Common use of Leadership Development Clause in Contracts

Leadership Development. The Achievement Academy offers a rich menu of leadership development experiences for students at all academic levels, including:  Career skills development and work-based learning experiences: Twice monthly, Starting Points and HSE students will participate in work readiness activities provided in collaboration with our Made In Durham partners and the Human Resource Development (HRD) department at Durham Technical Community College. This program focuses on employability (soft) skills development and career exploration activities. Off-site workshops at Durham Tech and worksite visits will be tied to in-house academic activities that can be completed with a tutor’s assistance, in the HSE classroom, or in the learning lab. These activities prepare participants for internships and other work-based learning experiences that are supported through our Made in Durham partnership.  Student-staff planning conferences: Informed decision making, self-advocacy, reflection, and planning skills are essential for youth to develop their potential for leadership. Once a month, AAD students participate in a structured planning conference with an individual staff member. The conference culminates in a mutually designed contract that articulates the student’s long range educational and career goal, sets realistic short term objectives for the upcoming term, plans to address any obstacles to success, provides an opportunity for students to make explicit personal commitments to best meet their objectives, request specific commitments from the Achievement Academy staff, and share any concerns about the learning or social environment at AAD. For new Achievement Academy students, staff facilitates these conferences, but that responsibility is transferred to students in time. The Achievement Academy planning conference process is similar to a workplace performance review and prepares students to participate in and lead a meeting, to advocate for needed assistance and changes in their learning/work environment, and to be responsible partners in their own education.  Post-secondary bridge programming: HSE students who have completed two of their four HSE subject area exams begin working with our Made In Durham Post- secondary Resource Specialist. Students develop a post-secondary education-to- career plan, work intensively with the resource specialist to select then complete all application requirements for the programs of their choice. The resource specialist is then available to actively assist graduates through the challenges of transitioning to college life and to keep students firmly connected to the academic support of their Achievement Academy teachers. This program is offered in conjunction with our Made In Durham partners at Durham Technical Community College’s Gateway to College program and Durham Public Schools’ Bridgescape Academy.  Parent literacy training: The Achievement Academy’s partnership with the Durham Literacy Center and Motheread, Inc in the Durham Literacy Collaborative has the goal of building a community-wide approach to adolescent/adult literacy that has direct multigenerational impacts. In 2016-17, Motheread, Inc. will be offering training to our students in their Story Exploring curriculum. This parent education program teaches caregivers how to xxxxxx creative thinking and problem solving skills, nurture a love of books, and aids in the development of comprehension skills. Motheread will also be offering a series of one time workshops for parents, caregivers, and students who have an interest in early childhood development careers.

Leadership Development. The Achievement Academy offers a rich menu range of leadership development experiences for students at all academic levels, including:  Career skills development and work-based learning experiences: Twice monthly, Starting Points and HSE students will participate in work readiness activities provided in collaboration with our Made In Durham partners and the Human Resource Development (HRD) department at Durham Technical Community College. This program focuses on employability (soft) skills development and career exploration activities. Off-site workshops at Durham Tech and worksite visits will be tied to in-house academic activities that can be completed with a tutor’s assistance, in the HSE classroom, or in the learning lab. These activities prepare participants for internships and other work-based learning experiences that are supported through our Made in Durham partnership.  Student-staff planning conferences: Informed decision making, self-advocacy, reflection, and planning skills are essential for youth to develop their potential for leadership. Once a Every month, AAD students participate in a structured planning conference with an individual staff member. The conference culminates in a mutually designed contract that articulates the student’s long range educational and career goal, sets realistic short term objectives for the upcoming termmonth, plans to address any obstacles to success, provides an opportunity for students to make explicit personal commitments to best meet their objectives, request specific commitments from the Achievement Academy staff, and share any concerns about the learning or social environment at AAD. For new Achievement Academy students, staff facilitates these conferences, but that responsibility is transferred to students in time. The Achievement Academy planning conference process is similar to a workplace performance review and prepares students to participate in and lead a meeting, to advocate for needed assistance and changes in their learning/work environment, and to be responsible partners in their own education. Standard meetings are held once monthly for thirty minutes. When it is clear that the plan is not supporting students’ progress as desired, an action planning process is implemented.  PostPersonal decision making: Students in AAD’s ACES program (see below, Adult Mentoring) will participate in weekly mid-secondary bridge programming: HSE students who have completed two day workshops, co-facilitated by members of their four HSE subject area exams begin working with our Made In Durham Post- secondary Resource Specialiststaff and an array of community partners and focused on building awareness, concrete tools, and social support for making personal decisions that lead to better life/career outcomes. Students develop Workshop topics include substance use, criminal activity, childbearing timing, financial literacy, health/mental health maintenance, and online identity. Program elements are designed using a post-secondary education-to- career planstages of change model, work intensively with the resource specialist assumption that participants enter at a pre- contemplative stage, so activities utilize motivational interviewing techniques to select then complete all application requirements for address the programs need to evoke awareness, motivation, and a sense of their choiceself-efficacy before offering informational programming and referrals. The resource specialist AAD is then available to actively assist graduates through the challenges of transitioning to college life and to keep students firmly connected to the academic support of their Achievement Academy teachers. This program is offered in conjunction collaborating with our Made In Durham partners at Durham Technical Community College’s Gateway to College program and Durham Public Schools’ Bridgescape Academy.  Parent literacy training: The Achievement Academy’s partnership with the Durham Literacy Center and Motheread, Inc in the Durham Literacy Collaborative has the goal of building a community-wide approach to adolescent/adult literacy that has direct multigenerational impacts. In 2016-17, Motheread, Inc. will be offering training to our students in their Story Exploring curriculum. This parent education program teaches caregivers how to xxxxxx creative thinking and problem solving skills, nurture a love of books, and aids mental health domain in the development design and delivery of comprehension skillsthis program. Motheread will also be offering a series of one time workshops for parents, caregivers, and students who have an interest Daily capacity in early childhood development careersthe Leadership Development Program is 60 youth.