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Participant Guide for the FSC Leadership Series on Leadership and Advocacy in New Jersey Family Success Centers. The agenda covers introductions, foundational recap, leadership and advocacy exploration, debriefing and coaching practice, and application/self-directed work. Content defines what leadership looks like in an FSC, including shared belief, collective responsibility, and structured recommendation processes. It lists prioritized leadership behavioral indicators and outlines advocacy practices to support families in accessing resources and services and to connect community partners when barriers arise.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages33

Reading Time1 h 23 min

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Agenda

Leadership

Leadership-Expected

Leadership - Prioritized Behavioral Indicators

Advocacy-Expected

FSC Leadership Series Leadership | Advocacy Participant Guide New Jersey Family Success Centers & Office of Training and Professional Development fundamental aspects of Leadership and Advocacy as defined by the Practice Profile • Make a plan for application: Use skills/self-directed learning to teach FSC Staff about Leadership and Advocacy 3 Agenda 8:30 9:00 9:20 10:05 10:30 10:40 11:35 12:30 1:00 1:10 2:20 Registration Welcoming – Introduction to the Day Foundational Recap Leadership Break Exploring Leadership Exploring Advocacy Lunch Debrief / Frame out afternoon Coaching Practice Break 2:30 3:10 3:30 Application/Self-Directed Work Wrap Up Adjourn 4 What does Leadership look like in your FSC? FSCs engage families, individual family members, and community partners in leadership activities within Centers. Community strategies that promote child protection focus on creating a shared belief and collective responsibility to protect children from harm and expand the range of services and supports available to families and individual family members (Daro & Dodge, 2009) . Pages 14-15 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ | | | --- | | Leadership-Expected
Involves individuals, families, and community partners through a formal process in making recommendations about the Center’s programs/services. Actively involving families and individual family members can promote more tailored and customized delivery of the program (Kirby & Sanders, 2012, 2014; Metzler, Sanders, Rusby, & Crowley, 2012). The goal is to enhance the fit of the programming within the context (Sanders & Kirby, 2014) . Families, individual family members, and community partners lead efforts within the Center (i.e. co-leader of an advisory board, co-leader in community outreach efforts, leader of a program within the Center) . Families and individual family members within a community are not just recipients of outcomes; they are also makers of outcomes achieved. Therefore, it is critical to “recognize and respect there are assets that community families and individual family members bring to an initiative”(Barnes & Schmitz, 2016) . Proactively builds the leadership skills of FSC families and individual family members to ensure meaningful participation in leadership activities and recommendations for the Center’s programs/services. As families and individual family members “become engaged in service planning process, they can empower themselves to assume ownership of the process and make personal investments in their community”
(Daro & Dodge, 2009) . | |
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1. Creates a formal process to receive recommendations for the center
2. Elicits recommendations from members through mix of methods including consultative
conversations and instruments to gather feedback
3. Offers appreciation to members for contributing their views by communicating back to them about how their recommendations were instilled into practice
4. Networks in the community to recognize potential leaders
5. Recruits and selects potential leaders to the leader positions at the center according to their strengths and interests
6. Provi

FAQs

What does leadership look like in an FSC?

FSCs engage families, individual family members, and community partners in leadership activities within Centers, including leadership roles in recommendations and program/service delivery.

What are the prioritized behavioral indicators for leadership?

The guide lists indicators such as creating a formal process for recommendations, eliciting input through multiple methods, communicating back how recommendations are used, networking to recognize leaders, recruiting/selecting leaders, providing support and coaching, assessing strengths and needs, and training members on relevant procedures.

How does advocacy support families and individual family members?

Advocacy is expected to support and coach families in accessing resources or services aligned with interests, goals, and needs, connect with external resources when necessary, and work with community partners to address barriers like transportation.

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