Table 2.
Sample Resources for Student Empowerment and Voice
| Source | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Act for Youth Center of Excellence | Publications, e-news, and presentations on youth-adult partnerships and youth development | http://www.actforyouth.net/youth_development/engagement/partnerships.cfm |
| Education Commission of the States | Articles and materials for student voice in service learning | http://www.ecs.org/html/projectspartners/nclc/SOS/nclc_SOSresources-studentvoice.htm |
| The Freechild Project | The Freechild Project, an international effort to foster social change led by and with young people connects young people and adults to the tools, training, and technical assistance they need to create new roles for youth | http://freechild.org/ |
| 4-H Clubs | • Youth-Adult Partnerships in Community Decision-Making publication, http://4h.ucanr.edu/files/2427.pdf • Youth development programs focused on leadership development and community action • Health and safety initiatives | http://www.4-h.org/ |
| The Forum for Youth Investment | • Workshops and trainings • Publications and guides • Focused on whole child, whole community approach to collective impact and continuous improvement • Research on youth services, youth development and community change | http://forumfyi.org |
| Student Voice | • Student Voice in a Box toolkit • Podcasts, videos, blogs, and classroom demonstrations | http://www.stuvoice.org |
| Soundout: Promoting Student Voice | SoundOut works with K-12 schools, districts, state and provincial education agencies, and non-profit education to promote Student Voice and student involvement in education. Provides research, resource, and leadership guides for youth alliances, service learning and student voice projects | http://www.soundout.org/ |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | • Provides an inventory to help teachers reflect on how student voice and input are integrated into schools and classrooms • Blog posts on student voice • Lesson plans on social justice, activism, and respect • Students as teachers | http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-46-spring-2014/feature/i-start-year-nothing |
| Youth Empowered Solutions | • Provides customized training and consulting to help adults, youth and organizations further their mission of engaging youth • Using a 3-pronged approach, their model engages youth in work that challenges them to develop skills, gain critical awareness, and participate in opportunities necessary for creating community change | http://www.youthempoweredsolutions.org/ |