Student Success Network

Have you had the chance to read the Youth Empowerment Summer: Crisis Response and Lessons for the Future of Collective Action and Work-based Learning (YES) 2020 Report yet? YES 2020 showed us that Community-led program design can result in robust models that better attend to community strengths, needs, and buy-in... Youth leadership and voice is key and adult stakeholders should intentionally support intergenerational collaboration Summer youth employment programs can simultaneously engage young people socially and emotionally while also developing vital skills While there is no magic wand for remote work-based learning, careful consideration around key program features can result in powerful learning experiences Civic coalitions can mobilize quickly, provided there is long term investment in field-level infrastructure and intermediaries Find the full report and links to each section over at www.yes2020.nyc/.

Every moment can be an opportunity to lean into #TransformativeSEL, and build on knowledge from resources like our practitioner-informed Foundations for Youth SEL Development (https://bit.ly/Bright-Spot)

When #SYEP was cancelled, communities, youth development organizations, and young people themselves came together and got to work to reinstate it. They formed a coalition and centered the needs of youth and communities in their plan. #YES2020 is a model of how to #RedesignYouthOpportunities. Because so many came together to mobilize around community-led program design, 35,000 stipend jobs were restored as both youth and practitioners navigated a new world: virtual internships and remote employment. Hear from participants in the YES 2020 Report, full of lessons documented for the future of collective action and #WorkBasedLearning www.yes2020.nyc/

Join SSN’s very own @LucyHerz at the Urban Assembly’s annual Social-Emotional Learning Symposium and learn from experts and practitioners across the country on how to make SEL a student-centered priority. Register today at bit.ly/selsym21 #UASELSYM #SELIsHereToStay

Urban Assembly’s annual Social-Emotional Learning Symposium brings important and diverse perspectives around social-emotional learning and development in K-12 education. This year's theme is "SEL is Here to Stay: All Learning is Social and Emotional" and focuses on maximizing the power of SEL wherever learning happens. We are excited to invite you to join our Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer @Lucy Herz, as well as practitioners, policy-makers, and administrators from across the country to discuss the equity, science, implementation, and sustainability of social-emotional learning programs and supports. Register now: bit.ly/selsym21 #SELIsHereToStay #UASELSYM