Youth Development job description [Co-ordinator]

To supervise, assign, review and participate in the work of staff responsible for coordinating and implementing youth development programs and related projects to both schools and across the instructional services division; to coordinate activities which raise community awareness about youth development principles; to represent youth development projects to other agencies at the local, state and national level; to serve as a resource to school districts and other agencies in the area of youth development.

Coordinate the implementation of the Youth Development Framework (YDF) School-Based Pilot Program.

Coordinate the implementation of youth development programs at the local, state and national level.

Develop materials, which integrate and infuse youth development principles and models into the general curricula

Knowledge of:

Principals and strategies for infusing issues into general school curricula.

Recent research findings and strategies relating to positive youth development.

Principles of management and organization.

Instructional and behavior management strategies.

Community based organizations, educational agencies, law enforcement agencies, other local, state and federal agencies, and private organizations and businesses that could be involved with or supportive of the program.

Ability to:
Conduct workshops for personnel from a variety of agencies involved in implementing youth development principles.

Plan, implement and facilitate activities and procedures designed to ensure the successful completion of this project.

Create and maintain a strong and cooperative working relationship with other agencies, committees and boards, and interested groups and individuals.

Make presentations to school staff, students, community-based organizations, the business community, and others who are interested in and may be of assistance to the project.

Community clear and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Ability to (cont.):
Manage budget for programming purposes.

Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations; communicate with others; reading and writing; and operating assigned equipment.

Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities.

Experience and Training Guidelines: Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
Four years of increasingly responsible experience in programs and services which address issues of youth development or similar community and school related services.

Training:
Equivalent to a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public administration, psychology, sociology, education or a related field.

Youth Development job description

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