ALCE 4884: Youth Program Management
| Concentration: Education Credits: 3 graduate credit(s) |
Description
Organizational design of the 4-H program and extension service, administrative planning, control and budgeting as well as marketing and resource development. Human resource management and recruitment in the 4-H program.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this foundational course, the student should be able to:
- Describe competencies of managing a youth program;
- Develop plans to manage youth program funding, marketing, volunteer management, and evaluation;
- Recognize diversity of youth program models and options available for youth after school;
- Reflect on observations of a youth program improving the lives of adolescents;
- Explain the factors associated with adolescent development, leadership, and learning;
- Evaluate the literature to determine research-based practices associated with managing a youth program; and
- Evaluate the literature to determine researched-based findings associated with youth program outcomes of success.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
None