NSTP 2 lesson 3 Flashcards
A process involves mastering a combination of self-exploration, career exploration, and career planning and management skills.
Career Development
A process that prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences that help them to become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively competent (Edelman, Gill, Comerford, Larson, & Hare, 2004).
Youth Development and Leadership
Career development is a fundamental aspect of youth development and leadership.
Youth Development Framework
This organizes youth development competencies into the following five developmental areas: learning, connecting, thriving, working, and leading
NCWD/Youth’s Youth Development and Leadership Framework
This framework identifies work as one of several indicators of success for youth, especially for youth ages 19 to 21
Foundations for Youth Adult Success: A Developmental Framework developed
This states, “…Young people around the world must grow up to be healthy, educated, employed, and empowered citizens who have financial security, a meaningful stake in governance, and whose rights are respected and upheld”
Restless Development
These are the Restless Development
● Personal goal-setting skills:
● Health and well-being:
● Academic motivation and skills:
● Leadership skills:
● Social skills and positive relationships:
● Work readiness skills:
Once youth discover their career and life goals, they become more motivated to learn how to manage stress and physical, psychological, and emotional distress as well as seek out more positive social relationships
Health and well-being:
Youth learn how to develop career and academic goals and how to establish the short, medium, and long-term action steps needed to pursue their goals
Personal goal-setting skills:
As they explore their career interests and options, youth increase their understanding of the value and relevance of formal education to pursuing their career goals. This increases their academic motivation and engagement, which leads to increased academic skills.
Academic motivation and skills
Youth develop leadership by taking the lead in their personal career development process.
Leadership skills:
By working with their family, school, or youth program staff, counselors, mentors, and other significant adults, youth practice communicating and other interpersonal skills while building a support network.
Social skills and positive relationships:
Youth receive training and opportunities to practice a wide range of competencies needed to maintain employability and navigate career changes throughout the lifespan. This includes soft skills and career specific skills, job search skills, financial literacy, and personal competencies (Solberg, Wills, Redmond, & Skaff, 2015).
Work readiness skills:
