Effective Youth Practitioners

[Tony Streit]

Laura:

Thanks for your comments!  I couldn't agree more about how important it is
for youth workers to really enjoy working with young people.  Seems a bit
obvious, but I can always tell the difference between someone who really
love the energy and creativity that young people give off and those that
are just going through the motions.  I also get from your comments that a
good youth worker really needs to be a "Jack-of-all-trades."  As I often
have explained to people, when you get it working, you feel just like the
guy at the circus who spins the plates.  I'd love to hear more about the
specifics of your own program and how you've been able to juggle all these
priorities.

Thanks again for your feedback.  Your comments and others will certainly
help us as we move the program forward.

Take care,

Tony

<p>Tony Streit, Project Director
The YouthLearn Initiative at EDC
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458
617.618.2778  Fax 617.332.4318
www.youthlearn.org
tstreit at edc.org

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Original Message:

"Laura Rodriguez" <laurar90 at HOTMAIL.COM>
Sent by: owner-youthlearn at phoenix.edc.org
09/23/02 04:42 PM
Please respond to "Laura Rodriguez"

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<p>A youth practitioner should foremost care and have children as one of their
passion.  Without this anyone is just going through the motions.  Aside
from this a youth practitioner should have effective communication skills,
some knowledge of behavior management skills, should be effective at
seeking and utilizing resources, should have some knowledge of program
direction or guidelines.  Youth practitioners should have knowledge about
program goals and evaluations, skills to decipher and implement best
practices for their programs as well as program curriculum.

Hope this helps. L.R.

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