Professional Development
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Displaying items by tag: youth development
What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World
With so much changing so fast, the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For youth to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical "currencies" that will serve them well, whatever their future holds.
What Today’s Kids Need for Tomorrow’s World
With so much changing so fast, the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For youth to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical "currencies" that will serve them well, whatever their future holds.
When You Know Better, You Do Better
"Causenetic"—a monthly podcast from YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas—led by cause driven leaders, Keith Vinson and Rodrigua Ross—recently welcomed NAA Board Member, Tasha Franklin Johnson Ph.D.
When You Know Better, You Do Better
"Causenetic"—a monthly podcast from YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas—led by cause driven leaders, Keith Vinson and Rodrigua Ross—recently welcomed NAA Board Member, Tasha Franklin Johnson Ph.D.
How Setting Unrealistic Goals Could Transform Lives
Most goal-setting experts and programs would tell youth to set realistic goals for their future, yet one company's programs are empowering the next generation of leaders by instructing them to shoot for the unrealistic.
An Unlikely Reunion: The Story of Two Afterschool Professionals Who Reconnected at NAA17
In 1993, Tameyer Evans was a sixth-grader at Coan Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia.
An Unlikely Reunion: The Story of Two Afterschool Professionals Who Reconnected at NAA17
In 1993, Tameyer Evans was a sixth-grader at Coan Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
When the Robert Bowne Foundation closed its doors on December 31, 2015, it was important to the board and staff members to share the lessons they had learned as a result of their 25 years of work with practitioners, organizations and other funders interested in building the capacity of out-of-school time (OST) programs.
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