scholarly journals Leveling Up: Connected Mentor Learning in a Digital Media Production After-School Space

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-54
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Phillips ◽  
Virginia Killian Lund
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
After School ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Learning Labs ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
Urban Public High School

This article introduces mirrored practice of leveling up as a model for educator learning grounded in connected learning and the connected mentor framework. Our purpose is to introduce this model and share examples of how it can be enacted. We argue that the model is a rich and successful way for youth development professionals to expand their capacities as educators and to support expansive possibilities for young people’s learning. The model supports all educators’ learning and growth, but it is particularly applicable to mentors working in interest-driven, informal learning environments like makerspaces and YOUmedia learning labs. The model is drawn from our analysis of 2 years of ethnographic observations in an after-school digital design studio housed in an urban public high school in Chicago. We describe mirrored practice as the mentors using the same principles and tools to learn that their students utilized. In the model, leveling up means that both students and mentors are supported in constantly moving towards progressively complex tasks, knowledge, and understanding. Methods of data collection include video- and audio-taped observations and interviews with digital media mentors.

scholarly journals Resource Review: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 220-230
Author(s):  
Kirk Bloir
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Military Family ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
Family Readiness

Youth-serving professionals have unique opportunities to help support military families in promoting positive youth development. The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness provides information, resources, and tools on effective programs and practices youth development professionals, schools, and communities can use to help support military families. It is a comprehensive, trusted, easy-to-navigate source of evidence-based and evidence-informed resources, technical assistance, and support that helps professionals who support military families do that work more effectively.

scholarly journals Informed Decision-Making in Exploratory Factor Analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-177
Author(s):  
Melissa Cater ◽  
Krisanna Machtmes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
First Time

As the field of youth development grows, evaluation of program outcomes has become more embedded in the program process. It is incumbent on youth development professionals to understand more clearly the process of instrument development. One phase of the process involves taking a closer look at the data to determine if an instrument measures one overall construct or if items cluster together to reveal underlying constructs. Exploratory factor analysis is a technique used to determine the underlying constructs, or subgroups, of an instrument. While professionals may use a variety of decision-making steps, researchers have identified some commonly agreed upon considerations when conducting an exploratory factor analysis. This article seeks to make the decision-making steps of this process more transparent while also offering guidance to youth development professionals who may be seeking to use this procedure for the first time.

scholarly journals Understanding the Culture of 4-H

EDIS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn N. Norman ◽  
Joy C. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
The Invisible

Webster defines culture as the concepts, habits, skills, arts, instruments, and institutions of a given people in a given place. Basically, the culture within a group is what everybody knows that everybody else knows and includes the visible expression as well as the invisible roots of the culture. Most groups have spoken or unspoken expectations for member’s behavior. These may include rules, rituals, language, demonstration of support for commonly held beliefs, etc. Youth development professionals know the importance of helping young people discover quickly the norms of the group they have joined. This document is 4-HS FS101.1, one of a series of the Florida 4-H Program, UF/IFAS Extension. Published May 2006. 

scholarly journals Programming Ideas for Youth Experiencing Homelessness

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 252-271
Author(s):  
Leslie Forstadt ◽  
Sarah Yuan ◽  
Kerri Ashurst ◽  
Melissa Scheer ◽  
Stephanie Myers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cooperative Extension System ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals

This article provides an overview of some of the demographics of youth experiencing homelessness and examples of how Cooperative Extension is working with this population around the country. A discussion of the needs of this population is provided, along with strategies for how Extension can connect with current efforts to reach youth experiencing homelessness to build resilience. Data are summarized from a webinar for Extension professionals. Education in this area is worthwhile to youth development professionals who may be interested in designing new programs, expanding current programs, finding new program partnerships, and using programs to support youth experiencing homelessness. Local and national-level programs that are designed to reach youth experiencing homelessness are highlighted. The structure and resources of the Cooperative Extension system nationwide are ideal to provide supplementary support to youth experiencing homelessness in a variety of settings. This article is an invitation to expand this conversation and further explore the needs of youth experiencing homelessness and Extension’s capacity to respond.

Expanding our Reach: The Potential for Youth Development Professionals in Community-Based Organizations to Provide Sexuality Information

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Fisher ◽  
Michael Reece ◽  
Brian Dodge ◽  
Eric Wright ◽  
Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals

scholarly journals The 4-H Youth Development Professionals Workload Relationship to Job Satisfaction

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Carrie Stark ◽  
Rachelle Vettern ◽  
Deb Gebeke ◽  
Greg Lardy ◽  
Myron A. Eighmy
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Job Responsibilities ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Professional Research ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
High Level

A study to determine what job responsibilities Extension 4-H youth development professionals (n=241) chose to spend their work time doing and how the workload related to their job satisfaction and burnout is discussed in this paper. Workload was determined using the 4-H Professional, Research, Knowledge, and Competencies (4-H PRKC). Professionals identified their level of job satisfaction and burnout. Based on the previous research on workload, burnout, and job satisfaction, 4-H youth development professionals are prime candidates for experiencing low job satisfaction and increased burnout, which may lead to professionals leaving the organization early. 4-H youth development professionals reported being satisfied with their job and felt very little burnout. Even with the positive job satisfaction and low burnout, there are strategies shared for each of the 4-H PRKC domains to help 4-H professionals continue to have a high level of job satisfaction and low burnout. Many of the strategies that are shared in this paper are applicable to not only 4-H youth development professionals but to any professional who works in the field of youth development.

scholarly journals Opportunities Matter: Exploring Youth’s Perspectives on Their Long-Term Participation in an Urban 4-H Youth Development Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-Apr ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Ferrari ◽  
Kristi S. Lekies ◽  
Nate Arnett
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Youth Development Professionals

This article highlights a study which explored youths’ perspectives on their long-term involvement at Adventure Central, a comprehensive 4-H youth development program based at an urban park facility. We conducted four focus groups with 16 youth between the ages of 12 and 16 who had participated in the program between three and seven years. The youth experienced a wide range of opportunities including nature-related activities, jobs at park facilities, and travel. They spoke positively of their experiences and described how they benefited from their participation. Novelty, challenge, and leadership were key features of these opportunities. The youth noted the connection between learning and fun. In the process, they learned new skills, such as teamwork and public speaking, and developed personal qualities, such as responsibility, that helped them as they were growing up, transferred to other settings, and would benefit them in the future. Findings from this study suggest some clear implications for youth development professionals.

scholarly journals Youth Workers’ Role in Engaging Youth in Health Advocacy for Community-Level Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Maureen Toomey ◽  
Carol Smathers ◽  
Anne M. Iaccopucci ◽  
Karen Johnston ◽  
Elaine Johannes
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
Level Change ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Youth Development Professionals ◽  
Policy Systems

Youth development professionals and volunteers, here referred to collectively as “youth workers,” need to be prepared to engage young people as health advocates. Youth workers need an understanding of public health principles; policy, systems, environment change approaches; and effective youth–adult strategies to move from viewing youth as participants to engaged leaders in community health issues. Embracing youth as partners will create effective partnerships and yield substantial positive health impacts for the youth, adults, and their communities.

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