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EDUC 643 - Youth Program Management in Non-School
Settings (Spring 2005)
Thursdays,
1:00-3:48 p.m.
Rm.
104 Kottman Hall
Instructor:
Theresa M. Ferrari, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor and Extension Specialist
4-H
Youth Development
Class
#8 (05.19.2005)
Topic:
Issues of Youth Participation: Recruitment, Retention,
& Engagement
Class
#7 (05.12.2005)
Topic:
Leadership, with presentation
by Bev Kelbaugh, County Extension Director, OSU
Extension Franklin County
Class
#6 (05.05.2005)
Topic:
Volunteer Management, with presentation
by Niki Nestor McNeely, Extension Specialist
Class
#5 (04.28.2005)
Topic:
Grant Writing, with presentation
by Carol Smathers, Program Coordinator, Ohio Families
and Youth Initiative (OSU Extension's CYFAR program
- Children, Youth, and Families at Risk)
- Grant Writing Basics (developed by Bev Kelbaugh
& Carol Smathers) PowerPoint
- Homework Assignment
Do some searching, on the web or otherwise,
for a youth-related grant application or request
for proposals (RFP). Bring this information
with you to use as part of the in-class discussion.
- Janice Hanna's presentation
(PowerPoint)
- In-Class Activity:
Assignment 3 updates given by teams. Class Discussion:
Reflection and applicatioin of course concepts.
- Feedback on Paper (PowerPoint)
- Articles from The Prevention Researcher
April 2005 (Volume 12, No. 2) distributed.
Available on-line at www.TPRonline.org
- Recruitment and Retention in Youth Development
Programming
- Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School
Time Programs: Learning What Works
- Improving Participation in After-School
Programs
- Developing School Connectedness Among
Diverse Youth Through Extracurricular Programming
Class
#4 (04.21.2005)
Topic:
Reflection on Experiences and Integration of Management
and Youth Development Concepts and Principles
- Reviewed Experiential Learning Model as foundation
for out-of-class experiences and in-class discussion
(PowerPoint
slide)
- Syllabus Update distributed (Microsoft
Word doc)
- Discussion of Operation: Military Kids
to illustrate program management functions and
skills and youth development principles
Name
That Function - Name That Principle (handout
pdf Microsoft
Word doc)
- Discussion of Field
Trip to Adventure Central
- Discussion of National Youth Service Day
- Discussion of Next Class (April 28, Topic:
Grant Writing)
Homework
Assignment: Do some searching,
on the web or otherwise, for a youth-related
grant application or request for proposals (RFP).
Bring this information with you on April 28
to use as part of the in-class discussion.
R.
D. Herman & Associates (Eds.), The Jossey-Bass
handbook of nonprofit leadership and management.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Brudney, J. L., Designing and managing volunteer
programs (pp. 279-302).
- McCurley, S., Recruiting and retaining volunteers
(pp. 511-534).
- Tremper, C., Risk management (pp. 485-508).
Class
#3 (04.14.2005)
Field
Trip to Adventure Central, Dayton, OH
- Meet at 1:00 p.m. in
the lobby of the Ag Admin Bldg to carpool.
- Directions to Adventure
Central (click
here)
- See Class #2 for Field
Trip Assignment Discussion (below)
- There are no new reading
assignments for this week. Instead, in preparation
for the field trip, review the assignment goals
and background documents on Adventure Central
posted on the Assignments
page. In preparation for the group discussion
and written assignment, review readings from
Class #2 (the two that you did not read); see
Readings page.
Class
#2 (04.07.2005)
Topic:
Youth Development Principles
- Principles for Youth
Development - Chapter 1 Reading
(PowerPoint)
- Common Themes in Youth Development Readings
(Word doc)
- Essential Elements of Positive Youth Development-
Due to techincal difficulties, we did not view
the DVD. This will be rescheduled to a later
class period. A transript was distributed in
class.
- Youth Program Management Challenge of the
Week: 4-H Military Program
Click
here to access the Ohio 4-H Military website
Hero
Packs, a community service project, were
discussed.
Visit
to Capitol Hill for national launch of Operation:
Military Kids initiative was discussed.
- Field Trip Assignment Discussion (Word doc)
Class
#1 (03.31.2005)
Topic:
Management Functions and Skills
Assignment
#1 - groups created for National Youth Service
Day
Groups:
#1
- Joy, Janel
#2
- Dona, Kathy, Brenna
#3
- Matt, Mario
Individuals:
Jessica
Janice
National
Youth Service Day materials distributed (See
Assignments
page)
Students
divided into 3 groups, each reading one of the
assigned readings. Presentation to be made in
class 04.07.05 (See
Readings page)
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