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YWI Course Catalog
All Youth Work Institute Courses
Make the Case for Youth Development - Theory & framework
- Youth Work Matters
- Short explorations of the foundations and theories of Positive Youth Development.
- Cost: $25 - $100
- Youth Work Matters Online
- Virtual course to explore the basic foundations and theories of positive youth development at scheduled times.
- Cost: $100
- Youth Engagement Matters
- Learn the theory and implications of engaging youth in program settings.
- Cost: $25 - $100
Design, Manage & Evaluate Youth Programs - Design
- Intentional Program Design Matters - Introduction
- 90-minute session introducing theory and practice to explore how to structure programs with more intention.
- Cost: Free
- Intentional Program Design Matters (Series)
- Bring theory and practice together to explore how to structure programs with more intention.
- Cost: $25 - $100
Design, Manage & Evaluate Youth Programs - Manage
- Leadership Matters
- Shape your role as a leader in a youth development organization.
- Cost: $25 - $100
- Leadership Matters Online
- Shape your role as a leader in a youth development organization.
- Cost: $100
Design, Manage & Evaluate Youth Programs - Quality
- Quality Matters for Program Teams
- Create and monitor a plan to improve your program's quality using a peer-driven, supportive learning process through assessment, coaching and classroom learning.
- Cost: $1500 for a team of 2-7
- Quality Matters Online
- Learn to recognize, measure and improve quality in your program.
- View dates and locations.
- Cost: $25
- Program Quality: The toolkit session
- Learn quick and easy practices for staff and training sessions to improve program quality.
- Cost: $25 - $45
- Program Quality Toolkit: Series 2
- Four NEW areas of quick and easy ways to implement new techniques in your daily program.
- Cost: $25 - $45
- Quality Learning Circle for Emerging Leaders
- Develop your personal vision and purpose, and improve your program's quality at the same time, using a peer-driven learning process.
- Cost: $250
- Annual Quality Conference
- Attend breakout sessions and access coaches at this statewide conference.
- Cost: $45
- Program Assessment 101-Using the YPQA
- Learn how to define quality at the point of service and how to use the YPQA tool to assess youth program quality with your staff on your own time.
- Cost: $100
- YPQA for the External Assessor-Reliability Training
- Gives participants practice using the YPQA and increases accuracy in observing and scoring.
- Cost: $350
Specialty Topics - Cultural
- Culturally Responsive Youth Work Matters
- Explore cultural identities and how they affect youth in your program.
- Cost: $25 - $100
- Successful Strategies for Serving Latino Youth
- Workshop to explore cultural values, beliefs and identities of Latino youth in Minnesota.
- Cost: $25
Specialty Topics - STEM
- Inquiry-based Science with Kids–It's a chemical attraction!
- Increase and strengthen your science programming with young people, even if you're not a "science person."
- Cost: $25
Content for Youth Programs - Engagement
- Youth Engagement Matters
- Learn the theory and implications of engaging youth in program settings.
- Cost: $25 - $100
Content for Youth Programs - Health
- Healthy Sexuality, Healthy Youth
- Explore ways to help youth learn about human sexuality.
- Cost: $45
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Content for Youth Programs - Leadership
- Leadership Matters
- Shape your role as a leader in a youth development organization.
- Cost: $25 - $100
- Leadership Matters Online
- Shape your role as a leader in a youth development organization.
- Cost: $100
- Dilemmas in Youth Work
- Dig into the sticky challenges and issues of youth work together with your peers.
- Cost: $25 - $100
- Dilemmas in Youth Work Online
- Dig into the sticky challenges and issues of youth work together with your peers online.
- Cost: $100
- Deal or Not: What can make or break youth-adult partnerships
- Learn how to work in partnership with youth in your program.
- Cost: $25
