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Adam Fletcher

Program Design

K-12 schools, youth-serving nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations hire Adam to promote positive youth development, meaningful student involvement, and re-envisioning the roles of young people throughout society. The following are some of the programs he has designed for a variety of organizations.

Examples of Adam's Program Design

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Youth Leadership and Policy Institute. In 2010 the National PTA contracted with Adam to design a program focused on engaging high school and college students as education policy advocates. The National PTA Public Policy Team wanted to move students from being the passive recipients of school decision-makers to active partners. Writing the program from scratch, Adam worked with experts in PTA's training office to refine the program and then piloted it at the 2010 National PTA Legislative Conference. The 16-hour curriculum was tested with a national audience of high school and college students and will be unrolled nationwide in 2010.

Other examples include...

FireStarter Youth Empowerment Program. The Village of Caroline, Alberta Family and Community Support Services program is located in an isolated rural community that sits on the edge of the Canadian Rockies. Contracting with Adam to design and facilitate a youth empowerment program over three consecutive years, local middle and high students participated in what has become the popular FireStarter Youth Empowerment Curriculum.

SoundOut. The HumanLinks Foundation, a small family foundation, wanted to create a student voice initiative. Creating www.SoundOut.org as part of the project, Adam has reached thousands of students and educators around the world. He has also providing professional development and training for dozens of K-12 school across the US. Continuing to work with a variety of clients focused on engaging students as partners in school reform, Adam has written several publications, including the Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to Students as Partners in School Change and the SoundOut Student Voice Curriculum.

Student Equity Program. The Seattle Public Schools Office of Race and Equity contracted with Adam to create and supported Student Equity Teams focused on meaningful student involvement and race relations in 10 high schools across Seattle. He also assisted the district office in focusing on meaningful student involvement.

Student-Driven School Improvement Planning Project. In a statewide project supported by Yakima Public Schools, the Washington State University Center for Bridging the Digital Divide, and the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Adam promoted meaningful student involvement in federally-mandated school improvement efforts. Adam worked hands-on with elementary, middle and high school students, teachers, and administrators to facilitate training, programs, and evaluations regarding the role of students in formal school improvement activities. More than 20 professional development, student training, and whole-school forums were provided in as many elementary, middle, and high schools, with systemic evaluations of student voice and meaningful student involvement featured throughout the project. Adam's Frameworks of Meaningful Student Involvement were consequently incorporated into Washington State's formal school improvement planning process.

The Freechild Project. Working with a group of youth and youth advocates across the nation, Adam was assumed responsibility for creating and maintaining the website since 2001. Freechild has partnered with hundreds of organizations in seven countries and 32 states focused on engaging young people in social change. The website has reached thousands of young people around the world.