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SOAR ACTION TEAMS & WORK GROUPS – School-Age Children and Youth
Learning Partners Group: Alignment Initiative of Seattle Public Schools
Multicultural Youth Leadership Project
School Age Implementation Team Workgroup
Washington Afterschool Network
SCHOOL AGE IMPLEMENTION TEAM WORKGROUP
The School-Age Implementation Team Work Group is a team of professionals who developed and are now overseeing implementation of the King County Action Agenda for School-Age Children and Youth and are now strategizing to support the community in implementing the document. This team includes representatives from child- and youth-serving agencies, local government, parents and guardians, business, philanthropy and education sectors. The team is currently working on garnering support for the Action Agenda, developing new action teams focused on school-age children and youth, and supporting the growth of sub-regional and goal-based activity focused on success of children and youth in the four main geographical areas of King County.
Debs Gardner, SOAR Staff
(206) 461-3771
dgardner@uwkc.org
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Learning Partners Group: Alignment Initiative of Seattle Public Schools
Alignment is a framework that guides how schools, school-based after-school programs, families, and communities work collectively to support the academic success and thriving of children and youth. It is also a tool to ensure that schools and after-school programs complement the teaching and learning happening during the core school day. The Alignment Initiative carries out this vision in aligned after school programs, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CLCs), and wellness centers throughout the Seattle School District.
The Seattle School District's Office for Community Learning leads the program. Experienced community organizations partner with the schools to operate aligned after-school programs in school sites. Program partners include YMCA, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Camp Fire USA, Boys & Girls Club, Tiny Tots, and Powerful Schools. The Alignment vision is guided by the Learning Partners oversight group, including representatives of Seattle Public Schools, School's Out Washington, SOAR, City of Seattle, Associated Recreation Council, Camp Fire USA, and Seattle Parks and Recreation.
More on Alignment
Contact:
Lisa M. Taylor, Seattle Public Schools
(206) 252-0125
lmtaylor@seattleschools.org
Meetings: Meets monthly during the school year, intermittently during summers.
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MULTICULTURAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT
Multicultural Youth Leadership is SOAR's free curriculum module for youth professionals to address culture, leadership, identity and empowerment with diverse youth ages 14 to 18.
The curriculum is available for any program working on leadership skills with multi-ethnic young people ages 14 to 18. This curriculum module helps young people explore their own experiences of culture and leadership.
Youth engaged in this curriculum explore the complex relationships between leadership, choices and culture. They learn about mainstream, traditional and bridge-building leadership styles, and begin to build bridges in their own lives. In an age-appropriate way, youth also begin to have analysis of the complexities that take place as cultures, power, interaction, and leadership intersect. This curriculum is meant to be added on as a supplement to any basic youth leadership curriculum.
Multicultural Youth Leadership Website and Curriculum
Thanks to a grant from the Starbucks Foundation, SOAR is distributing the Multicultural Youth Leadership curriculum for FREE. For your copy, download the curriculum at www.childrenandyouth.org/youthleadership or via the contact information below.
Contact:
Debs Gardner, SOAR Staff
(206) 461-3771
dgardner@uwkc.org
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WASHINGTON AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK
The Washington Afterschool Network fosters statewide and regional partnerships to build and promote the field of out of school programming through systems development; greater awareness of key policy makers, stakeholders, and the public; quality improvements; and increased and sustainable funding. In partnership with the Children's Alliance, WAN is increasing advocacy for improved public support for out of school programs. WAN is also developing a statewide plan that will inform and connect with SOAR's efforts on behalf of school-age children and youth in King County.
More on the Washington Afterschool Network
Contact:
Janet Frieling, School's Out Washington
(206) 323-2396
frieling@schoolsoutwashington.org
Meetings: Meets quarterly
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Learning Partners Group: Alignment Initiative of Seattle Public Schools
Multicultural Youth Leadership Project
School Age Implementation Team Workgroup
Washington Afterschool Network
SCHOOL AGE IMPLEMENTION TEAM WORKGROUP
The School-Age Implementation Team Work Group is a team of professionals who developed and are now overseeing implementation of the King County Action Agenda for School-Age Children and Youth and are now strategizing to support the community in implementing the document. This team includes representatives from child- and youth-serving agencies, local government, parents and guardians, business, philanthropy and education sectors. The team is currently working on garnering support for the Action Agenda, developing new action teams focused on school-age children and youth, and supporting the growth of sub-regional and goal-based activity focused on success of children and youth in the four main geographical areas of King County.
Current Projects, Partnerships and Pending Action Teams:
- Connecting Youth Workers Coalition:
SOAR partners with other key organizations and providers to form the Connecting Youth Workers Coalition. The group connects the leaders of existing youth workers networks around King County together to share information and build a calendar for youth work. Additionally, the coalition also works on systemic ways to increase connections between youth workers. Ideas in the works include website development and partnering with existing efforts, such as those of School's Out Washington, to increase professional development for youth workers. Finally, the coalition operates the King County Youth Workers Forum, a free quarterly gathering for youth workers to connect, experience training, have conversations, and share information.
- Community Implementation Projects Grants:
SOAR is pleased to announce a funding opportunity to enable community partnerships and coalitions to engage in Community Implementation Projects (CIP) to further implement the King County Action Agenda for School-Age Children and Youth. The purpose of the CIP grants is to support partnership-based, regional and/or sub-regional activities and strategies that build necessary groundwork and infrastructure as our community implements the Action Agenda goals. Grants will be in the range of $5,000 - $15,000. At this time, SOAR has $45,000 available for funding a variety of applications. For more information, see contact information below.
- King County Mentoring Coalition:
The King County Mentoring Coalition exists to help mentoring programs and staff develop, expand, or increase the effectiveness of mentoring programs that serve diverse populations. The King County Mentoring Coalition strives for real results by ensuring all programs adhere to best practices and outcomes measurements. SOAR and Washington State Mentors have partnered to take the lead on the King County Mentoring Coalition. The King County Mentoring Coalition is a pending SOAR Action Team.
- Service Learning Seattle:
SOAR is joining the work of Service Learning Seattle, an existing coalition of providers, school district members, and service learning advocates who seek to increase networking, awareness, and quality around service learning in the Seattle area. Service Learning Seattle is considering becoming a SOAR Action Team.
- Subregional Organizing:
SOAR is working with interested community members and leaders in each of the four subregions of King County (North, South, East, Seattle) to ensure that community members in each region are able to determine the strongest way for SOAR to support subregional, local efforts around the King County Action Agenda for School-Age Children and Youth. Each subregion is best suited to determine strategies and priorities for implementing Action Agenda goals within local communities. We are working with FACES groups to study their model and see how we might learn from their history of successful subregional and cross-regional organizing.
- White Center/Boulevard Park School Success Workgroup:
The School Success Workgroup, a project of the Making Connections efforts in White Center/Boulevard Park, addresses issues relating to school-age children and youth in the White Center/Boulevard Park/Highline School District communities. A partnership of leaders, providers, and educators in this region, the School Success Work Group looks at strengthening out-of-school time in the community, increasing promising practices, improving cultural relevancy, and exploring other means to ensure children and youth succeed in school and in life.
Debs Gardner, SOAR Staff
(206) 461-3771
dgardner@uwkc.org
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Learning Partners Group: Alignment Initiative of Seattle Public Schools
Alignment is a framework that guides how schools, school-based after-school programs, families, and communities work collectively to support the academic success and thriving of children and youth. It is also a tool to ensure that schools and after-school programs complement the teaching and learning happening during the core school day. The Alignment Initiative carries out this vision in aligned after school programs, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CLCs), and wellness centers throughout the Seattle School District. The Seattle School District's Office for Community Learning leads the program. Experienced community organizations partner with the schools to operate aligned after-school programs in school sites. Program partners include YMCA, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Camp Fire USA, Boys & Girls Club, Tiny Tots, and Powerful Schools. The Alignment vision is guided by the Learning Partners oversight group, including representatives of Seattle Public Schools, School's Out Washington, SOAR, City of Seattle, Associated Recreation Council, Camp Fire USA, and Seattle Parks and Recreation.
More on Alignment
Contact:
Lisa M. Taylor, Seattle Public Schools
(206) 252-0125
lmtaylor@seattleschools.org
Meetings: Meets monthly during the school year, intermittently during summers.
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MULTICULTURAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT
Multicultural Youth Leadership is SOAR's free curriculum module for youth professionals to address culture, leadership, identity and empowerment with diverse youth ages 14 to 18. The curriculum is available for any program working on leadership skills with multi-ethnic young people ages 14 to 18. This curriculum module helps young people explore their own experiences of culture and leadership.
Youth engaged in this curriculum explore the complex relationships between leadership, choices and culture. They learn about mainstream, traditional and bridge-building leadership styles, and begin to build bridges in their own lives. In an age-appropriate way, youth also begin to have analysis of the complexities that take place as cultures, power, interaction, and leadership intersect. This curriculum is meant to be added on as a supplement to any basic youth leadership curriculum.
Multicultural Youth Leadership Website and Curriculum
Thanks to a grant from the Starbucks Foundation, SOAR is distributing the Multicultural Youth Leadership curriculum for FREE. For your copy, download the curriculum at www.childrenandyouth.org/youthleadership or via the contact information below.
Contact:
Debs Gardner, SOAR Staff
(206) 461-3771
dgardner@uwkc.org
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WASHINGTON AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK
The Washington Afterschool Network fosters statewide and regional partnerships to build and promote the field of out of school programming through systems development; greater awareness of key policy makers, stakeholders, and the public; quality improvements; and increased and sustainable funding. In partnership with the Children's Alliance, WAN is increasing advocacy for improved public support for out of school programs. WAN is also developing a statewide plan that will inform and connect with SOAR's efforts on behalf of school-age children and youth in King County. More on the Washington Afterschool Network
Contact:
Janet Frieling, School's Out Washington
(206) 323-2396
frieling@schoolsoutwashington.org
Meetings: Meets quarterly
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