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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Planning Assessment Tools


 
bullet Background Information

  Key Organizations

 
Research/Reports/
    
Initiatives

 
bullet Policy/Program Development

  Working With Youth

  Policy Models

 
Planning/Assessment Tools

 
bullet Comprehensive Programs

  Community-based

 
Community and School

 
bullet Whole School Programs

  School Climate/Policies

 
Staff/Volunteer Training

 
Consulting Students

 
Student Representatives

 
bullet Instructional Programs

   Active Learning

  Project-based Learning

  Online Learning

 
Community Service Learning
 
bullet Social Support

  Peer Helper Programs

  Student Leadership Programs

  Student Clubs/Sports

  After School Programs

 
Mentoring Programs

 
bullet Youth Services

  Empowering/Friendly

 
Crisis/Help Lines

 
Advisory Services

 
Employment/Education
   
Services

 
Personal Counseling/
   
Support

 
bullet User Survey
 
 
This section of the website lists several planning, assessment and evaluation tools to promote youth engagement. Please see our pages on various strategies and programs for other specific planning and assessment tools specific to these topics.

Organizational Self-Assessment Tools

Self Evaluation Checklist: Assessing Your Organization's Capacity to Engage Youth (Laidlaw Foundation)
Organizational Self-Assessment for Youth Involvement in Public Decision-making (Canadian Association for School Health)
Youth-Adults Partnerships Self-Assessment Tool (Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development)

Planning/How-To Guides

Evaluating Toolkit for Building an Organizations Capacity to Engage Youth (Laidlaw Foundation)
Fostering Engagement in School Life Resource Book (Centre for Excellence on Youth Engagement)
14 Points to Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-making (Youth on Board/At the Table)
Together With Youth (Parks and Recreation Ontario)
Listening to Student Voices: Self-Study Toolkit (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
Ethical Conduct in Youth Work (National Youth Agency)
Organizational Assessment Checklist (At The Table)
Mapping Youth Participation in Your Community (At The Table)
A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-making in Service-Learning Programs (At The Table)

Program Evaluation Tools

Evaluation Toolkit (Laidlaw Foundation)
Outcome Measures and Program Evaluation (National Youth Development Information Center)

 

 

 



 

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

 

Key Resources

bullet Laidlaw Foundation

  Assessing Your Capacity to
    Engage Youth

  Building an Organization's
    Capacity to Engage Youth
 
bullet Canadian Association for School Health

  Organizational Assessment
     for Youth Initiatives in
     Decision-making
 
bullet Centre for Excellence on Youth Engagement

  Fostering Engagement in
    School Life Resource Book
 
bullet Youth Action Network

  Youth Action Manual
 
bullet Youth Development Strategies Inc.

  Community Action
    Framework for Youth
    Development


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