YIPA is thrilled to have Laura LaCroix-Dalluhn, Executive Director of Youth Community Connections, come train YIPA’s members at our annual meeting on December 4th!
Many of us have been hearing about quality assessment a great deal over the past several years. What does it mean to have a quality program for youth? How do you measure it? Quality measures have been studied and implemented in early childhood and out-of-school time settings with exciting results. We hope to bring these ideas and resources to the youth intervention community. Who better to share these exciting developments with youth intervention providers than Laura, a person who has been working for over three years with the University of Minnesota Center for Youth Development, the Minnesota Department of Education, Greater Twin Cities United Way and many, many others to develop a quality framework for youth services across Minnesota?
Laura says:
Quality is a dynamic process with multiple dimensions. Quality is not neutral, rather it influences the participation of young people, the satisfaction and retention of youth workers and the impact programs have on young people, families and the community. A Framework for Quality Non-formal Learning Opportunities and Youth Work Practice was created to define quality practice and to promote quality as the driver for systems level investment and support for non-formal learning experiences in the out-of-school time.
Learning Objectives:
· Learn about the framework for non-formal learning opportunities and quality youth work practice
· Understand the dynamic dimensions of quality
· Learn how programs influence quality
· Understand how systems level investments in quality impacts quality at the programmatic level
For more Information:
Check out Youth Community Connections!
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