21st CCLC and JAKAPA: A Step By Step Guide
Youth Development and 21st CCLC Grant Programs Youth development is one of the four critical areas in any 21st CCLC grant program, and JAKAPA can
and many leadership training programs train future leaders on organizational theory and funding, but they fail to focus on the people. Policies and plans shape change, but people make it happen. Leaders who lack the necessary soft skills to manage their teams fail and that failure has an enormous impact. Companies know this and US businesses spend $166 billion on leadership development annually, but nearly a quarter of business leaders fail to focus on engaging with their employees.
Only 48% of employees view their company’s leadership as “high quality.” While 83% of organizations believe it’s important to develop leaders at every level, only 5% of the companies implement programming for all leaders. A lack of leadership quality leads to turnover. 79% of employees will quit due to a lack of appreciation.
Only 10% of people are natural leaders — another 20% show some qualities of basic managerial talent that can be cultivated into high-quality leadership. Without a strategic effort to upskill managers to leaders, retention, productivity and employee engagement data will remain stagnant or decline.
JAKAPA can help. Our program measures, trains and tracks 32 critical soft skills in five domains: self-management, innovation, social engagement, cooperation and emotional resilience. Leadership teams can gain valuable insights into their leadership skills using our self and peer assessments and examining discrepancies in the results. They can also understand the people they lead by reviewing staff assessment data. This data can help them better understand why some teams function well, some are more productive and some are more engaged. By triangulating other data, such as attendance, productivity and employee evaluations, JAKAPA data can provide insights into support needed to improve those data sets.
Youth Development and 21st CCLC Grant Programs Youth development is one of the four critical areas in any 21st CCLC grant program, and JAKAPA can
JAKAPA can enhance students’ readiness, school culture, and key performance indicators. 1. A Stand-Along Soft Skills Course: JAKAPA requires 10-15 minutes of engagement daily to
Parents can help their children develop soft skills by encouraging communication, collaboration, and problem-solving at home. Soft Skills are Essential for Child Development Soft skills
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