Seattle Advanced Youth Engagement Workshop

Responding to demand from around Washington and across the United States, Service Learning Seattle, CommonAction Consulting, SOAR, and IDEA are partnering to bring an advanced youth engagement workshop to Seattle this month. And its open to the public! Are you a long-time youth worker, teacher, or adult ally who has used youth engagement to change your community? Join Adam Fletcher for aContinue reading “Seattle Advanced Youth Engagement Workshop”

I Love Teaching!

I love teaching! Me facilitating a session on student voice at the National  School Boards Association annual conference. Let me clarify that I am not talking about classroom teaching or the type of “sit-n-git” training that so many people are used to. Instead, I am talking about sharing my finally honed facilitation skills with learnersContinue reading “I Love Teaching!”

Excellent Facilitation: Embrace Challenge

Since excellent facilitation is a process, it is important to understand that there will be difficult times ahead. One of the keys to excellent facilitation is knowing that criticism will come – and that can be good. We cannot grow without criticism. Sometimes, critical thinking is seen as a challenge, but oftentimes it comes forContinue reading “Excellent Facilitation: Embrace Challenge”