Hello Changemakers - from all of us here at United Way Youth Venture, Changemaking and Portrait of a Graduate.
You may be noticing a bit of a new look to this month's update. We decided to make our monthly communication reflective of all aspects of our work, which includes United Way Youth Venture, Changemaking and Portrait of a Graduate. We will be sharing updates on what is happening in our partnering schools with our Venture Teams, Changemaking projects and efforts to bring the "Portrait to Practice".
On Monday, Phase 2 of the Portrait of a Graduate grant was officially launched. We held a convening with Portrait of a Graduate partners, their leadership teams, and prospective leaders to launch the second phase of our POG work. Read more, below.
If you're looking for an exciting and fulfilling position - - UWYV is hiring! Part-time Outreach Specialist positions are open and applications are being accepted now. See below! And please share with anyone you think would be interested and a great asset to our team.
As always, we are grateful for your continued support.
~the United Way Youth Venture Team!
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Phase 1 of Portrait of a Graduate was a community-driven Portrait planning process. It was conducted January to March 2020 and September 2020 to July 2021. The key activities were to:
- Examine graduates' readiness for college, career, & community
- Review existing student outcomes frameworks
- Identify knowledge and skills all local graduates will attain
- Develop an action plan for using the portrait of a graduate
Phase 2 of POG is implementation of a 10-Month Action Plan that includes stakeholder engagement work, exploration of models and strategic implementation to ensure that:
- Districts develop a community culture that reflects our Portrait values and attributes
- POG attributes are being realized through the curriculum for ALL students
- There is diverse and equitable access to POG strategies and changes
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Click on the image above to view the entire portrait!
Click here to visit our website for more information about POG.
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What is the most important thing a model high school should have?
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Hands-on & real world content in classes
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Understands and respects the identities & specific needs of each student
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Exploration of passions, interests, and talents
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Internships & job exploration opportunities
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Changemaking in Action!
We are so impressed and proud of Reagan B., of Leominster. She realized that, due to COVID, students can no longer share supplies in classrooms. She understands that for some of those students' families, purchasing school supplies could mean less food on their tables. And she also knows that superhero educators are stepping up more and more to stock their classrooms using their own funds. She knew she wanted to help!
She created a fundraiser to ask for donations to be able to create school supply care packages. She raised over $1,200 to purchase supplies to fill 200 bags. She enlisted a friend to help stuff the bags and then she donated them all to Northwest Elementary School. Congratulations, Reagan! And thank you for your hard work and Changemaking attitude.
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Youth Venture in Action!
The Fab 5 Venture Team from Ayer-Shirley Regional High School hosted a Pie Sales Fundraiser to be able to support the Apple Valley Center Nursing Home, along with some local families in need and homeless shelters. They sold 65 pies!
Congratulations Fab 5! We are proud of their commitment to their community.
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Youth Venture in Action!
Staff is happy to be back at Parker Charter School. Students in the Youth Venture block in grades 7 - 11, had fun playing a "Getting to Know You" Jenga game.
They are looking forward to discovering their passions and causes they hope to support, ultimately completing an Action Plan and presenting their project ideas at a Community Panel.
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Join a fun and dynamic team in a rewarding and inspiring position as a part-time Outreach Specialist supporting and guiding K-12 youth in North Central Mass!
United Way Youth Venture (UWYV) is a program that engages K-12 youth in the creation and development of their own socially benefiting, entrepreneurial clubs, organizations and projects. Young people involved in UWYV combine their passions and skills to address a problem they see in their community through an entirely youth-led and youth-created process. The Outreach Specialist will implement in-person and virtual delivery of UWYV at partner sites and promote programing to key stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Provide outreach for the UWYV program in North Central Massachusetts, ensuring delivery of high quality programming;
- Support the growth and expansion of UWYV at partnering organizations, including K-12 schools, and engage meaningfully with youth, families, and educators across the region;
- Support new and existing groups of participating youth;
- Support and maintain established relationships with partnering organizations, including K-12 schools, through communications and outreach;
- Implement UWYV programming with on-site and virtual partners as well as independently lead and facilitate direct support to youth and adults;
- If allowed, travel to several partner sites to conduct site visits and outreach;
- Help the Assistant Director in determining and scheduling program training sessions and dates, as well as generating content for activities and facilitating workshops;
- Proficiently use virtual collaboration tools (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) to deliver the program remotely in a meaningful and engaging way;
- Utilize database to record and track outreach to youth, program partners and adult volunteers;
- Support evaluation of students and adults engaged in UWYV through targeted outreach and follow-up;
- Participate in the planning and implementation of in-person/virtual events for UWYV, and other related initiatives including Changemaking and Portrait of a Graduate;
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School graduate or equivalent (GED);
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- Proficient in the use of technology;
- Ability to set and achieve goals and take initiative within the workplace;
- Spanish-English bi-lingual preferred;
- Experience working with students, faculty members, businesses, and/or nonprofit agencies desirable;
- Belief in the power of youth to create positive change;
- Must have access to reliable transportation and high quality internet connection.
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