[YL] succession leadership and management in youth organizations

[Dee Albitton]

Neil:


I am the Director of Fast Forward. We are a community technology center in 
Columbia, SC.  We have a very active youth volunteer program.  Our 
volunteers work in our summer camps.  We recruit our volunteers from our 
campers.  The volunteers then attend leadership training,  teambuilding and 
technology training (remember they have attended the camps, so they have 
some background already).  Volunteers commit to work at least two weeks per 
summer (some work all five weeks).  If they complete their full year of 
training (about 30 hours) and work two weeks in the summer they qualify for 
Presidential Service Awards.  When volunteers reach 9-10 grade, they can 
become teachers in the summer camps.  If they to work toward that goal, they 
attend additional teacher training from a certified teacher.  If they become 
teachers, they are paid.  We have a constant source of volunteers from our 
campers.  We have 500 seats for summer camp students each year, these 
students are rising 1st-8th graders. Basically, we "grow our own".



Our organization does have a Board of Directors, we are a nonprofit.  But 
our youth also have a role in everything we do.  They have written and 
managed their own grant, they have presented to City Council.  They have 
been recognized annually by the S.C. Senate, the S.C. House, Senator Lindsey 
Graham, the Mayor and the Governor.



Let me know if you have any other questions.



Dee Albritton

Director

Fast Forward

3223 Devine Street, Suite 3

Columbia, SC 29205

803 343-2577

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Tilley.mail.nf.net" <chejnt at web.net>
To: <youthlearn at milhouse.edc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: [YL] succession leadership and management in youth organizations


>I am currently gathering research on volunteer groups especially youth to 
>see how well they plan for people to succeed them in their organizations. 
>Do most youth organizations have a strategic plan? How do they recruit 
>volunteers in their organization? How do they train them? Once when young 
>people are trained do they advance in the organization to take other 
>leadership roles? Do most youth organizations have a Board of Directors? 
>Are they responsible for Policy and Operations or is staff responsible for 
>operations? Do groups have Policy and Operations manuals? How do people 
>take leadership positions and how are they replaced?
> Cheers,
> Neil Tilley
>
>
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