1. 5:00p.m. Dinner 5:20p.m. YLC Prepares You for College, Work & Life! 5:50p.m. Introduce EEA Instructions for Focus Groups 6:00p.m. Room 101/103 – Adults Room 202 – YLC Room 109 – Smaller children (Supervised play area) A GENDA WELCOME PARENTS!

3. YLC P REPARES Y OUR S TUDENT FOR C OLLEGE, W ORK & L IFE Y OUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

4. WHAT IS YLC? 3 high school (ISD 622 & ISD 832) Small group of students Lead & guide the direction of after school & summer programs Funded by Community Education & Educational Equity Alliance

5. WHY YLC? Through enriching opportunities in leadership, service-learning, diversity and after school activities …. We strive for youth to develop skills necessary to prepare them for college, work and life.

6. H OW D OES YLC H ELP Y OUTH IN D EVELOPING THESE SKILLS ? Initiative & Self- Directed Effective Oral & Written Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Adaptability Accessing & Analyzing Data Curiosity & Imagination

7. 1.Elementary Outreach A. Cross-Age Mentoring B. After School Sparks Program 2. High School Outreach A. Recruit as Mentors B. Conduct Peer Workshops C. College Access Opportunities 3. Staff & Community Awareness A. Video B. Lead Presentations & Workshops P ROJECT S.W.A.G. S TUDENTS W ORKING ON THE A CHIEVEMENT G AP 7

8. We have served 600 Elementary Youth since January 2012 E LEMENTARY O UTREACH 8

9. We have served 550 High School youth in: College Access activities, Peer Workshops & Recruited as Mentors H IGH S CHOOL O UTREACH 9

10. We have directly served close to 80 adults in our sparks time program & staff presentations We have indirectly served over 2,000 staff & community members with our video S TAFF & C OMMUNITY A WARENESS 10

11. W HERE DO THEY GO AFTER YLC?

12. YLC A LUMNI “YLC helped me focus on what I want to do for people who are victims of violence and domestic abuse” “YLC helped me be confident in myself and in my dreams of becoming a teacher” “YLC has made a positive impact on my life and really shaped who I am today” “YLC trained me for group settings and taught me on the importance of community and building social and professional networks”

13. YLC R ECOGNITIONS Red Wagon Award by Lt. Governor of MN Presented to three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Youth Board members of national organizations Selected as a US Delegate for a Girls Empowerment Seminar in Brazil

14. CONTACT INFORMATION: Angelica Torralba-Olague ISD 622 Community Education 651-748-7446 612-558-8787 atorralba-olague@isd622.org

15. Purpose: To collect qualitative data to measure success as a result of participating in YLC; as well as find ways to improve our program Where? Room 101 & 103 – Adults Room 202 – YLC members Room 109 – Other children (Supervised play area) F OCUS G ROUPS