Youth Worker Brown Bag Series: Evaluation AND The Four Points of Connection March 30, 2009

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Youth Worker Brown Bag: EVALUATION
10am to Noon

Four Points of Connection
12:15pm to 1pm

Youth Worker Brown Bag: EVALUATION

Evaluation is a tool that offers us the opportunity to learn what works and needs improvement. Youth Workers are continually evaluating both formally and informally. We listen to young people and find resources for their needs. We participate in grant-funded programmatic evaluations. We receive some sort of evaluation on our performance. And more. This Brown Bag will explore the role evaluation plays in our lives, and how we implement it.
The purpose of Youth Worker Brown Bags are to offer youth
workers an opportunity to explore intersections that affect our work
and our youth as well as provide networking, personal, and professional
development. At each Brown Bag we offer an opportunity for smaller
affinity groups to meet. Affinity groups are led by the wonderful Aaron
Gilbert, Dana Mandolesi, Teresa Nauer, and Bill Vanark.
Affinity Group Descriptions
Outdoor Educators (Aaron
Gilbert): Calling all outdoor and environmental educators, this is an
opportunity to connect and share with other youth workers who are
bringing their youth into the outdoors.
Collaboratives (Dana Mandolesi): The Collaborative Affinity Group creates a space for those youth workers who work on behalf of youth by running the networking or outreach component of a service organization, or those who work for intermediaries , collaboratives or networks. We strive to question the complexities of being youth workers who may work more with other organizations than the youth themselves.
Transitioning Youth to Youth Workers
(Teresa Nauer): My affinity group is based around youth workers
transitioning into an adult positions. I understand the process could
sometimes be overwhelming, and that's why I encourage you to join me
and learn.
Program Directors (Bill Vanark): This affinity
group is meant to support youth workers that are in director level
positions. We know that there are unique challenges and opportunities
for Directors that are distinct from those working directly with
children and youth, this id
March's topic is EVALUATION.

AND...
The Four Points of Connection
12:15 to 1:00
Our dream is many youth workers in many settings for many years. Learn how you can become involved, shape our our dream, and realize the Four Points of Connection.

Organized by Youth Development Peer Network
The Youth Development Peer Network is an intentional Bay Area network of over 500 youth workers, people who work with or on behalf of young people, dedicated to fostering connectedness and innovation among, between, an by workers. The YDPNs vision is of a strong, respected youth work profession whose workforce is stable, prepared, supported, and valued.

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Ticket Info:  Youth Worker, Free

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