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Commission plans youth mentoring trip to Camp Carson; committee work on youth conference and early-learning curriculum discussed
Summary
Commissioners approved a mentor trip to Camp Carson for 30 mentors and discussed planning a free youth conference and training related to a new early-learning curriculum. Commissioners asked Chairman Taylor to appoint a commission member to the youth-conference planning committee.
Commissioner Ted McCreery reported that the commission will take 30 mentors on an overnight trip to Camp Carson next week as part of its youth outreach efforts. McCreery said the trip will include mentors who work with middle- and high-school boys the commission serves.
McCreery also said he and partners have discussed organizing a free youth conference for middle- and high-school boys next year and asked the commission to appoint a member to a planning committee. He said he had met with Sean Kockendahl and Joanne Hunter and expected the event to be free to participants.
Why it matters: Commissioners said youth outreach is central to the commission’s mission and that building relationships with parents is important to sustain participation. McCreery and other commissioners emphasized that youth are “today” not just “the future” and said strong parental engagement increases program impact.
Additional education work: A training at Lincoln was mentioned that will introduce a new early-learning curriculum for second and third grades; commissioners encouraged mentors and parents to attend training sessions because the curriculum includes homework components that will require parental involvement.
No formal vote was recorded on the conference planning or curriculum training. Chairman Jeremy Taylor was asked to appoint a commissioner to the youth-conference committee and staff were asked to follow up with meeting times.
