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Amy Anderson; Julia Pryce; Wendy de los Reyes; Rachel Bennett; Michael Garringer – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2025
For many years, those who work in the mentoring field have wondered how they can extend the impact of their programs beyond the benefits experienced by young people they serve. There has been an increasing desire within our field to harness the power of mentoring to enable the youth served in a program to not just grow individually, but to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation
Lavyne L. Rada; C. Zane Sheehan; Amy R. Smith; Illana C. Livstrom – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Even with measurable benefits of all three School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) components, implementation of each component widely varies. Not all SBAE students experience the benefits of FFA and SAE, resulting in young adults who may not be fully prepared for their careers or to enter the workforce. FFA Affiliation and SAE for All are two…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Readiness, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness
Treadway, Caitlyn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The United States is in the top ten out of 108 countries for the highest juvenile offender percentage (Harrendorf, Heiskanen, & Malby, 2010). Interaction with the juvenile court system has significant iatrogenic effects (Steinberg, Chung, & Little, 2004; Gatti, Tremblay, & Vitaro, 2009; McCord, 1992; Gatti, Tremblay, & Vitaro,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Crime Prevention, Program Effectiveness, At Risk Students
Lisa Rapp-McCall; Chris Stewart; Christopher Horn – Journal of Youth Development, 2023
Low family socioeconomic status (SES) has been noted to impact children and youths' development, specifically in cognitive skills and risky behaviors (Brieant et al., 2021). Low SES often increases stressors for parents, may hinder monitoring of youth if parents must work multiple jobs, and may impact child-parent quality time and bonding (Conger…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Youth Programs, Daily Living Skills, Skill Development
Jarkiewicz, Anna – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
This article aims to present the effects of participatory action learning (PAL) as a method of work to Empower the Active Citizenship of young people in schools. The author of the article was involved in an educational project called Future Youth School -- Forums (FYS-FORUMS). The basic aim was to create a model of schooling that promotes the idea…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Student Empowerment, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
Laurenzano, Mary; Reilly, Joseph M.; Ross, Steven M. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2021
Bet on Baltimore is a summer youth development program with a focus on creativity, making, and entrepreneurship created by Dent Education in 2017 and designed for Baltimore City public high school students. The goals are to engage high school students in Baltimore in meaningful work, leadership, and personal development activities and, according…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Summer Programs, Program Evaluation, High School Students
Jones, Denise; Jones, Dennis – Afterschool Matters, 2020
This article describes research the authors undertook on why low income high school students invest in summer learning. They engaged participants in a community-based summer learning program to examine the factors that first attracted and then sustained their participation. They found that the elements that attracted students to the program were…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, High School Students, Summer Programs, Student Participation
Russell, Arlene – National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2018
This evaluation report describes the findings from a multi-year evaluation of the Youth Service Professionals' Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Professional Development Demonstration and Evaluation Project (YSP/KSA Demo). The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD)/Youth conducted the YSP/KSA Demo to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Youth Programs, Professional Development, Labor Force Development
Power, Anne M.; Powell, Sarah J. – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2016
The provision of musical experiences for youth, especially in low socio-economic areas (SES), requires funded support and imaginative resourcing. This paper presents data from the Penrith (NSW Australia) Youth String Program offered in partnership by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), Penrith Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and The Joan Sutherland…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Youth Programs, Low Income Groups, Foreign Countries
MacGregor, Mariam – Free Spirit Publishing, 2015
Every teen can be a leader. That's because leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday small things, too. The 21 sessions in this youth leadership curriculum guide teens to explore ethical decisionmaking, teambuilding, what it means to be a leader, how to work with others, risk taking, communication, creative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Thinking, Student Attitudes, Ethics
Pabion, Clémence; Clark, Christina – National Literacy Trust, 2016
The Young Readers Programme (YRP) motivates children to read for enjoyment by running a series of three literacy-focused events, teaching children strategies to choose books that are right for them, and showing them that reading can be enjoyable. One of the most effective ways of developing children's literacy skills is to engage them in reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation
Ward, Stefan; Parker, Melissa – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Positive youth development (PYD) programs adhere to the notion that all children have strengths and assets to be promoted and nurtured rather than deficits that require "fixing." The study of PYD programs indicates three aspects which set them apart from other programs for youth: activities, goals, and atmosphere. Of these,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Ethnography, Grade 4, Grade 5
McVeigh, Francis – Online Submission, 2014
Purpose - This research project has investigated the "Company Programme" of the charity YE and how effective it is at increasing Life Skills in young people. Data has been obtained using student questionnaires and teacher interviews. Previous studies have been completed on "Life Skills" and "Enterprise Programmes",…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Questionnaires, Interviews, Youth Programs
Metsapelto, Riitta-Leena; Pulkkinen, Lea – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This 3-year longitudinal study investigated the associations of student (aged 9 to 10 years at the beginning of the study; n = 281; 51% girls) participation in extracurricular activities with teacher-rated socioemotional behavior and school achievement. MANOVA results showed that, after controlling for the grade level and the initial level of the…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Team Sports, Music Activities, Academic Achievement
Smith, Rodney D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study explored the perceptions and perspectives of African American male students with regard to their experiences in a youth development initiative sponsored by a community-based organization. This examination aimed to ascertain the aspects of the program that, first, prompted the students to be a part of the initiative, but also those…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, African American Community, Heuristics, Focus Groups
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