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Signature Courses and Services

These descriptions provide an overview of the topics we offer periodically for individuals, teams, and organizations. We hope to be responsive to local needs. If you want a specific workshop in your area, call us and get it started: 612-624-1999.

• Culturally Responsive Youth Work Matters – Explore cultural identities and how they affect youth in your program.
• Evaluation Matters – Design a youth outcomes evaluation for your program.
• Deliberate Practice Matters in Youth Work – Dig into sticky challenges and issues of youth work with your peers.
• Program Quality - The Toolkit Session – Try out quick, easy quality practices for staff and training sessions.
• Program Assessment 101 - Using the YPQA – Uncover the basics of assessing youth program quality.
• Quality "101" – Get the "101" on youth program quality improvement efforts in MN. – Review the quality research and what it tells us.
• Quality Learning Circle: For Emerging Leaders – Create your dream role in quality using a peer-driven learning process.
• Quality Matters for Program Teams – Begin a year of training and coaching support that will improve your program quality.
• Youth Engagement Network – Create and test new youth engagement ideas with youth and adults together.
• Youth Work Matters Workshops – Sample short explorations of the basic foundations and theories of positive youth development.
• Youth Work Matters: Promoting Positive Youth Development Series – Join an in-depth foundations and theories of positive youth development with your peers.
• YWI Program Assessment and Planning Service – Work with a coach to develop a clear plan for improving program quality.

2009 Class Schedule Update (600 K PDF) – Calendar of courses, August - December, 2009

2009–2010 Program and Professional Development Opportunities (2.6 MB PDF) – Course Guide of Upcoming Workshops.

New YWI Signature Programs

Coming Soon

• Enhancing Management/Leadership Skills for Youth Development – Craft your leadership role in youth development settings
• Intentional Program Design Matters – Bring theory and practice together to explore how we structure programs with more intention.
• Youth Engagement Matters – Discover the theory and implications of creating highly engaged youth in program settings.

Customized Topics

We are also always looking to address emerging issues and topics.

Customized Topics are our current offerings to respond to those needs. If you have a workshop idea you would like to see offered, let us know! For more information, or to request these courses be offered in your area, call 612-624-1999.

The Youth Work Institute Will Come to You!

If you are interested in our courses, but don't see them scheduled in your area, contact us at mnywi@umn.edu or call 612-624-1999.

All of our offerings are available via contract anywhere in Minnesota. We will bring whatever you need directly to you - choose from our existing courses or we’ll design something tailored to your needs. We offer:

• Classes & seminars
• Customized training
• Organization consultation & assistance
• Public forums
• Symposia

Not sure how to bring a workshop to your neighborhood? Start with this:

• Host a webinar
• Collaborate with local organizations to host a contracted class

Scholarships

The Youth Work Institute wants to invest in you!

The Youth Work Institute is committed to making its courses and services available regardless of ability to pay. Please contact us to learn about scholarship and fee reduction opportunities.