Tools - School & Main Institute

Tools

Here are some of the tools we've developed as part of our work -- feel free to download and use them. Go here if you need Adobe Reader.

Rural Resource Guide

Created in collaboration with the Kansas and Wyoming School To Career Offices, this guide provides link to dozens of websites, books, articles, research, toolkits, best practices and organizational services that can help rural communities connect youth with opportunities to learn and thrive. Available online or as a downloadable PDF.

Youth Program Initiative Training Guides

Developed as part of a 3-year initiative with 28 Texas Workforce Boards, these guides cover many youth and partnership development elements. They include "Food for Thought" to help frame your work, as well as "Tools for Action" -- activities and materials you can use in training and strategic planning sessions. Call us if you need additional help.

Powerful Partnerships

Getting Your Youth Advisory Group from Here to There

You and Youth in the Middle: Effective Case Management

Employer Engagement

Youth at Work: Making the Most of Work-Based Learning

Youth Investment in Rural Areas

Windows on the Workplace: Mentoring, Youth, and WIA

Community Resource Mapping: Knowing Your Youth Services Landscape

Letting the Numbers Guide: Labor Market Information and Youth Services

Engaging Out-of-School Youth

Building Your Year-Round Youth System

Evaluate It! Performance and Your Youth System