EDF 4123 - Design & Implementation of Youth Programs

College of Education

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2019 (555)

Requisites

Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)

Course Description

This course prepares individuals to plan, manage, and implement programs for children, youths, and families. Topics include creating a youth program, designing curriculum and activities for youths, creating policies and procedures to maintain the program, and developing tools to evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will develop appropriate curriculum and activities for a youth program by:
    1. describing how youth development is both a framework and a service model
    2. identifying developmental youth outcomes and varying views on necessary youth competencies
    3. describing the historical impact of demographics, culture, and economics on youth programs and the evolution of youth development concepts
    4. developing a system of comprehensive guidance and counseling
    5. creating curriculum and assessments appropriate to the youth and/or community organization
    6. designing curriculum goals in response to developmental characteristics of youths
    7. identifying materials and resources that demonstrate acceptance of all children’s gender, family, race, language, culture, and special needs
    8. designing learning opportunities that reflect a wide variety of cultures, including those represented in the program community
    9. using a variety of instructional strategies to encourage a child’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and competence
    10. creating daily, weekly, monthly, and annual routines and schedules
    11. identifying types of instruction and assessment methods that will match the participants in each unique youth or community setting
    12. identifying effective strategies for communicating and collaborating with families and caregivers
  2. The student will create the proper policies and procedures for monitoring a new youth program by:
    1. Identifying community-based alternative learning environments
    2. Creating drop-out prevention strategies
    3. Describing a plan for tutoring, study skills training, and instruction for youths
    4. Creating partnerships with career centers, job placement agencies, and technical education centers to connect youth to occupational skills training and work experiences
    5. Developing employment programs that are linked to academic occupational learning
    6. Identifying youth development opportunities, including community service and peer centered activities
    7. Describing ways to encourage responsibility and other social behaviors during non-academic hours
  3. The student will demonstrate how to properly evaluate and assess a youth program.
    1. Explaining the importance of program evaluation in measuring effectiveness and sustainability
    2. Assessing program success using data based on youth development indicators and outcomes
    3. Communicating assessment procedures, goals, and results to parents and caregivers

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 02/09/2017, BOT Approval: 03/21/2017, Effective Term: Fall 2017 (535).
C&I Approval: 07/26/2018, BOT Approval: 09/18/2018, Effective Term: Spring 2019 (555)

Related Programs

  1. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (665) (Draft)
  2. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (660) (Active)
  3. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (610) (Draft)