Posts Tagged ‘relevant’
Is Your Program Learner Centered?
Do you focus on what the youth in your program experience or what your program offers? If you focus on what youth experience, then you are learner-centered. In learner-centered programs, the learning opportunities youth have are active, collaborative, and meaningful. They also support mastery and expand the horizons of the participant (LIAS Principles). The activities…
Read MoreValue-Add of Expanded Learning
We are living in a results-oriented environment. People are happy to listen to the anecdotal stories of youth who have developed confidence, or a skill in dancing or drama, or even those who have developed a core set of character traits. However, decisions are being made on the way that young people are scoring on…
Read MoreValue-Add of Afterschool
There are so many factors that influence the education of youth in the country. To isolate any one of those variables is virtually impossible, but to control for identified variables so you can get a “read” on the significance of a single factor, is possible but will require true collaboration and data sharing across enterprises. …
Read MoreFollow What Has Heart and Meaning
Working with children and youth cannot be successful if you don’t have an authentic interest in working with them and acting as both teacher and learner. To be successful with youth it is essential that you “want” to interact with them and be part of their lives. Working with youth is not for the faint…
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