Foster Outdoor Exploration is a young person’s experience with an adult who encourages them to explore natural environments and develop a personal interest in the outdoors. Fostering outdoor exploration involves promoting young people’s interest in the natural environment and exploring the relationship with other living and nonliving things.

Reflect on Outdoor Exploration is a young person’s experience with an adult who takes time to create attentive, critical, and exploratory thoughts about spending time in the outdoors. Reflecting on outdoor exploration with young people involves connecting what they learn in the outdoors with their daily lives, identifying the

Build Team is a young person’s experience with a coach who leverages every team member's talents, creating a “win” for all. Individual talent can never make a team successful, rather it is the ability to understand and take advantage of one another’s talents that creates the

Challenge Growth is a young person’s experience with an adult who encourages them to take risks and perform beyond their own expectations. Challenging growth involves four actions: 1) Staff expect young people to do their best and to live up to their potential; 2) They stretch and encourage young

Encourage Organizational Change is a young person’s experience in an organization that values their opinions and encourages them to engage in decision making. Creating opportunities to influence organizations involves strategies such as, but not limited to, youth councils, youth advisory boards, and youth-led research and evaluation teams. WHY IS

Engage Authentically is a young person’s experience with an adult who takes the time to get to know them by listening and understanding who they are—their cultural and lived experiences, their interests, and their passions. Engaging authentically involves placing young people’s personal stories at the center of

Engage Authentically is a young person’s experience with an adult who takes the time to get to know them by listening and understanding who they are — their cultural and lived experiences, their interests, and their passions. Engaging authentically involves placing young people’s personal stories at the center of

Expand Interests is a young person’s experience with an adult who supports them to try new things, broaden their horizons, learn about other people’s cultures and perspectives, and explore their own identities. Expanding interests involves exposing young people to new ideas, experiences, and places. WHY IS EXPANDING INTERESTS

Expand Interests is a young person’s experience with an adult who supports them to try new things, broaden their horizons, learn about other people’s cultures and perspectives, and explore their own identities. Expanding interests involves exposing young people to new ideas, experiences, and places. WHY IS EXPANDING INTERESTS

Foster Leadership is a young person’s experience with an adult who creates meaningful opportunities for them to take on leadership roles within activities, the classroom, or a community. Leadership is fostered when young people are engaged in roles with authentic responsibilities and given autonomous decision-making power. WHY IS FOSTERING

Manage Goals is a young person’s experience with an adult who assists them to set and manage goals that are important to them and that build upon their passions and interests. Managing goals involves identifying personal and group goals, breaking these goals down into manageable bit-sized steps, reflecting on

Prepare for College is a young person’s experience with an adult who helps them explore their college and career aspirations, needs, and fit. Providing college support requires taking time to work alongside young people to complete school and financial aid applications and helping them chart their own unique college

Promote Peer Bonds is a young person’s experience with an adult who helps them work with peers in teams and groups, creating a safe space to learn with and from one another, exploring similarities and differences, and developing deep bonds and relationships. Promoting peer bonds involves supporting young people

Promote Peer Bonds is a young person’s experience with an adult who helps them work with peers in teams and groups, creating a safe space to learn with and from one another, exploring similarities and differences, and developing deep bonds and relationships. Promoting peer bonds involves supporting young people

Share Power is a young person’s experience with an adult who ensures that their voices and opinions matter. Sharing power involves supporting young people to feel connected, engaged, and included as true contributing members of their programs, teams, groups, communities, and society. WHY IS SHARING POWER IMPORTANT? Sharing Power