At any stage of life, we can all benefit from positive mentoring, increased professional development, or improved conflict resolution skills. So why is youth development and mentorship so important? As we’ve already discussed, youth are critical to the future of our communities, so investing in their development is important. But even more specifically, mentoring youth can have a greater impact because of their age and physical, emotional, and psychological development. In this section, we’ll take a closer look at the particular factors that impact youth and explain why they, more than any other age group, benefit from positive mentoring and development.
Module 2: Personal & Professional Development For Youth
In order for youth to build successful careers, it’s important for them to first build professional skills. In this module, we’ll discuss which skills you should emphasize and best practices to help youth develop them.
Module 3: Developing, Mentoring and Supporting Youth Leadership
This module is intended to help create effective and lasting efforts to steer youth toward positive outcomes by sharing strategies, resources, and best practices around youth development and how individuals can create and scale projects and programs to achieve broad impact. The course will specifically look at the mentor-mentee relationship, how to create effective programs for professional skills development, and how to guide youth through conflict management and resolution.
