Engagement Strategies from Youth CareerConnect (YCC)

These technical assistance resources can be used by state and local workforce leaders, youth program practitioners, partners, and other stakeholders focused on engaging people and organizations to support your program's mission.

Community, Parent and Student Engagement

• Creative Strategies for Recruitment and Community Outreach
• Strategies for Recruitment and Community Outreach
• Parent and Family Engagement
• Parent and Family Engagement Tip Sheet
• Keeping Participants Engaged with Free and Flexible Resources for Workforce Development

Employer Engagement 

• Developing and Strengthening Workforce System Partnerships 
• Employer Engagement Tip Sheets (5)
• Enlist Employer Partners to Expand Your Outreach
• Partnerships: Tapping the Power of Employers

Sharing Success Stories

• Tips for Developing and Sharing Success Stories
• Using Storytelling to Share Your Program Success Webinar Key Points

Mentoring

• Building Effective Peer Mentoring Programs in Schools: An Introductory Guide
• Developing a Sustainable Employer-based Mentoring Program for Youth
• Effective Mentor Recruitment Summary
• Employing “Growth Mindset” Concepts in Mentoring to Encourage Effort and Cultivate Perseverance 
• How to Build and Sustain Corporate-School Mentoring Partnerships
• Mentoring is a Must
• Peer-to-Peer Call: Building a Successful Mentoring Program
• YCC Grantee Mentoring Resources
• YCC Mentoring Resource Guide

Professional Development

• It is the Journey That Matters: Approaches to Professional Development in YCC
• Highlights from the Pathways Bradley Teacher Externship Handbook

Rural Strategies

• Overcoming Challenges to Implementing YCC in Rural Areas
• CTE on the Frontier: Connecting Rural Learners with the World of Work 
• CTE on the Frontier: Strengthening the Rural CTE Teacher Pipeline

Social Media

• Getting Started with Social Media: Part One
• Getting Started with Social Media: Part Two, Building a Plan
• Social Media Tips and Tricks Part 1
• Social Media Tips and Tricks Part 2

Explore the following pages for more lists of technical assistance resources created for and by the YCC grantees or visit the YCC Resources main page. 

• Program Management Strategies
• Career & Education Strategies

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• Resource Publication Date: 2020
• Author(s): Youth CareerConnect
• Organizational Author(s): US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Posted by: Career Pathways TA
• Posted in: Youth Connections