[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 65

[Hae Jung Chung]

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 65 - May 24, 2005

The YouthLearn newsletter compiles the latest entries to the new
YouthLearn News Blog. This innovative service to the YouthLearn
community highlights youth, education, and technology news, tools,
and resources. We hope this assists you in your important work! Please
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YouthLearn Updates 
Project-Based Learning Workshop at the South Carolina Afterschool 
Alliance Conference
Monica Biswas and Haejung Chung facilitated two training sessions at the 
South Carolina Afterschool Alliance Conference on "Project-based Learning: 

How-to tools to Get Started." At these sessions on April 19th, 2005, two 
groups of local South Carolina afterschool educators and administrators 
experienced how to implement fun and engaging project-based learning 
activities in their afterschool programs...
URL: http://news.youthlearn.org/archives/000168.html
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Funding
Make every day National Youth Service Day with Youth Venture and 
Youth Service America
"Turn your NYSD 2005 project into a sustainable community service venture 
or create new sustainable projects for NYSD 2006, April 21st-23rd. YSA and 

Youth Venture are offering funding to enable young people to engage in 
community service and make a difference in their world. Twenty awards of 
up 
to $1,000 in start-up funds will be available to young people (ages 12-20) 

who want to create sustainable new, civic-minded organizations, clubs or 
businesses ("Ventures"). These Ventures must be youth-led and designed to 
be a lasting asset to the community. YSA Youth Venturers are required to 
host a NYSD event. Applications must be received by 12:00 noon on June 13, 

2005."
URL: http://www.youthventure.org/ysa
Referred by: Youth Venture National Update 
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Resources
New Resource Kit Available
"Involving youth with adults in evaluation and action planning: The Youth 
and 
Adult Leaders for Program Excellence: A PrACTical Guide for Program 
Assessment and ACTion Planning: (YALPE Resource Kit) developed by a team 
led by Linda Camino and Shepherd Zeldin at University of Wisconsin 
Extension 
is designed for groups that are seeking to promote positive youth 
development through strategies of youth participation, civic engagement, 
youth voice and youth-adult partnership across a full range of 
contexts..."
URL: http://www.actforyouth.net/?yalpe
Referred by: EVALTALK - American Evaluation Association (AEA) Discussion 
List 
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ENHANCE LEARNING
"To learn at high levels, students need supports that schools alone cannot 

provide. Educators increasingly recognize that schools must form links 
with 
community partners to enhance student learning opportunities, but how can 
this be done effectively? The new issue of the Annenberg Institutes 
quarterly 
journal, Voices in Urban Education, looks at the latest thinking about 
community partnerships, with compelling examples of how partners can 
enhance learning opportunities for young people."
URL: http://www.annenberginstitute.org/VUE/index.html
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast 
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Research
COMPARING EDUCATION TO SIX OTHER PROFESSIONS
"'Preparing and Training Professionals: Comparing Education to Six Other 
Fields,' published by The Finance Project and funded by The Ford 
Foundation, 
addresses the critical issue of how K-12 educators are prepared and 
trained. 
The comparison illuminates similarities and differences in the approaches 
taken to preparation and in-service training and also highlights important 

areas for further study and possible policy development. The report 
compares 
professional development -- both pre-service preparation and in-service 
training -- in education to six other professions: law, accounting, 
architecture, 
nursing, firefighting, and law enforcement...."
URL: http://www.financeproject.org/publications.asp
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast 
Three Out-of-School Time Publications by Harvard Family Research 
Project
"We edited the Spring 2005 issue of the "New Directions for Youth 
Development" journal which focuses on Participation in Youth Programs: 
Enrollment, Attendance, and Engagement. We also have an article in the 
April 
2005 issue of "The Prevention Researcher" journal entitled "Engaging 
Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Learning What Works." Finally, 

we also have an article entitled, "Finding the Right Hook: Strategies for 
Attracting and Sustaining Participation in After-School Programs" in the 
May 
2005 issue of "The School Administrator" magazine.
URL: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/news1.html
Referred by: Harvard Family Research Project's out-of-school time updates 
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Activities
New Youth Web site! : What is Youthhood.org?
"What is Youthhood.org? Youthhood.org (also known as The Youthhood) is a 
free, dynamic Web-based curriculum and tool to help youth set goals and 
plan 
for the future. Although the site addresses youth directly, it is intended 
to be 
used in classrooms, community programs, or any other settings where adults 

work with youth. The Youthhood includes information, interactive 
activities, 
and a wealth of other tools to help youth connect their future goals to 
their 
academic learning."
URL: http://www.youthhood.org
Referred by: SafeYouth Listserv 


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