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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."


- Albert Einstein

    
Training Opportunities
Every planning or change process should begin with an assessment of the knowledge, skills and abilities that will be needed to ensure success. Onsite-Insights has designed training based on what we have observed as the skills and information most lacking in the customers with whom we have already worked. These offerings can stand alone or be packaged within a more comprehensive contract that would also include presentations, assessments, and consultation. We will assist each customer in determining their specific needs and in determining the best package to meet those needs. We are constantly adding new training opportunities based on our customers' requests.
 
Search Institute's Training Offered by Onsite-Insights
Search Institute is an independent, non-profit, non-sectarian organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge and resources to promote healthy children, youth and communities. Their research has led them to create the Framework of Development Assets. This framework helps communities understand the building blocks needed to raise healthy young people and provides many of the tools needed to help a community become more developmentally attentive. Onsite-Insights is committed to helping communities, initiatives, and organizations find ways to fit this framework into their efforts. Onsite-Insights encourages our customers to visit Search Institute's website, at www.search-institute.org to learn more, connect with others on a similar journey, and to purchase materials or training.

The following three workshops were developed in total or in part by Onsite-Insights for Search Institute and are now a part of their compliment of training offerings. Onsite-Insights' youth and adult training teams serve as the sole provider for these trainings. Access to them must be made by contacting Vision Training Associates, the authorized provider of Search Institute Training. They can be reached at 800-294-4322 or through Search Institute's web site at www.search-institute.org/training. (When calling or emailing, please indicate that you found out about the training from this web site.)

           
       
Youth Empowerment in Your Community: Engaging Young People in Things that Matter
  
         

This 6-hour workshop is for audiences of equal numbers of youth and adult participants (recommended for between 16 and 48 participants). It is designed to increase the effectiveness of a community or organization's youth engagement efforts and youth and adult partnerships. The workshop blends a variety of interactive techniques that both teach and demonstrate strategies for effectively engaging young people. This training is facilitated by a youth and adult team. This event features:

  • Opportunities to practice strategies for making youth and adult partnerships more effective;
  • Insights on how to create and maintain a youth engagement initiative based on Hampton, Virginia's award winning youth engagement initiative;
  • Research-based information presented in ways that foster application;
  • Replicable activities that communities or organizations can use to ensure their future youth-adult interactions are successful; and,
  • Practice with an easily applied youth engagement tool.
  
           
       
Youth as Assets: Engaging Young People in Your Community or Organization
  
       

This introductory 5-hour workshop is designed to expose adults (recommended for between 16 and 32 participants) to the power and value of involving young people in their youth master planning process, local asset initiative, or within their organization. The workshop blends a variety of interactive techniques that both teach and demonstrate strategies for more meaningfully engaging young people. This training is facilitated by a youth and adult team. This event features:

  • Insights on how to create and maintain a youth engagement effort;
  • Research-based information presented in ways that foster application;
  • Strategies for making youth and adult partnerships more effective;
  • Hands-on activities to assess your own organization or initiative's attitude toward youth engagement; and,
  • A youth engagement planning tool.
  
           
       
Committed, Caring and Connected: Becoming a Developmentally Attentive Organization
  
       

This 6-hour training is for any organization or school, which serves, employs, or represents young people. The workshop helps participants explore ways to increase the likelihood that their services, supports and opportunities are developmentally attentive, youth-friendly and in alignment with the principles and practices of the Developmental Assets framework. You will leave with a clearer understanding of how to enhance your organization's ability to make a difference in the lives of all your customers. This event is designed for either a single organization or for teams of five to eight from multiple organizations in a city, state, or region. It features:

  • Focused time for your organizational leadership team to assess organization-wide policies, procedures and practices and align them with the Developmental Assets framework;
  • Search Institute's new checklist allowing your key stakeholders to confidentially assess your organization;
  • Lessons from organizations that have become more developmentally attentive;
  • An easy, applied action tool for planning; and,
  • Literature-supported and field tested materials and information.

While this offering can be a stand alone training we recommend that it be used as an introduction session to a more extensive training, information and consulting package that includes assessment tools, advanced skill building, and supportive literature designed to assist organizational leaders in their efforts to move their organization and staff closer to being developmentally attentive.

  
           
       
Other Training Offerings
  
       

The following trainings are standardized Onsite-Insights training curriculums that may be directly accessed from us.  Remember, each may be customized to meet your specific needs.

  
           
       
Building Youth Commissions/Councils that Make a Difference
  
       

This 4-hour workshop, for up to 32 participants, can be offered separately or as part of a more extensive consultation, technical assistance, and resource development package. Geared towards communities that already have a strong understanding of the potential of meaningfully engaging youth, this workshop will train adults and youth from the community in the 5 important ingredients of successful Youth Commissions.

  • Setting a proactive vision;
  • Creating supportive policies, procedures and budgets;
  • Recruitment, selection, and retention of members;
  • Training for both youth and adults; and,
  • Staff work and logistics.

The organization that hosts this training will also receive a video and "how to" manual. This training is facilitated by a youth and adult team.

 
           
       
Creating Master Plans for and with Youth
 
       

This 4 to 6-hour workshop, for up to 32 participants, is an introduction to youth master planning and will allow a community to move more quickly into the planning process described on the Youth Master Planning page. It provides opportunities for participants to learn the power and potential of creating Children, Youth and Family Master Plans for their municipality. Building on the lessons learned from the models employed by Hampton, VA and other cities, the trainers will help participants understand:

  • The importance of creating a vision statement that motivates their community to support a commitment to the healthy development of youth through the first two decades of the life;
  • The fundamental principles and practices of youth development and youth engagement;
  • The importance of shifting how the community views its youth;
  • The steps involved in the planning process;
  • The importance of fitting the Youth Plan into the community's plan; and,
  • How to involve young people in the overall process.
  
           
       
Being the Difference: Awakening Your Power to Influence Positive Change
  
       

This 6-hour workshop for up to 44 participants is designed to awaken young people to the power they have and to provide them with the skills needed to positively influence the decisions made by those in charge. The workshop is designed to bring together adults interested in meaningfully engaging young people and youth interested in making their school, neighborhood, organization or community better places. It blends a variety of interactive techniques that both teach and demonstrate strategies that will allow young people to more effectively utilize their voice and insights. This training is facilitated by a youth and adult team. This event features:

  • Opportunities to build strong youth and adult teams;
  • An introduction to and application of the ACTION steps for influencing others;
  • Opportunities to practice the skills needed to effectively influence others; and,
  • A planning process for applying the skills to real issues in their community.
  
           
       
Custom Designed Workshops
  
       
Onsite-Insights will custom design workshops/training sessions to meet the specific needs of a community, organization or school system. These workshops can be for all adult, all youth, or youth and adult audiences. They may be from one hour to two days in duration. Each session will integrate experiential and didactic teaching techniques and will provide appropriate handouts. These sessions will be planned in partnership with the local contacts and can be lead by either an adult only or by a youth and adult team.