Youth Leadership Development

Catalog description

This course will address youth leadership development theories and emphasize formal and nonformal youth programs in agricultural and life sciences. AEE 511 AEE 511 Youth Leadership Development in the Agricultural and Life Sciences (3) The course will provide learners with an understanding of how adolescents develop and emerge as leaders in their families, schools, organizations, and communities. The overall objective for this course is to provide future and current leaders of youth organizations in the agricultural, natural resource, and/or life sciences the knowledge, skills, and experiences to develop and enhance the leadership skills and behaviors of the youth in their organizations. This will be accomplished through a variety of educational methods and techniques. Exposure to theories of youth leadership development will be shared within the context of adolescent development, group dynamics, and opportunities for growth and self-development. A variety of youth organizations and their respective leadership based programs, curricula, and philosophies will be shared and analyzed. Assignments and evaluative-based activities will focus on investigating and comparing youth organizations, analyzing leadership-based resources, analyzing youth/adolescent development theory, and developing a proposal to secure extramural funding to support youth leadership development.