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Unaccompanied Youth

national center for homeless education professional learning community. Unaccompanied Youth. Christina Dukes, Program Specialist Beth Hartness, Program Specialist. Today’s Roadmap. Purpose: Introduce NCHE’s new Unaccompanied Youth Professional Learning Community (PLC) You’ll learn:

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Unaccompanied Youth

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  1. national center for homeless education professional learning community Unaccompanied Youth Christina Dukes, Program Specialist Beth Hartness, Program Specialist

  2. Today’s Roadmap • Purpose: Introduce NCHE’s new Unaccompanied Youth Professional Learning Community (PLC) • You’ll learn: • What is a PLC? • Technology for NCHE’s PLC • PLC Topics • PLC Member Contributions • Next steps

  3. What is a PLC? • Shared vision and goals • Share existing best practices and develop new best practices in enrolling and serving unaccompanied youth • Develop a professional network of colleagues with whom you can collaborate on future issues related to enrolling and serving unaccompanied youth • NCHE’s UY PLC is a community of professionals working together to increase our knowledge and strategies for working with unaccompanied youth

  4. What is a PLC? • Shared leadership (NCHE will provide some guidance and leadership, but the process will be group-oriented and organic) • Total group participation • Collective creativity • Many-to-many interaction • Supportive work group • Different roles for different experience levels(new, seasoned, veteran)

  5. What tech will be used? • NCHE will provide technical support (fear not, technophobes!) • Platform: Ning • http://www.ning.com(will need internet access) • Online social and professional networking platform • Create a membership profile to participate • Accept the invitation to join NCHE’s PLC network

  6. What tech will be used? • Ning components to be used: • Discussion forum: Threaded discussion topics • Chat • Blog • File library • Events calendar • Group-building aspects (e.g. photo, birthdays, etc.)

  7. What tech will be used? • Two additional webinars planned • Internet access • Long-distance phone access

  8. What topics will we focus on? • Sample forms, best practices, challenges, successes, new strategies, etc., for each topic • Development of topics will be somewhat “organic”, however... • Planned topics • Learning to use the Ning platform • Enrollment procedures for unaccompanied youth • Access to participation in extra-curricular activities • Medical signature issues

  9. What topics will we focus on? • Planned topics (cont) • Other in-school supports for unaccompanied youth (e.g. access to laundry, a locker, mentoring, school supplies, etc.) • Out-of-school supports for unaccompanied youth (TANF, Medicaid, Social Services, Public Health Clinics, etc.) • “Flex weeks” at the end in case we need to spend another week on a topic or new topics to address arise out of prior group interaction

  10. What will I be expected to contribute? • Estimated weekly time allotment: 2 -3 hours • PLC Duration: Early February through Mid April • Activities • Read Discussion Forum topics and accompanying comments from other members • Comment on readings • Participate in live chat • Supply sample forms from your district, if you have any • General participation and contribution of ideas • Research of a particular topic applicable to your state (e.g. minor medical consent laws) • Maintenance of your personal page (photo, blog, etc.)

  11. When will PLC activitiestake place? • Tentative schedule • Weekly activity on Wednesday: Post new reading, host chat, host webinar, etc. • Weekly request to e-mail in sample forms and resources by Friday, if applicable to that week’s activity • Summaries of previous week posted by NCHE on Mondays (for people to read and re-comment, if desired) • Asynchronous activities = any time of day • Synchronous activities = 2:00 pm EST

  12. “Our Plea” Please only sign up to participate if you plan to invest and be an active, contributing group member; the PLC will only be as successful and dynamic as its members’ participation

  13. Next Steps • E-mail Beth Hartness at bhartnes@serve.orgif you’d like to join by COB Wednesday, Feb 3; will be accepting first 30 interested people • NCHE confirms membership by Thursday, February 4, including instructions • Feb 4 – Feb 10 • Members set up their profiles (photos, blogs, etc.) • First PLC activity: Wednesday, February 10– Generating community online

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