leadership development programs, there is a pressing need for evaluation to answer important questions, improve practice, and inform decisions. The Handbook is a comprehensive resource filled with examples, tools, and the most innovative models and approaches designed to evaluate leadership…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Systems Approach, Social Change, Youth Leaders
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Lawson, Hal A.; Claiborne, Nancy; Hardiman, Eric; Austin, Sandra; Surko, Michael – American Journal of Education, 2007
Community development partnerships for youths offer valuable resources for school improvement. Unfortunately, these resources may not be tapped because school leaders have not been prepared to understand these partnerships. The evaluative research reported partnership-related understanding, aiming to prepare leaders to contribute to, and benefit…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Community Development, Educational Improvement, Youth Programs
Edelman, Andrea; Gill, Patricia; Comerford, Katey; Larson, Mindy; Hare, Rebecca – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2004
All effective youth programs have youth development at their core. Effective youth leadership programs build on solid youth development principles, with an emphasis on those areas of development and program components that support youth leadership. This paper has been created by the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Youth Leaders, Youth Programs, Disabilities
Summers, James C.; Zeller, Frederick A. – 1976
This report is a description and analysis of the 4-H Community Resource Development Program (4-H/CRD). It is based on the proposition that youth activity can be motivated by the prospect of influencing community decisions and outcomes and that the subsequent related activity will be productive of participatory skills of lifelong value in an…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Leadership Training, Participant Characteristics