Youth of the Year by Tami https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo We need to look at our Youth of the Year program, as a county, and develop a policy for who, what, when, where, why and how we will name our County Wide YOY. We want to excite teens about this opportunity. We want to ensure that all youth that want to participate, receive quality coaching and support to put forth their best effort as a BGCEC member. Your role on this committee is to collectively create a plan / BGCEC policy for board approval, for how we will run the YOY program from beginning to end moving forward. ***PLEASE read the posts below and add your thoughts, confirm you have read the posts by adding a comment. PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME on your comment.**** en-us 2024-10-06 14:23:54 UTC 2024-10-10 07:35:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f3c6.png Leadership feedback thicks63 https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155432840 Leadership dug in to our Youth of the Year practices and identified a few key trends.

  1. Staff turnover can make recruiting, implementing and following through with a solid YOY experience difficult for teens.

  2. Teens want incentives to do things. What is their incentive to participate?

  3. Consistency in expectations would be beneficial.

]]> 2024-10-06 14:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155432840 Frontline Staff Feedback thicks63 https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155436446 Focus groups with Tami, consisting of frontline staff, gave their views, thoughts and opinions at all four locations.

  1. The application is a lot to do for teens. (Some thought this was a negative. Some thought this should be expected. Depends on the end incentive.)

  2. Should be a natural part of Keystone.

  3. Not clear what is expected of staff and youth that participate.

  4. Lack of consistency in who is required to complete what for each Club.

  5. Finding great coaches and judges can be a challenge. Mainly because we are not sure what we are coaching.

  6. When only one teen participates for a Club, it seems silly that they would automatically be named the Club's YOY and moved on to next stage.

  7. Same teens year after year.

]]> 2024-10-06 14:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155436446 Crafting and Drafting a County Wide Policy thicks63 https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155440806 We need to make some decisions.

  1. Should we run Club level competitions, then bring them together to name a county wide winner as we have in the. past? Or should we have one, county wide competition?

    1. What do these logistics look like either way?

  2. Can the same youth win (club or county depending what we decide) year after year?

  3. What will the incentives be to get teens excited about participating?

  4. What are the non-negotiables?

    1. Follow BGCA guidelines and policy.

    2. Map out what this looks like from recruitment to announcing the BGCEC winner and their "required duties" as our representative for the year.


]]> 2024-10-06 14:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155440806 Suggested Solutions and Ideas from leadership and front line staff: thicks63 https://padlet.com/thicks63/6titl91lsczoykpo/wish/3155447073

  • Come together as a county and compete. Naming one winner and a runner up. Don't have a specific "Club winner" make incentive bigger for the winner and runner up.

  • Make it so that someone cannot win back to back. If they win they must sit a year out, or the winner should be required to help the new cohort in some manner.

  • Have public speaking coach, essay coach, etc. and bring the participants together once or twice a month for sessions to collaborate and receive coaching from these experts.

  • Layout how this program will work from beginning to the end so that someone can essentially pick up the manual and know what to do and what is expected when from year to year as a staff member.

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