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Eyes on the Future: Young people as contributors to society
Apr. 10, 2013
Cost: Free

YPQA for the External Assessor-Reliability Training
St. Cloud - Apr. 11 & 12 (Registration deadline is April 8)
Cost: $350

Leadership Matters Intro
Minneapolis - Apr. 19 (Registration deadline is April 8)
Cost: $25

Youth Engagement Matters
Rochester - Apr. 24, May 1 & 8, 2013
Cost: $100

The Youth Work Matters Online course, beginning on January 14, takes an in-depth exploration into the foundational research and theories of positive youth development. Participants will interact with an online community to explore, wrestle and produce resources and skills for working with young people. The content comes from real youth work experience and strong research-based material, including the basic youth needs, ecological context, assets and resiliency, and experiential learning.

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"Targeted Food Marketing to Youth" is a free online self-paced training for professionals based on the need for youth to build skills in which they will wisely select and prepare healthful foods. The training was developed to help professionals who work with parents, caregivers, and after-school programs increase their knowledge of food marketing strategies, child and youth development, nutrition and physical activity, and parent and family strategies related to food choices. In addition, the training provides lesson plan resources to help professionals teach the information to parents, caregivers, and youth ages 8 - 13.

Registration is currently open (deadline Jan. 8) for the spring 2013 course, which will run for 8 weeks from Jan. 22 - Mar. 15.

For questions or to register for the course, please contact Mary Jo Katras, mkatras@umn.edu by Jan. 8, 2013.

Join us for two online trainings based on popular curricula formerly available only in-person at specific locations. Both classes can be completed mostly at your own pace, but you'll still have interactive sessions with the experts who developed the classes and your youth development colleagues from all over Minnesota and other parts of the country. Sign up today!

Dilemmas in Youth Work Online - Frontline youth workers dig into the challenges of youth work and examine various ways to respond to real-life dilemmas of everyday practice.

Leadership Matters Online - Supervisors and managers explore the key issues in supervision and leadership in youth work organizations.

Both online courses start in October, are open for one month, involve 15 hours of interactive and self-paced learning, and cost $100. For more information, and to register visit our website or click on the links above.

Our fall classes are ready for registrants! Seats fill up quickly, so make sure to register soon. Our new online class, Dilemmas in Youth Work, will help you dig into the sticky challenges and issues of youth work together with your peers. We are also offering two additional online classes this fall; Quality Matters Online and Leadership Matters Online. Youth Engagement Matters will give you the tools to foster genuine youth-adult partnerships and see the benefits those relationships bring to your organization and the youth you serve. And don't forget about the Annual Quality Conference, which brings you new resources, ideas and opportunities.

Quality Matters Online
24-hr web access for 90 days

Program Assessment 101-Using the YPQA
Oct. 2 & 3, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., St. Paul

Dilemmas in Youth Work Online
24-hr web access from Oct. 8 - Nov. 7

Youth Engagement Matters
Oct. 10, 17 & 24, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Minneapolis

Leadership Matters Online
24-hr web access from Oct. 30 - Nov. 15

Annual Quality Conference
Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Eagan