Abstract
As a practitioner-researcher in the NorthStar Youth Worker Fellowship and a youth program supervisor, I have seen that adults who work directly with youth need to be partners in their own development just as they partner with young people to encourage their development. A workplace that partners in developing its youth workers actively encourages three things: authentic relationships, emotional safety, and reflective learning. In this article I share how I began exploring this topic and its implications for organizations. Bringing authentic relationships, safety, and reflective learning into the workplace provides a model of effective professional development of front-line youth workers.
Recommended Citation
Peluso, Angel
(2017)
"Practice What We Preach: Supervisory Practice for
Youth Worker Professional Development,"
Journal of Youth Development: Vol. 12:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2017.481
Available at:
https://open.clemson.edu/jyd/vol12/iss1/2
