Field Building Projects
Cross-pollinating what’s working across our coalitions and networks, this work is taking shape as a shared action agenda.
Starting points
Designing Powerful, Competency-Building Learning Experiences That Count
As momentum grows to replace seat time with competency-based credit, Alliance partners are sharing tools, frameworks, and pathways that define and support powerful learning experiences for youth and young adults whenever and wherever they happen (360 | 365 | Up to Age 25).
At the forefront, XQ Institute is sharing its open-source tools to support interest-driven, real-world learning for high school students. Partners like Horizons National, NSLA (National Summer Learning Association), and IEL are helping bring these tools into community spaces. Partners are also exploring how to align their resources for easier uptake by communities, including XQ Institute, CommunityShare, and Search Institute.
Building a Powerful Allied Youth Fields Workforce
Youth work professionals are often young adults themselves, exploring first jobs within the programs they were once a part of. Through the Youth Development Program and Pathways Working Group, we are working to strengthen and support them in their work today as well as optimize their career pathways within youth development, education, and human services more broadly.
The working group includes national youth-serving organizations, associations, technical service providers, and content creators exploring what it would take to create a consortium that ensures every near-peer and adult working with young people has the training and support they need to create powerful and supportive environments and experiences. The working group is a joint project with the Partnership for Student Success.
