Slide presentation for the first session of MIdAmerica-UUA's online course on Youth & Young Adult Ministries. This session was primarily an introduction.

1. Youth & Young Adult
Ministries
An Online Course Presented by the
MidAmerica Region of the UUA
with Support from the Fahs Collaborative
and the UUA RE Credentialing Program
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2. MidAmerica-UUA
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3. Fahs Collaborative
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4. UUA RE Credentialing
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5. Thank You
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6. Apology
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7. Guarantee
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8. Youth & Young Adult
Ministries
Six 90 Minute Webinars (Didactic)
Six 60 Minute Conference Calls (Interactive)
Readings (Required & Recommended,
Available Online)
Final Project (Written & Oral Presentation)
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9. Course Outcome
By the end of this course, students should
be able to design, implement, and assess a
developmentally appropriate faith
development experience (rite of passage,
worship service, service opportunity, or
leadership experience) for youth and/or
young adults.
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10. RE Credentialing
Relevant Training Opportunity
Structured Learning Experience
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11. Associate Level
Scope of Knowledge & Skill
Recognizing developmental differences
between middle school and high school
youth, and/or between high school
youth and young adults.
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12. Associate Level
Demonstrated by
Support staff and volunteers in worship,
rites of passage, and programming for
youth and/or young adults.
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13. Credentialed Level
Scope of Knowledge & Skill
Knowledge of the developmental needs
of adolescents and young adults and
the ways in which those are addressed
through youth and young adult
programming.
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14. Credentialed Level
Demonstrated by
Using knowledge to assess and enhance
worship, rites of passage, and
programming for youth and/or young
adults.
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15. Master Level
Scope of Knowledge & Skill
Working knowledge of the human and
faith development needs of youth and/
or young adults and the ways in which
those are addressed through a ministry
to youth and/or young adults.
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16. Master Level
Demonstrated by
Recruiting and supporting youth
and/or young adults in leadership
positions and service positions.
Using faith development to inform
models of rites of passage and
worship for youth and/or young
adults.
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17. Competency
Overview
Structured Learning Experiences
Work Products/Portfolio Exhibits
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18. Overview
Provide an overview of what you know
about this competency area, and how you
have integrated your knowledge into your
professional practice. Suggested length--
and only a suggestion--is up to one page.
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19. Structured Learning
Experiences
Reflection on:
Provide a paragraph describing the
learning experience and its value to you
(suggested length of reflection [and
only a suggestion] is 50-100 words).
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20. Structured Learning
Experiences
Integration in Work:
Provide a paragraph describing how this
has or will influence your work
(suggested length of reflection [and
only a suggestion] is 125-175 words).
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21. Work Products/
Portfolio Exhibits
Brief description of each work example
(suggested length of description [and only
a suggestion] is 50-100 words)
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22. Work Products/
Portfolio Exhibits
Relevance to competency:
Provide a paragraph with each work
example that explains why you chose
the particular piece and how the piece
serves to demonstrate your competency
in this area (suggested length of each
reflection [and only a suggestion] is
125-175 words)
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23. Adolescent Development
Early Adolescence (ages 12-15)
Middle Adolescence (ages 15-18)
Late Adolescence (ages 18-22)
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24. Changes in
Young Adulthood
Adolescence (generally defined as puberty
through age 18)
Young adulthood (generally defined as 18 to
22 or 18 to 25)
Later adulthood (generally defined as
mid-20s and older)
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25. An Emerging Field
Researchers have begun to define young
adulthood as its own developmental
period, referring to it as “emerging
adulthood,” “the frontier of adulthood,” or,
earlier, “the novice phase.”
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26. An Emerging Field
Here at the start of the 21st century,
researchers are creating a new field
around young adulthood, just as, at the
turn of the 20th century, researchers
defined a new field around adolescence.
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27. Youth & Young Adult
Developmental Stages
Early Adolescence
Middle Adolescence
Late Adolescence/Emerging Adulthood
Young Adulthood
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28. What Is Adulthood?
There are two broad assumptions that
define adulthood in our culture:
I know and am fairly comfortable
with who I am.
I am willing to take responsibility
for myself.
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29. Course Outcome
By the end of this course, students should
be able to design, implement, and assess a
developmentally appropriate faith
development experience (rite of passage,
worship service, service opportunity, or
leadership experience) for youth and/or
young adults.
Tuesday, February 12, 13