Choose the pathway that best fits your organization's experience with youth-adult partnership. Then follow three guided steps and explore the corresponding resources.
Choose a pathway
Your Guided Pathway
New to youth-adult partnership? Build a shared understanding, assess readiness and learn from the experiences of other organizations.
Read the Intergenerational Partnership Spectrum to learn about the five developmental stages and establish a shared understanding of partnership.
Recommended module Intergenerational Partnership Spectrum
Have team members complete the Organizational Readiness Assessment independently, then use the Facilitation Guide in the tool kit to discuss the results together.
Recommended module Organizational Readiness
Explore lessons from organizations that have navigated the human, structural and relational changes involved in shared leadership.
Recommended module Core Insights and Practices
Your Guided Pathway
Already engaging young people? Evaluate your current practices and identify opportunities to deepen shared leadership.
Have youth participants, program staff and organizational leaders independently complete the Organizational Readiness Assessment to evaluate day-to-day practices.
Recommended module Organizational Readiness
Use the Facilitation Guide in the tool kit to hold a structured cross-generational discussion, paying attention to differences between youth and adult scores.
Recommended module Organizational Readiness (assessment and results)
Review the Partnership Spectrum to examine indicators for your stage, then explore Core Insights and Practices for ways to address common barriers.
Recommended module Intergenerational Partnership Spectrum
Your Guided Pathway
Already practicing shared leadership? Check your systems, maintain accountability and continue learning together.
Repeat the Organizational Readiness Assessment as a pulse-check. Review red flags and discuss results across generations using the Facilitation Guide.
Recommended module Organizational Readiness
Use the Partnership Spectrum to examine whether shared leadership can withstand staffing transitions, changes in funding and evolving organizational needs.
Recommended module Intergenerational Partnership Spectrum
Return to Core Insights and Practices to navigate ongoing partnership challenges, including different expectations about pace, decision making and shared accountability.
Recommended module Core Insights and Practices
Casey welcomes questions about the resources, tools and practices designed to support shared leadership across generations. Contact Traci Broady to learn more about the tool kit and its potential applications.
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