Facilitation Agenda

Purpose: Establish shared expectations for the discussion.

Begin by reviewing the community agreements that will guide participants' interactions.

If your organization already has community agreements, display them where everyone can see them. If not, take a few minutes to identify shared expectations.

Agreements may include listening with curiosity, speaking from experience, respecting different communication styles and resisting the urge to fix or defend.

Remind participants that the session is intended to support reflection, not action planning.

Facilitator's Note

Community agreements are active tools. When the conversation becomes uncomfortable, uneven or tense, return to the agreements to help the group navigate differences and maintain balance.

Purpose: Give participants time to independently review and consider their assessment results.

Distribute or display the summary of assessment results and the scoring reference chart.

Invite participants to respond in writing to the following questions:

Reflection Questions

1. What stands out to me most in these results?
2. What feels accurate based on my experience?
3. What feels surprising, uncomfortable or unclear?
4. Where do I notice my role influencing how I interpreted the questions?

Facilitator's Note

Keep this portion of the session quiet and individual. Encourage participants to resist the urge to discuss or compare responses.

Emphasize that reflection is private and participants may choose what, if anything, they want to share later.

Purpose: Explore patterns, differences and areas of alignment in assessment results.

Divide participants into mixed youth-adult groups of four to six people.

If traditional hierarchies are noticeable, consider beginning with brief youth-only and adult-only conversations before moving into mixed groups.

Small-Group Discussion Questions

1. What patterns do we notice across the domains?
2. Where do scores feel most aligned across people?
3. Where do scores vary the most, and what might that reflect?
4. Which domains feel strongest right now?
5. Which domains feel most fragile or inconsistent?

Facilitator's Note

Listen for moments when groups begin moving toward solutions, explanations or defenses of their scores.

Remind participants that the purpose is to understand current organizational conditions rather than decide what to change.

Purpose: Identify shared observations and questions across the group.

Bring participants back together and invite each small group to share:

• One pattern they noticed
• One question the results raised

Capture responses visibly without interpreting the findings.

Optional Discussion Questions

If additional discussion is helpful, ask:

1. Where do youth and adult experiences appear most different?
2. What do those differences suggest about decision-making authority, access or information flow?
3. Are there domains where our aspirations may be outpacing our current systems or capacity?

Facilitator's Note

Pay attention to who is speaking most and whose perspectives may be receiving less attention.

Create opportunities for balanced participation across roles and generations.

Purpose: Reflect on the organization's placement on the Intergenerational Partnership Spectrum.

Share the organization's placement on the spectrum based on its assessment results.

Reflection Questions

1. Does this placement feel accurate based on what we discussed? Why or why not?
2. What does being in this stage help explain about our experiences so far?
3. What expectations or pressures might we need to release given this placement?
4. What does this stage make possible right now?

Facilitator's Note

Normalize discomfort if it arises.

Remind participants that readiness stages are descriptive, not evaluative. Encourage the group to focus on what its placement helps explain rather than whether the result feels positive or negative.

Purpose: Give participants an opportunity to reflect on what they learned and identify questions for continued consideration.

Invite participants to respond to one of the following prompts, either aloud or in writing.

Closing Reflection

• One insight I am leaving with...
• One thing I understand differently now...
• One question I want us to continue thinking about...

After the Session (Optional)

Facilitators may:

• Share a brief written summary of themes, but not decisions or commitments.
• Offer optional youth-only or adult-only follow-up spaces if strong emotions surfaced.
• Avoid immediately scheduling an action-planning meeting unless trust and readiness support it.

The session should conclude with a clearer shared understanding of organizational readiness, rather than a set of prescribed next steps.

Before your group reflection session, an evaluation staff member (ideally, if available) or facilitator should prepare a neutral, one-page snapshot of your results. Keep the summary objective to support honest dialogue — avoid evaluating the organization, ranking individuals or recommending actions. Save interpretation for the collective session and direct participants to the scoring chart for stage details. The summary should include the following: 

• Participants: Total count broken down by role (youth and adults). 
• Overall Score: The overall readiness score, youth and adult averages, and the gap between them.
• Domain Scores: Overall and group-specific scores for each domain, noting which group scored lower.
• Current Spectrum Placement: The stage name and score band (1.0–5.0) where the overall score lands.
• Red Flag Checklist results: Any identified red flags, explicitly listing which group (such as youth or staff) identified them.