Youth Modules, Module 5 - Education and Career Development Content Guide and Skills Building Journal
Programs:
Youth Program
Resource Type:
Training
Published:
01/06
Module 5: Education and Career Development - Encouraging youth to set goals and make sound decisions related to education and career interests is an important role for Program Assistants. This guide will show you how to continue to develop your skills and knowledge as a youth worker to create an environment where learning is fun without being an extension of school.
Table of Contents
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- Education and Career Development
- Content Guide
- Youth Staff
- Training Program
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- 5.1 Introduction 1
- Overview 1
- Take a Closer Look 9
- Self-Reflection 15
- A. Learning Styles 19
- B. High-Yield Learning Activities 21
- C. Career Development and Work Options 25
- D. Working with Youth in Exploring Career Options 28
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Summarizing Your Progress 31
- These concerns prompted the publication “What Work Requires of Schools: A SCANS Report for America 2000.” SCANS stands for Se\ൣretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. Compiled by representatives of education, business and industry, labor unio對ns and government, this report focuses on the changes that have taken place in the world of work. It highlights the competenci\s and foundation skills needed by young people to be successful in the workplace. Their findings give us a basis for helping y對outh achieve.
- Here is an overview of the report’s findings:
- Workplace competencies necessary for high performance:
- Ability to manage resources; identifies, organizes, plans and allocates resources.
- Ability to work amicably with others; participates as a team member, teaches others, negotiates and leads.
- Ability to acquire and use information; evaluates data, organizes files, communicates and uses computer to process informati\൯n.
- Ability to master complex systems; understands complex interrelationships.
- Ability to work with a variety of technologies; works and applies technologies to a variety of tasks.
- Foundation skills necessary for high performance:
- Basic skills; reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens and speaks.
- Thinking skills; thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn and reason.
- Personal qualities; displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity and honesty.
- But what does it mean to you as a Program Assistant? With this information you are better prepared to develop the kind of pro\൧rams and activities that will have the greatest impact on youth’s success in the world of work.
- A model for SCANS programming