TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - From youth worker professional development to organizational change
JO  - New directions for youth development
A1  - Rana, Sheetal
A1  - Baumgardner, Briana
A1  - Germanic, Ofir
A1  - Graff, Randy
A1  - Korum, Kathy
A1  - Mueller, Megan
A1  - Randall, Steve
A1  - Simmons, Tim
A1  - Stokes, Gina
A1  - Xiong, Will
A1  - Peterson, Karen Kolb
SP  - 27
EP  - 57
VL  - 2013
IS  - 139
N2  - An ongoing, innovative youth worker professional development is described in this article. This initiative began as youth worker professional development and then transcended to personal and organizational development. It grew from a moral response of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation staff and two faculty members of Youth Studies, University of Minnesota to offer higher-quality services to youth for their healthy development. Its underlying philosophies and ethos included building and sustaining meaningful relationships, cocreating a space for learning and change, becoming a reflecting practitioner, and community organizing. This professional development responded to the participants' interests and needs or to local situations in that moment, that space, and the discussions, and took on different shapes at different times. There were many accomplishments of, challenges and barriers to, and lessons learned from this professional development.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1533-8916
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yd.20068
ID  - ref1
ER  -