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Theresa M. Ferrari eXtension Evaluation CoP Webinar - March 16, 2011

Theresa M. Ferrari eXtension Evaluation CoP Webinar - March 16, 2011. EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION. Present concepts of workforce skills and work-based learning as applied to camp counseling. Provide examples of ways to evaluate camp counselors’ workforce skills.

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Theresa M. Ferrari eXtension Evaluation CoP Webinar - March 16, 2011

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  1. Theresa M. Ferrari eXtension Evaluation CoP Webinar - March 16, 2011 EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION

  2. Present concepts of workforce skills and work-based learning as applied to camp counseling. • Provide examples of ways to evaluate camp counselors’ workforce skills. • Discuss ways that evaluation results can be shared.

  3. Participant Feedback • How do you currently evaluate your camp counselors? Share in chat window.

  4. “I had fun being a counselor this year. It was a new experience and I can’t wait to do it next year.” “Camp counseling is one of the best things I have ever gotten involved with. I love the adults and the fellow counselors I got to work with this year. Camp is fun and the best experience I’ve ever had.”

  5. “Many of the values that are needed to be a good camp counselor are also values that can be applied to work and the future.” 4-H Camp Counselor

  6. Got Skills? Yes, we do!

  7. Thinking Skills • Communication Based on a review of the current literature, workforce skills can be organized into several major categories. • Teamwork • Leadership • Initiative • Professionalism

  8. Workforce Skills • Are also called “applied” skills, distinct from “technical skills.” • Are those needed for success in the workplace and beyond. • Must be practiced to demonstrate mastery. • Are not possessed by many new entrants to the workforce.

  9. Using the principles for quality work-based learning programs, educators create an intentional approach that blends workforce preparation and camp counseling. They modify their camp counselor training and use teen self-assessments and supervisor assessments to evaluate the work experience of the camp counselors.

  10. Participant Feedback • Questions? • Thinking of camp counseling as “work-based learning” is a new concept for me. If yes, indicate with a check mark.

  11. T = Teen; P = 4-H Professional *(Engagement: A = affective (emotional), B = behavioral, C = cognitive)

  12. Contains 24 items to assess workforce skills in 5 categories. • Collects assessments from two groups. • Teen self-assessment • Supervisor (4-H professional) assessment • Uses retrospective format • Allows for comparison of before and after • Controls for response-shift bias

  13. According to their own and their 4-H professionals’ assessments, teens improved their skills as a result of being a camp counselor. The skills where teens consistently excelled were in the areas of Professionalism (P) and Teamwork and Leadership (T&L).

  14. Based on ratings by both teens and adults, counselors’ workforce skills increased significantly from “before” to “after” in all areas as a result of their camp counseling experience. The lower scores for communication skills are due to lower ratings for writing. Workforce skill ratings given by teens and adults were closer at the end of the camp counseling experience than at the beginning.

  15. Being a camp counselor helped teens to develop a better understanding of the world of work, to gain skills that employers value, to gain self-awareness, and to provide insight for future career decisions.

  16. “It helped me look at work in a whole new way.” • “It has given me experience with resumes & interviews.” • “It has helped me understand what it takes to be a good employee as well as a counselor.” • “It has taught me the skills that are important in life nomatter what kind of job you get.” Insights into the World of Work

  17. “I have become more organized and have been able to plan my time more wisely and have become more responsible, preparing me for my future.” • “I have learned work ethic and have been put into a work-type environment. This has helped me to communicate, lead, organize, manage time, and to be a responsible and hardworking person.” Teens gave examples of the skills they learned as a camp counselor and how these skills applied to their life – now and in the future.

  18. Make program improvements. • Show others the value of the program. • Share with stakeholders. • Share Got Job Skills? handout.

  19. I will use something from today’s presentation: If yes, indicate with a check mark.

  20. What was the most useful thing about today’s presentation? Share in chat window.

  21. What you do matters!

  22. Funding for the Ohio 4-H Workforce Preparation Initiative provided by the Erie & Orlyss Sauder Endowment of the Ohio 4-H Foundation. We thank the Ohio 4-H professionals who participated in this project: Nadine Fogt, Connie Goble, Heather Gottke, Tonya Horvath, Mark Light, Mary Longo, Vicky Oboy, Jessica Rockey, Susan Russell, Gwen Soule, Jill Stechschulte, Kathy Tackett, Cassie Turner, Travis West, Tracy Winters, Janine Yeske, Bruce Zimmer, & Raci Zimpfer

  23. Theresa Ferrari ferrari.8@osu.edu • Nate Arnett arnett.67@osu.edu • Website http://youthsuccess.osu.edu

  24. Business-Higher Education Forum. (1997). Spanning the chasm: Corporate and academic cooperation to improve workforce preparation. Retrieved from: http://www.bhef.com/publications/documents/spanning_chasm_taskforce.pdf • Casner-Lotto, J. (2006). Are they really ready to work? Employers’ perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce. Retrieved from the Conference Board Web site: http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/BED-06-Workforce.pdf • Cochran, G., Catchpole, K., Arnett, N., & Ferrari, T. M. (2010). Extension’s role in preparing youth for the workforce: A challenge to Extension professionals.Journal of Extension, 48(4), Article 4COM1. Retrieved from: http://www.joe.org/joe/2010august/comm1.php • Cochran, G., & Ferrari, T. M. (2009). Preparing youth for the 21st century knowledge economy: Youth programs and workforce preparation. Afterschool Matters, 8, 11-25. Retrieved from: http://www.robertbownefoundation.org/pdf_files/2009_asm_spring.pdf • Hamilton, M. A., & Hamilton, S. F. (2004). Designing work and service for learning. In S. F. Hamilton & M. A. Hamilton (Eds.), The youth development handbook: Coming of age in American communities (pp. 147-169). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. • Digby, J. K., & Ferrari, T. M. (2007). Camp counseling and the development and transfer of workforce skills: The perspective of Ohio 4-H camp counselor alumni. Journal of Youth Development, 2(2), Article 0702FA007. Retrieved from the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents Web site: http://data.memberclicks.com/site/nae4a/JYD_070202final.pdf • Ferrari, T. M., & Arnett, N. (2011). Implementing a work-based-learning approach to 4-H camp counseling. Article submitted to the Journal of Youth Development. • Ferrari, T. M., Arnett, N., & Bateson, L. (2010, October). Work-based learning goes to camp: Results of a pilot study in Ohio. Research & Evaluation Seminar presented at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents annual conference, Phoenix, AZ. • Ferrari, T. M., Arnett, N., & Cochran, G. (2008). Preparing teens for success: Building 21st century skills through a 4-H work-based learning program. Journal of Youth Development, 3(1), Article 0803FA001. Retrieved from the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents Web site: http://data.m emberclicks.com/site/nae4a/JYD_080301final.pdf • Ferrari, T. M., Arnett, N., Fogt, N., Gottke, H., Horvath, T., Light, M., & Turner, C. (2011). Camp WORKS: A work-based learning approach to camp counselor training. Program seminar submitted for presentation at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents annual conference, October 24-28, Omaha, NE. • Ferrari, T. M., & McNeely, N. N. (2007). Positive youth development: What’s camp counseling got to do with it? Findings from a study of Ohio 4-H camp counselors. Journal of Extension, 45(2), Article 2RIB7. Retrieved from: http://www.joe.org/joe/2007april/rb7.php • Lippman, L., Atienza, A., Rivers, A., & Keith, J. (2008). A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness. Retrieved from the Child Trends Web site: http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2008_09_15_FR_ReadinessReport.pdf • McNeely, N. N. (2004). The Ohio 4-H camp counseling experience: Relationship of participation to personal, interpersonal, and negative experiences. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University. Retrieved from http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=osu1095800892 • Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2002). Learning for the 21st century. Retrieved from: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/images/stories/otherdocs /P21_Report.pdf

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