Virginia Nonaca Chavez presented a webinar on youth leadership and development. The webinar covered key principles of youth success including treating youth as equal partners, providing a safe environment, positive relationships, opportunities to be involved, and developing important life skills. Participants engaged in activities to evaluate their own programs and identify areas for improvement. The webinar highlighted the importance of mentoring, training, and engaging youth as leaders to achieve positive outcomes such as high school graduation, further education, community involvement, and career success. Resources for developing effective youth models and programs were also provided.

1. Your Role in Youth Success at
Work and Beyond
Presented by
Virginia Nonaca Chavez
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2. Welcome to
Make and Take Youth Leadership
Before we begin…
Please sign in using your text box.
1. Agency Name and number of people expected to attend today
2. About your group -- Will you have people attending today’s webinar who are
SPECIFICALLY working with youth programs?
3. Name of people wishing to receive CEUs for this webinar (example: Jodi
Rudick, CEUs)
If anyone in your group has not yet watched the 3 minute
Trailer at Inocentedoc.com, please show it for your group
before we begin. (Make sure to open a new window or tab if
viewing the video. Do NOT close out of the webinar room! )
Icebreaker Question… Please discuss and list some
of the Youth Development Programs (formal or
informal you were involved in when you were a “kid?”
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3. Desktop Education for Parks And Recreation
Welcome and Sign-In
• We will mute all phone
Please sign in (by typing lines before we begin.
in the chat box): • YOU will be not be speaking
during the webinar. However,
• Agency Name and number YOU WILL use the webinar chat
of people expected to
and feedback box often.
attend today • Phone audio is much more
reliable than computer audio. If
• About your group -- Will you are listening through your
you have people attending computer speakers and have
today’s webinar who are audio problems during the
SPECIFICALLY working webinar PLEASE dial in to the
with youth programs? conference number
• Name of people wishing to 718.432.3900. Conference ID#
receive CEUs for this 890590
webinar (example: Jodi • Have you downloaded and
Rudick, CEUs printed a copy of your handouts?
(Sent in today’s reminder
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4. Two Part Activity
Tell us about Your Agency
Our agency is very committed to creating or
offering programs which specifically focus
on youth leadership.
• In your text box list some of the youth
leadership programs you offer.
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5. OPENING ACTIVITY
Where does the United States rate academically
compared to 28 other developing nations?
a. 5th Place
b. 10th Place
c. 15th Place
d. 20th Place
http://www.greatschools.org/students/academic-skills/1075-u-s-students-compare.gs
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6. Name the Next
Generation
A. I Generation (Igen) F. Gen Z
B. Gen Tech G. Post Generation (Post Gen)
C. Gen WII H. Gen Next
D. Net Gen I. Homeland Generation
J. Pluralist Generation
E. Digital Natives
Type the name you think best
depicts the NEXT generation. Tell us
why you chose this answer!

7. Traits of Gen Z (?)
Early1990s-2010
• Highly “Connected” - Lifelong use of communication and
media technology (Digital Natives)
World Wide Web
Instant Messaging
Text Messaging
Mobile Phone
• Pluralist Generation - Reflects their ethnic composition
most diverse generation (Last to have a Caucasian Majority)
• Least likely to believe in the “American Dream”
• First generation to earn less than their parents.

8. “No Action WITHOUT
Research
and
No Research WITHOUT
Action”
--KURT LEWIN (Cooper Jackson, 2006, p. 139)

9. QUESTIONS TO ASK
when planning youth activities
• Why are you doing the activity?
• What are you trying to change or achieve in
youth development in the activity?
• How are you going to measure youth success
and what is the outcome you hope for?
“If what you are doing in youth development is not
working why are you doing the same things?
And why do you expect to get different results”

10. Test Your Youth IQ - Diplomas
• What percentage of public high school
students fail to graduate?
A. 15%
B. 25%
C. 25%
D. 35%
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11. Test Your Youth IQ - Obesity
• How many of today’s 12 – 19 year olds
are overweight?
A. 1 in 100
B. 1 in 25
C. 1 in 12
D. 1 in 6
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12. Test Your Youth IQ - Suicide
• How many high school students admit
that they have attempted suicide?
A. 1 in 100
B. 1 in 25
C. 1 in 12
D. 1 in 6
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13. How did you do?
WHAT WE KNOW
• Approximately 25% of all public high school
students fail to graduate*
• Approximately one in six American children
between the ages 6-19 are overweight.
• 1 in 12 high school students has attempted
suicide
• Nearly 1.6 million 12-19 year-olds are victims
of violent crimes
Study: “Every Child Every Promise” - A report from America’s Promise
Alliance

14. Handout ACTIVITY # 1
What is your community doing
to deal with these issues?
A Better Question
How are you engaging youth
to deal with their own issues?

15. Pre-Webinar Assignment #1
Review CPRS Youth Development Resources
DEFINING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
A framework addressing human needs
for the healthy growth of young
people, including competencies
(knowledge, skills, behaviors, values)
necessary for adult success.
CPRS Youth Development Committee

16. PRINCIPLES TO
SUCCESS
• Treating youth as an equal partner
• A safe & caring environment
• A positive relationship with a caring adult
• An opportunity to be involved in
meaningful activities
• Competencies (SKILLS) needed to be a
successful adult

17. Handout Activity #2
REALITY CHECK
RESULTS NOT IN PLACE
On your handout VALUE RANK each principle 1-5.
1 being the principle your community needs to work on (not in
place yet) to 5 what’s in place in your community. Use each
number only once.
Treating youth as an equal partner
A safe and caring environment
A positive relationship with a caring adult
An opportunity to be involved in meaningful
activities
Competencies (SKILLS) needed to be a
successful adult

18. Room for Improvement…
Of the items listed in the previous activity:
• Treating youth as an equal partner
• A safe and caring environment
• A positive relationship with a caring adult
• An opportunity to be involved in meaningful activities
• Competencies needed
please discuss and type in your text box
the principles that your agency most
needs to incorporate into it’s youth
development culture

19. Handout ACTIVITY #3
In your group…
• Describe why you selected this principle as your
first choice?
• List some steps that can be implemented to
achieve this principle in your community.
• List three partners to assist you.

20. Outcomes of Success
Youth who participated in our model will be
more likely:
1. To graduate from high-school
2. To attend college/trade school for 1+ years
3. Not to be involved in the juvenile justice
system
4. To Volunteer in other community activities
5. To come back to our program (become a
mentor)

21. YOUTH MODELS
.
• Search Institute - Asset Building 40
• America’s Promise - 4 Key Promises
• Caring Adults
• Safe Places
• A Healthy Start
• Effective Education Opportunities to Serve Other
• Community That Cares - Youth Bonded
• Leadership Concepts, Inc - Train and Engage
Tell us which model (if any) your
community is using.

22. MAKE AN IMPACT
• Training youth in skills such as group
dynamics, project planning, personal
goal setting, leadership…
• Engage them in the process as peer
trainers
• Mentor them to adulthood
• Utilize as mentors for other youth

23. HOW TO DO IT?
• Train in a skill and engage them in an
activity
• Find the trainers through partnership in
the community or existing staff
• Come to the CPRS Teen Leadership
Academy

24. Did you watch the
videos?
At least ONE PERSON in our group
watched both videos listed in the
PRE-WEBINAR assignment
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25. Pre-Webinar Assignment #3
Video Review -- Inocente
Discuss and answer in the text box…
• How can a mentor put a child on the
right path?
• How did one activity change the life of a
child?
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26. Pre-Webinar Assignment #3
Video Review “Caine’s Arcade”
• Please discuss with your group and
answer the following in your text …
• What did this adult mentor do to help
this 9 year‐old succeed?
• How does the community (world) benefit
from the strengths of one child?
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27. Handout ACTIVITY #4
STAFF EXERCISE
Think of five characteristics essential
for a leader.
Using these five characteristics create
a recipe for a leader using cooking
terms such as mix, boil, blend…
Share with us via your text box…

28. Put in 2 cups of
caring. Add a dash of
determination. Blend
in mounds of goals.
Mix in responsibility.
Sprinkle in a positive
attitude.
Bake until a leader
arises.

29. The IMPACT of Developing
Youth Leaders
• A capable workforce will enable us as a nation to compete in global
markets.
• Successful youth programs will prepare youth to be more competitive in
the workforce, more responsible citizens to deal with their own welfare,
less people in the criminal justice system, and economic benefits to the
society’s growth.
• The financial future of this nation depends on communities that nurture
their future citizens to success.
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in
which it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela
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30. Where to Learn more…
Websites to Explore
• www.fastweb.com - Scholarships
• www.collegeboard - Activities for college
• www.search-institute.org - List of asset resources
• www.americaspromise.org - Read their Annual Report
• www.youthfirstinc.org/programs/communities-that-
care.aspxn - Prevention and research based
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31. Share Your Resources…
Pre- Webinar Assignment Review
• Please list one of the resources you
discovered and found valuable when
you Googled “Youth Development
Approaches.”
• What about this resource did you find
valuable?
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32. Now you know…
TODAY’s LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Communicate the fundamental principles of youth and
leadership development in creating a framework for existing
youth programming
• Discuss the role of youth advisors in encouraging youth leaders
• List and review outcomes that can evaluate and promote
program success
• Identify resource tools and tips for youth training

33. Webinar References
• America’s Promise (2007). Every child, every promise: Turning failure
into action. Washington: DC. America’s Promise. Retrieved:
www.americaspromise.org
• http://gettingsmart.com/2012/12/meet-generation-z/
• Armstrong, B. (1996). “Creating whole villages to raise whole children.”
Western Cities Magazine. May 1996 pp 6-9. Sacramento, CA: League of
California Cities.
• Brideland, J.M., Diluilo, J.J. & Morison, K. B. (2006). The silent epidemic:
Perspectives of high school dropouts. Washington, D.C.: Peter D. Hart
Research Associates.
• http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/advertising/story/2012-05-
03/naming-the-next-generation/54737518/1

34. PARTING THOUGHTS
“He who saves a single life,
saves the entire world”
--Inscribed on a ring given to Oscar Schindler
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35. Where will you go from here?
Please list the most valuable ideas,
strategies, things
you got out of this webinar…
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36. Feedback please…
How strongly do you agree with
this statement…
This webinar helped us explore and
focus on creating a
youth development strategy for our
agency or programs.
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37. Thank you for your hard work!
• Virginia’s email: dot2dot_vc@hotmail.com
• Don’t hesitate to contact Virginia about how to
launch or implement a Youth Leadership
Program in your organization.
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38. Next Month’s Webinar…
• Marie Knight, City of Orange
• Make and Take Conflict Resolution: Face
to Face with Life’s Challenges
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