Youth Development

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Youth Development

• Report on USA
• school-community partnerships

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Awards Scholarships

• www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/pd/schols/index.htm
• http//www.det.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/commre
  l/celeb/education_excellence_awards_2006-brc.pdf
• The closing date for nominations is 5 p.m.
  Friday, 10 March 2006.

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Aims

• Address student well-being through Community
  Connectedness
• Address issues students highlighted through the
  You Yangs Learning Community student survey

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Overview

• Search Institute Building Development Assets in
  School Communities
• Ruby Payne Understanding Poverty Framework
  Understanding Learning
• Community Education
• Service Learning
• Anti-bullying programs

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• Building Developmental Assets in School
  Communities

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Risk Factors

• FAMILYHistory, management, attitudes, low
  expectations
• PEERAlienation, friends, attitudes, early first
  use
• SCHOOLPolicy, availability, labeling, moving,
  failure, involvement, truancy
• COMMUNITYPoverty, involvement, availability,
  norms

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Categories of Developmental Assets

• EXTERNAL ASSETS
• Support
• Empowerment
• Boundaries and Expectations
• Constructive Use of Time

• INTERNAL ASSETS
• Commitment to Learning
• Positive Values
• Social Competencies
• Positive Identity

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Positive Outcomes
ASSETS
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High-Risk Behaviors
ASSETS
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The Asset-Building Difference

• From . . .

To . . .
Young peoples problems
Young peoples strengths
Professionals work
Everyones work
Young people absorbingresources
Young people as resources
Troubled young people
All young people
Accountable only for own behavior
Accountable as well for other adults behavior
Incidental asset building
Intentional asset building
Blaming others
Claiming responsibility
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Who was there for you ?www.search-institute.or
g
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Understanding Poverty Framework and Understanding
Learning
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Basic needs

• Resources
• Financial
• Emotional
• Mental
• Spiritual
• Physical
• Support systems
• Relationship/role models
• Knowledge of hidden rules
• Understanding Poverty Framework, Ruby Payne
• www.ahaprocess.com

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Learning structures
Teaching Outside the Head
Teaching Inside the Head
Mediation
STIMULUS What
MEANING Why
STRATEGY How
Mental Prowess
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Community Education
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Community Education Model
Community Education Advisory Council
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Service Learning

• A form of experiential learning whereby students
  apply content knowledge, critical thinking and
  good judgement to address genuine community needs
• Website www.doe.mass.edu/csl/comlesson.pdf
• Community lessons Promising Curriculum
  Practices by Julie Bartsch and contributing
  teachers

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Learning in Deed

• The positive impact on
• student personal and social development
• student academic learning
• career exploration and aspirations
• schools
• communities

www.service-learningpartnership.org/site
learningindeed.org/index.html
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Anti-Bullying Programs
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Resources

• Reading Bullying in Schools How Successful Can
  Interventions Be? Edited by Peter k. Smith,
  Debra Pepler Ken Rigby
• Website www.friendlyschools.com.au
• Conference National Coalition Against Bullying
  Conference www.amf.org.au

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Summary
Average Retention Rate

• Learning Pyramid

Lecture
5
Reading
10
Audio-Visual
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Demonstration
30
Discussion Group
50
Practise by Doing
75
Immediately able to use learning
90
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• I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My
  eyes saw what no man should witness gas chambers
  built by learned engineers, children poisoned by
  educated physicians, infants killed by trained
  nurses, women and children shot and buried by
  high school and college graduates. So, I am
  suspicious of education. My request is Help your
  children to become human. Your efforts should
  never produce learned monsters, skilled
  psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing
  and arithmetic are important only if they served
  to make our children more humane.
• Chiam Ginott

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Developmental Approach
Intervene
Prepare
Promote
Prevent
Problem-focused Approach
Developmental Approach
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You Yangs Learning Community
Actions

• Yr 9 connections
• Educating for a Sustainable Future
• Anti-bullying program
• Newspaper presentations
• Plan Australia Youth Leadership Commonwealth
  Games
• Youth Community Action Group
• after school youth enrichment
• local community art projects

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• Meg Parker
• Cluster Educator
• You Yangs Learning Community
• c/o Lara SC
• Alkara Ave, Lara, 3212
• Ph 52 82 8988 or 0407 355 771
• parker.meagan.a_at_edumail.vic.gov.au