ELEMENT 7
YOUTH PARTICIPATION/ENGAGEMENT
A quality program provides opportunities for youth to participate in planning, to exercise choice, and to engage in a rich variety of offerings.

A quality program:
Plan To Improve
1. *Engages participants with a variety of strategies.
2. Has participants who take ownership of program selection and development.
3. Enables participants to develop life skills, resiliency, and self-esteem via activities.
4. Affords participants opportunities to express their ideas, concerns, and opinions.
5. Enables participants to explore resources and issues in their community through projects and activities.
6. Promotes consistent and active participation.
7. Promotes teamwork and respect for others.
8. Involves participants in the development of disciplinary practices.
9. Encourages participants to recruit others into the program.
10. Allows participants to be meaningfully involved in program planning, implementation, data collection, and evaluation.
*Denotes items to be assessed prior to program start-up.
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