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Youth workers
who graduated from Advancing Youth Development and Youth Development
Practitioner Certification Programs on January 5, 2004 represented
a cross section of Chicago’s minority communities. Deborah
Jimenez (right) from Alternatives, Inc. in Rogers Park was
one of 22 Hispanic graduates. Also pictured is Joanne Garces
(left) from the SouthEast Asia Center and Doris Hicks (center)
from The Night Ministry Open Door Shelter.
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AYD
and YDPCP graduates applaud during their graduation ceremony
on May 21, 2004 at Bederman Hall at Spertus Institute for Jewish
Studies, 618 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago.
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Carolyn
Flowers from the Weswtside Health Authority is congratulated
by Dr. Denise S. Wilkin, Dean of Public Agrency and Special
Programs at Harold Washington College as she receives her certificate
from the Youth Development Practitioner Certification Program
on May 21, 2004 ,
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David
E. Whittaker, Executive Director of Chicago Area Project and
Mary Ellen Caron, Commissioner of the Chicago Department Of
Children And Youth Services congratulate a graduate during the
May 21, 2004 graduation ceremony.
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Family
members shower AYD and YDPCP graduates with smiles and flowers.
For many youth workers, AYD and YDPCP graduation is a first
step toward attaining a college degree. For example, 60 percent
of YDPCP students have not attended any college level classes
before.
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Dr.
Mike Heathfield, Director of Certification Programs and Training
Services (center), poses with AYD and YDPCP graduates during
the January 5, 2004 ceremony. Heathfield, a youth training expert
from the United Kingdom where youth work has had a national
qualification for over 40 years, believes that the AYD and YDPCP
programs in Chicago are on the cutting edge of youth worker
education in the United States. "It’s a process of
engagement," he states. "The curriculum focuses on
the active engagement of students in their own learning. That’s
the difference between the our citywide youth training strategy
and more traditional training approaches."
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Professional
Youth Work Training
Chicago Area Project
Training Services
200 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 1400
Chicago, Illinois 60604
CAP training programs are an important element
of our longstanding vision to professionalize the field of youth
work bringing greater resources, respect recognition to those working
with youth to build healthy, positive and active communities.
CAP training programs work successfully with grassroots youth workers
and community activists, outreach workers, teachers, artists, probation
officers, prevention workers, managers and supervisors.
Beginning in the 1930s, Chicago Area Project
(CAP) has a long history of successful training in the field of
youth and community development work.
CAP stands as one of the nation’s oldest and most distinguished
not-for-profit organizations specializing in delinquency prevention
and service to the disadvantaged in urban neighborhoods. Originally
focusing on three neighborhoods, the Chicago Area Project today
works with over 40 affiliated organizations and special projects
throughout metropolitan Chicago.
For more information or applications for our AYD or YDPCP programs
contact Monica Harris at (312) 663-3574 extension 223 o Amina Green
at ext. 245.
For more information on our contract training contact Michael Heathfield,
PhD at (312) 663-3574 extension 247.
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Building
Qualification Structures
CAP training provides workers with the skills,
knowledge and attitudes for delivering quality youth programs -
focusing on youth work with 13–21 year olds. CAP training is
based on positive youth development principles and provides grassroots
workers, supervisors and managers with the capacity to deliver systematic
programs which encourage young people to have a voice and become
partners in active communities.
CAP offers two linked and complementary training programs for professional
youth workers: Advancing Youth Development and Youth Development
Practitioner Certification Program. The courses were developed by
Chicago Area Project in partnership with the City of Chicago Department
of Department of Children and Youth Services and the City Colleges
of Chicago.
CAP works annually with more than 1000 youth and community workers
from nearly 200 communit- based agencies delivering over 15,000
staff training hours with recorded impact on worker outcomes.
Also, CAP is the primary youth worker training
agency for the City of Chicago's innovative After School Matters
program. And in 2005, CAP will begin youth development training
for the Chicago Park District.
CAP is also responsible for the implementation
of the Chicago Youth Program Standards, a quality improvement and
accountablity tool for all Chicago youth work agencies.
CAP and the Chicago Department Of Children
And Youth Services (CYS) have announced the launch of a new Associate
in Applied Science in Youth Work degree at Harold Washington College
in the Spring of 2005.
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Advancing
Youth
Development (AYD)
A 28-hour initial training program
delivered in diverse community locations. AYD is a respected and
well-established training program from the National Training Institute
for Community Youth Work—part of the Washington D.C.–based
Academy for Educational Development.
AYD establishes the common principles, language and practices necessary
for professional youth development work and builds a professional
learning community and network amongst youth workers.
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Youth
Development Practitioner Certification Program (YDPCP)
A 1-semester City College 3-credit
program which builds on AYD. YDPCP is offered at 2 levels: Level
I Work with Young People in Communities and Level II Work with Adults
and Communities.
YDPCP concentrates on workplace evidence of worker capability and
delivers quality professional training combined with academic development.
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After
School Matters
CAP is the primary youth worker
training agency for the City of Chicago's innovative After School
Matters program.
After School Matters (ASM) is a non-profit organization that partners
with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago
Park District, and the Chicago Public Library to expand out-of-school
opportunities for Chicago teens. Working together, these institutions
help to revitalize Chicago neighborhoods and enrich the lives of
teens around the city.
Through ASM programs, Chicago teens can safely take part in activities
that offer positive relationships, skills that translate to the
workplace, and exposure to career and educational opportunities
both in their neighborhoods and throughout the city.
ASM focuses on two core areas of programming that help teens build
skills for the future: apprenticeships and club activities.
For more information on ASM,
go to www.afterschoolmatters.org
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Contract
Training
CAP also offers individualized
training programs for youth work agencies. Training is tailor-made
for specific outcome requests. We provide full service performance
improvement assistance and advice from outcome negotiation to formal
evidence-based evaluation reports of training impact. All our contract
training is based on youth development and empowerment principles
and uses adult learning models that value active participation,
dialogue and expertise sharing.
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CAP
Training Faculty
We have a large and diverse faculty
of experienced professional trainers. CAP training provides a balance
of solid grassroots youth and community work experience, management
and supervision expertise and a strong academic profile. This faculty
includes senior practitioners in local agencies and practitioners
with a national profile in youth and community work.
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