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Item Assessing Social & Emotional Skills in Out-of-School Time Settings: Considerations for Practitioners(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2016-11) Blyth, Dale; Flaten, KylaThis peer-reviewed series of issue briefs is designed to help people understand, connect and champion social and emotional learning in a variety of settings and from a variety of perspectives.Item Education Leaders Perspectives on Social & Emotional Learning(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2016-04) Blyth, Dale; Flaten, Kyla; Sheldon, TimothyThis peer-reviewed series of issue briefs is designed to help people understand, connect and champion social and emotional learning in a variety of settings and from a variety of perspectives.Item Exploring the Supply and Demand for Community Learning Opportunities in Minnesota(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2005) Lochner, Ann; Allen, Gina; Blyth, Dale; Minnesota Commission on Out-of-School TimeIt is with great pleasure we share the results of this one of a kind study—Exploring Supply and Demand for Community Learning Opportunities in Minnesota. This study was designed to explore Minnesota parent and youth perceptions about afterschool opportunities for young people across the state.Item Intentional Practices to Support Social & Emotional Learning(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017-01) Blyth, Dale; Olson, Brandi; Walker, KateThis peer-reviewed series of issue briefs is designed to help people understand, connect and champion social and emotional learning in a variety of settings and from a variety of perspectives.Item Journeys into Community Executive Summary(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2005) Blyth, Dale; Walker, Joyce; Lochner, Ann; Minnesota Commission on Out-of-School TimeAt the request of University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks, several members of our faculty examined Minnesota youth needs and produced a blueprint for ensuring Minnesota’s young people have engaging opportunities to learn and develop during the non-school hours.Item Journeys into Community Full Report(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2005) Blyth, Dale; Walker, Joyce; Lochner, Ann; Minnesota Commission on Out-of-School TimeAt the request of University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks, several members of our faculty examined Minnesota youth needs and produced a blueprint for ensuring Minnesota’s young people have engaging opportunities to learn and develop during the non-school hours.Item Minnesota 4-H Retention Study Brief(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2010) Harrington, Rebecca; Sheehan, Trisha; Blyth, DaleWhile the Minnesota 4-H Club program has been growing over the last six years, over 25% of youth do not re-enroll annually. Wanting to know how 4-H could improve its member retention rate, the Minnesota 4-H Retention Study asked 4-H members who left the program why they decided to join, stay and ultimately leave 4-H.Item Moving Social and Emotional Learning from Research to Action(University of Minnesota Extension, 2013-10) Herman, Margo; Walker, Kate; Blyth, Dale; Hagen, ElizabethBridging the educational achievement gap is one of Extension’s identified issue areas. This poster presents a three-year initiative dedicated to developing programming that enhances understanding of social and emotional learning factors and their contribution to closing the achievement and opportunity gaps. The Extension Center for Youth Development is working with the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI), Extension Center for Family Development, the Department of Family Social Science, and Youthprise (a non-profit intermediary and funder) on this issue. This poster will explore social and emotional learning frameworks, share research on the importance of these skills, delineate strategies and delivery methods (e.g., public symposia, regional forums, online webinars, issue briefs) to move those strategies into programming. Also addressed are the internal and external partnerships that enhance the visibility and value of social and emotional factors in addressing educational disparities.Item Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) from Out-of-School Time (OST) Leaders in Minnesota(University of Minnesota Extension, 2014-10) Walker, Kate; Blyth, Dale; Sheldon, Tim"To be successful in school now and ready for college and careers later, young people need to develop a range of skills that extends beyond traditional academics. Content knowledge and academic skills are important, but it is also critical that youth learn how to work well with others, persevere when faced with challenges, and recognize when a new strategy is needed to solve a problem. There is increasing evidence that social and emotional factors are critical to young people's success. There is, however, little agreement on which factors to assess or how best to support their development in both school and out of school programs. This poster presents results from an online survey of over 900 leaders in the out of school time field. The survey taps their perspectives on social and emotional learning, its importance, its assessment, barriers, current efforts in this area, and which dimensions of SEL are considered most important. Many of the questions parallel a survey we conducted with over 600 school district and building education leaders. Results from these surveys, along with one being conducted with youth this fall, help round out our understanding of how leaders and youth both in and out of school understand, value, and promote the social and emotional development of young in Minnesota. These data provide direction for how best to move forward in both improving practice and assessing social and emotional learning in different contexts."Item The Relationship between Youth Program Quality and Social & Emotional Learning(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2016-06) Herman, Margo; Blyth, DaleThis peer-reviewed series of issue briefs is designed to help people understand, connect and champion social and emotional learning in a variety of settings and from a variety of perspectives.Item Ways of Being: A Model for Social & Emotional Learning(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017-01) Blyth, Dale; Olson, Brandi; Walker, KateThis peer-reviewed series of issue briefs is designed to help people understand, connect and champion social and emotional learning in a variety of settings and from a variety of perspectives.Item Youth in 4-H Participation Patterns(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2014) Scott, Siri; Blyth, Dale; Larson Nippolt, PamYouth organizations, like 4-H, are dynamic systems with structures that grow and change over time. In the current study, we examine differences in participation across gender, race, ethnicity, and area of residence.