Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The program is dual focused: military youth and intern professional development. From a youth development perspective, the target audience is National Guard and Reserve families and youth engaged in any phase of the military deployment process. The Project YES interns work specifically with youth aged 6-18 years of age. The primary target audience is those youth attending Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs or Deployment Readiness Training events. On an "as available" status, Project YES also supports other military youth-centric events such as teen leadership summits, camps, etc. Cumulatively, the experiences provide participating youth the ability to grow as military family members and overall leaders through an increased ability to adapt to changing family dynamics, global sociological factors, and an ever-changing global marketplace. The professional development aspect provides participating interns the opportunity to complete 1-year of consistent professional development in youth development curriculum and program delivery skills as well as the requirement to complete a career-focused project. The project is completed under the guidance of an individually assigned mentor who assists them in learning more about the career field they have either decided upon entering following graduation or a career field they are interested in learning more about during the discovery phase of their internship. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Training and development for this period focused heavily on tools and skills for the participating interns. Annual intern orientation is held annually for all interns (new or returning). All interns are required to attend the entire 7 day session of orientation. Critical professional and program development skills are delivered during this time. Training was tailored to the individual cohort. When appropriate, returning interns attended meetings designed to focus on advancing the skills previously learned during their participation. Other times, the entire cohort met and worked on commnication, group interaction, classroom management techniques, and curriculum planning and implementation skills. They also worked as a group to both learn and facilitate the activities while integrating the DEAL critical thinking and reflection model. Interns also attended a mid-year training where the facilitation skills were reinforced and strengthened through the addition of new activities to be used with participating youth. The aspect of professional development was further strengthened through the continuance of their individually crafted career broadening project. Each intern worked with a mentor to learn more about their specific career choices. Mentors are chosenfrom a variety of sources including, but not limited to, 4-H/Cooperative extension staff and faculty, educational professionals from their institutions, or professionals working within other commercial entities supporting their career choice. Projects range from shadowing and reflection activities to program creation and delivery. To date, of those interns who had participated with Project YES for a minimum of 1 year, 67 interns (77%) are working in helping career fields/jobs that were directly impacted or influenced by their Project YES experience. Project YES interns are also required to complete a career broadening project during their internships. The following breakdown illustrates the type of projects and overall percentages of completed projects: Community Based - 52, Career Exploration/Shadowing - 42, Research - 24, YES Program Enhancement - 5, and Personal/Professional Skill Development - 21. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Program updates are provided to the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Defense Office of Employer Programs and Policy, Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program via monthly update reports. For the wider public, program information and progress was shared at partnership and lead institution meetings (identified below). Further, the Project YES website provides a wealth of information for all current and potential interns as well as a schedule events and availability for organizations looking for status and locations of events. Information is also shared with eXtension for posting throughout their sites and blogs. Jury Selected Presentations and Posters Association of Leadership Educators Conference.July, 2017. Charleston, South Carolina "Virtual Mentorship Program" Association of Leadership Educators Conference. July 2012. Key West, Florida. "Building a youth development model through critical reflection and 360-degree evaluation" (Poster Presentation) Southern Region 4-H Biennial Conference, March, 2012. Jekyll Island, Georgia. "Project Youth Extension Service - A Youth Development Model" National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) Conference, September 2012. Columbus, Ohio. "Building a youth development model through critical reflection and 360-degree evaluation" Department of Defense & United States Department of Agriculture Family Resilience Conference,April, 2011, Chicago, Illinois. (Showcase and poster presentation) "Project YES!: Building capacity through youth and professional development internships" Invited Presentations 4-H Military Partnership National Conference. April, 2017. San Antonio, Texas "Project Youth Extension Service - STEM focused leadership development" DoD/USDA Military Partnership Conference. January, 2017.Arlington, Virginia "Project Youth Extension Service -Then and Now" Department of Defense Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program National Working Group.June 2016, Norfolk, Virginia. "Project Youth Extension Service- Building Leaders through National Service" USDA/NIFA Military Partnership and Lead Institution Meeting.January, 2016,Arlington, Virginia. "Project Youth Extension Service - Adapting to the New Normal" DoD/USDA Military Extension Partnership - Lead Institutions Meeting. January 2014,Arlington, Virginia. "Impact and Forecast of Project Youth Extension Service" US Navy Ombudsman National Training Conference. August 2012. St. Louis, Missouri. "Building a youth development model through critical reflection and 360-degree evaluation" Operation: Military Kids (OMK) National Conference. February 2012. Phoenix, Arizona. "Project Youth Extension Service - A Youth Development Model" ?US Army National Guard Bureau Child and Youth Services Professional National Training Symposium.April 2012. Atlanta, Georgia. "Project Youth Extension Service - A Youth Development Model" What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Though this particular grant has drawn to a close, funding through a new grant will permit Project YES to continue deploing the current model of intern selection and opportunity to serve in full 1-year long programs. Doing so provides interns the opportunity to gain valuable youth development program planning and facilitation while enhancing their future careers through the professional development process. This process will continue providing the opportunity for thousands of youth affected by military deployments to participate in much needed leadership development and resilience/life skills activities. We will continue updating and refining curriculum areas and associated experiential-learning based activities necessary to support the three main academic pillars: leadership development, resilience/life skills, and STEM. We will continue to monitor customer needs (military hosts and participating interns) to determine areas that need to be added or updated/maintained in order to provide quality programs. We will continue to assess the overall Project YES program (themes, methodology, delivery, etc) and adapt to the constantly changing military and global environment. Just as we've adapted our delivery methods to support camps and teen leadership summits, we'll continue adjusting to meet the new needs of our military families.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For the period of 9/1/12-8/31/17, Project YES has facilitated 365 youth events supporting 10,855 military youth. To date, Project YES has supported over 660 individual events and served 20,797 youth in 47 states, 4 US territories and Germany . Participating interns also completed a career-enhancing project under the guidance of their individually assigned mentors. The career projects provides interns the opportunity to either explore their chosen career field through an application level project or an individualized opportunity to help narrow their career focus through interactive, experiential learning. In both scenarios, interns work closely with mentors to deepen their knowledge of the specific career field while improving the more generally accepted aspects of networking, professional development and enhancement, resume' writing, interviewing, etc. Cumulatively, these activities serve to provide an enriching, substantive experience that deepens the professional development and enhancement necessary to successfully compete in the global marketplace. North Carolina State University was awarded the 2011 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll - Presidential Awardee,from the Corporation for National & Community Service. Project YES was identified as akeycontributor totheaward-winningteam.
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Edwards, Harriett C., Johnson, J.C., Moses, M.G., Rutledge, C. "Project YES Virtual Mentorship Program". Association of Leadership Educators: Cultivating Leadership Education for a Complex World. Charleston, South Carolina: Association of Leadership Educators 27th Annual Conference. July, 2017. 742-748.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The program is dual focused: military youth and intern professional development. From a youth development perspective, the target audience is National Guard and Reserve families and youth engaged in any phase of the military deployment process. The Project YES interns work specifically with youth aged 6-18 years of age. The primary target audience is those youth attending Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs or Deployment Readiness Training events. On an "as available" status, Project YES also supports other military youth-centric events such as teen leadership summits, camps, etc. Cumulatively, the experiences provide participating youth the ability to grow as military family members and overall leaders through an increased ability to adapt to changing family dynamics, global sociological factors, and an ever-changing global marketplace. The professional development aspect provides participating interns the opportunity to complete 1-year of consistent professional development in youth development curriculum and program delivery skills as well as the requirement to complete a career-focused project. The project is completed under the guidance of an individually assigned mentor who assists them in learning more about the career field they have either decided upon entering following graduation or a career field they are interested in learning more about during the discovery phase of their internship. Changes/Problems:No significant problems were encountered. The program will continue to adapt existing or create new curriculum to meet the needs of military audiences engaged in the deployment process. We will also continue seeking additional funding sources to continue the program as we near the end of the existing funding stream. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Training and development for this period focused heavily on tools and skills for the participating interns. Annual intern orientation was held for the new cohort of 27 interns, 16 of them new to the program. All interns (new and returning) were required to attend the entire 7-day session of orientation. Critical professional and program development skills are delivered during this time. Training was tailored to the individual cohort. When appropriate, returning interns attended meetings designed to focus on advancing the skills previously learned during their participation. Other times, the entire cohort met and worked on communication, group interaction, classroom management techniques, and curriculum planning and implementation skills. They also worked as a group to both learn and facilitate the activities while integrating the DEAL critical thinking and reflection model. Interns also attended a mid-year training where the facilitation skills were reinforced and strengthened through the addition of new activities to be used with participating youth. The aspect of professional development was further strengthened through the continuance of their individually crafted career broadening project. Each intern worked with a mentor to learn more about their specific career choices. Mentors are chosen from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, 4-H/Cooperative extension staff and faculty, educational professionals from their institutions, or professionals working within other commercial entities supporting their career choice. Projects range from shadowing and reflection activities to program creation and delivery. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Program updates are provided to the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) and to the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture via monthly update reports. For the wider public, program information and progress was shared at partnership and lead institution meetings. Further, the Project YES website provides a wealth of information for all current and potential interns as well as a schedule events and availability for organizations looking for status and locations of events. Lastly, the program was shared during sessions at the 2016 4-H Military Partnership National Meeting and is schedule to present at the 2016 Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (YRRP) National Working Group in June, 2016. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Project YES will continue to deploy the current model of intern selection and opportunity to serve in full 1-year long programs. Doing so will continue to opportunity for interns to gain valuable youth development program planning and facilitation while enhancing their future careers through the professional development process. This process will continue providing the opportunity for thousands of youth affected by military deployments to participate in much needed leadership development and resilience/life skills activities. We are currently in the process of augmenting the current base of activities that support the three main academic pillars: leadership development, resilience/life skills, and STEM. We will continue to monitor customer needs (military hosts and participating interns) to determine areas that need to be added or updated/maintained in order to provide quality programs. We will continue to assess the overall Project YES program (themes, methodology, delivery, etc.) and adapt to the constantly changing military and global environment. Just as we've adapted our delivery methods to support camps and teen leadership summits, we'll continue adjusting to meet the new needs of our military families.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For the period of 6/1/15, Project YES has facilitated 79 youth events supporting 2822 military youth. We have an additional 53 requests for support with a forecasted youth attendance of 2959 youth for the period of 5/1/16-8/31/16. From inception through 4/31/15, Project YES has supported over 535 individual events and served 17,083 youth in 49 states, 4 US territories and Germany . Participating interns also completed a career-enhancing project under theguidance of their individually assigned mentors. The career projects provideinterns the opportunity to either explore their chosen career field through an application-level project or an individualized opportunity to help narrow their career focus through interactive, experiential learning. In both scenarios, interns work closely with mentors to deepen their knowledge of the specific career field while improving the more generally accepted aspects of networking, professional development and enhancement, resume' writing, interviewing, etc. Cumulatively, these activities serve to provide an enriching, substantive experience that deepens the professional development and enhancement necessary to successfully compete in the global marketplace.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:The program is dual focused: military youth and intern professional development. From a youth development perspective, the target audience is National Guard and Reserve families and youth engaged in any phase of the military deployment process. The Project YES interns work specifically with youth aged 6-18 years of age. The primary target audience is those youth attending Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs or Deployment Readiness Training events. On an "as available" status, Project YES also supports other military youth centric events such as teen leadership summits, camps, etc. Cumulatively, the experiences provide participating youth the ability to grow as military family members and overall leaders through an increased ability to adapt to changing family dynamics, global sociological factors, and an ever-changing global marketplace. The professional development aspect provides participating interns the opportunity to complete 1-year of consistent professional development in youth development curriculum and program delivery skills as well as the requirement to complete a career-focused project. The project is completed under the guidance of an individually assigned mentor who assists them in learning more about the career field they have either decided upon entering following graduation or a careerfield they are interested in learning more about during the discovery phase of their internship. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Training and development for this period focused heavily on tools and skills for the participating interns. Annual internorientation was held for the new cohort of 27interns, 16of them new to the program. All interns (new and returning) wererequired to attend the entire 7 day session of orientation. Critical professional and program development skills are deliveredduring this time. Training was tailored to the individual cohort. When appropriate, returning interns attended meetingsdesigned to focus on advancing the skills previously learned during their participation. Other times, the entire cohort met andworked on commnication, group interaction, classroom management techniques, and curriculum planning and implementationskills. They also worked as a group to both learn and facilitate the activities while integrating the DEAL critical thinking andreflection model. Interns also attended a mid-year training where the facilitation skills were reinforced and strengthenedthrough the addition of new activities to be used with participating youth. The aspect of professional development was further strengthened through the continuance of their individually crafted careerbroadening project. Each intern worked with a mentor to learn more about their specific career choices. Mentors arechosenfrom a variety of sources including, but not limited to, 4-H/Cooperative extension staff and faculty, educationalprofessionals from their institutions, or professionals working within other commercial entities supporting their career choice.Projects range from shadowing and reflection activities to program creation and delivery. To date, 34of the 84 interns (40%) are working inhelping career fields/jobs that were directly impacted orinfluenced by their Project YES experience. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Program updates are provided to the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) and tothe US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture via monthly update reports. For the wider public,program information and progress was shared at partnership and lead institution meetings. Further, the Project YES websiteprovides a wealth of information for all current and potential interns as well as a schedule events and availability fororganizations looking for status and locations of events. Information is also shared with eXtension for posting throughout theirsites and blogs. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Project YES will continue to deploy the current model of intern selection and opportunity to serve in full 1-year long programs.Doing so will continue to opportunity for interns to gain valuable youth development program planning and facilitation whileenhancing their future careers through the professional development process. This process will continue providing theopportunity for thousands of youth affected by military deployments to participate in much needed leadership developmentand resilience/life skills activities. We are currently in the process of augmenting the current base of activities that support the three main academic pillars:leadership development, resilience/life skills, and STEM. We will continue to monitor customer needs (military hosts and participating interns) to determine areas that need to be added or updated/maintained in order to provide quality programs. Wewill continue to assess the overall Project YES program (themes, methodology, delivery, etc) and adapt to theconstantly changing military and global environment. Just as we've adapted our delivery methods to support camps and teenleadership summits, we'll continue adjusting to meet the new needs of our military families.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For the period of 9/1/14-5/31/15, Project YES has facilitated 102 youth events supporting 3072 military youth (includes forecasted totals for August 2015).To date, Project YES has supported over 486 individual events and served 15,599 youth in 47states,4 US territories and Germany . Participating interns also completed a career-enhancing project under the guidance of their individuallyassigned mentors. The career projects provides interns the opportunity to either explore their chosen career field through anapplication level project or an individualized opportunity to help narrow their career focus through interactive, experientiallearning. In both scenarios, interns work closely with mentors to deepen their knowledge of the specific career field whileimproving the more generally accepted aspects of networking, professional development and enhancement, resume' writing,interviewing, etc. Cumulatively, these activities serve to provide an enriching, substantive experience thatdeepens theprofessional development and enhancement necessary to successfully compete in the global marketplace.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The program is dual focused: military youth and intern professional development. From a youth development perspective, the target audience is National Guard and Reserve families and youth engaged in any phase of the military deployment process. The Project YES interns work specifically with youth aged 6-18 years of age. The primary target audience is those youth attending Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Programs or Deployment Readiness Training events. On an "as available" status, Project YES also supports other military youth centric events such as teen leadership summits, camps, etc. Cumulatively, the experiences provide participating youth the ability to grow as military family members and overall leaders through an increased ability to adapt to changing family dynamics, global sociological factors, and an ever-changing global marketplace. The professional development aspect provides participating interns the opportunity to complete 1-year of consistent professional development in youth development curriculum and program delivery skills as well as the requirement to complete a career-focused project. The project is completed under the guidance of an individually assigned mentor who assists them in learning more about the career field they have either decided upon entering following graduation or a careerfield they are interested in learning more about during the discovery phase of their internship. Changes/Problems: As previously discussed, the most significant changes involve the inclusion of a summer internship cohort and updating the curriculum to include new or requested blocks of instruction. Though not a problem, we will continue to assess future opportunities to adapt the Project YES model to meet the changing global environment. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Training and development for this period focused heavily on tools and skills for the participating interns. Annual intern orientation was held for the new cohort of 26 interns, 13 of them new to the program. All interns (new and returning) were required to attend the entire 7 day session of orientation. Critical professional and program development skills are delivered during this time. Training was tailored to the individual cohort. When appropriate, returning interns attended meetings designed to focus on advancing the skills previously learned during their participation. Other times, the entire cohort met and worked on commnication, group interaction, classroom management techniques, and curriculum planning and implementation skills. They also worked as a group to both learn and facilitate the activities while integrating the DEAL critical thinking and reflection model. Interns also attended a mid-year training where the facilitation skills were reinforced and strengthened through the addition of new activities to be used with participating youth. We also institued a new summer cohort of 9 interns who will serve a compressed 3-month schedule primarily designed to assist with the very heavy summer workload. This group received the same orientation and training required of a 1-year intern but will be required to work 2 events a month for the duration of their internship. The aspect of professional development was further strengthened through the continuance of their individually crafted career broadening project. Each intern worked with a mentor to learn more about their specific career choices. Mentors are chosenfrom a variety of sources including, but not limited to, 4-H/Cooperative extension staff and faculty, educational professionals from their institutions, or professionals working within other commercial entities supporting their career choice. Projects range from shadowing and reflection activities to program creation and delivery. To date, 12 interns are working in helping career fields/jobs that were directly impacted/influenced by their Project YES experience. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Program updates are provided to the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) and to the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture via monthly update reports. For the wider public, program information and progress was shared at partnership and lead institution meetings. Further, the Project YES website provides a wealth of information for all current and potential interns as well as a schedule events and availability for organizations looking for status and locations of events. Information is also shared with eXtension for posting throughout their sites and blogs. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Project YES will continue to deploy the current model of intern selection and opportunity to serve in full 1-year long programs. Doing so will continue to opportunity for interns to gain valuable youth development program planning and facilitation while enhancing their future careers through the professional development process. This process will continue providing the opportunity for thousands of youth affected by military deployments to participate in much needed leadership development and resiliency/life skills activities. However, in order to better accommodate the greatly increased requests during the summer months, Project YES will be implementing a 4- month summer internship opportunity. The intent is to provide better serviceduring the busiest time of the year without detracting from the high quality programs that have become to be expected from this program. We are currently in the process of augmenting the current base of activities that support the three main academic pillars: leadership development, resiliency/life skills, and STEM. Two new blocks of activities (Bullying and Preparing for Academic Success) have been completed and interns are being trained on new curriculum at this time. Additionally, STEM will be updated and new activities included into the current block of instruction and available in the September time frame. This will allow the flexibility of meeting increased requests for scientific kind of activities, to include the newly offered 4-H Rocket Kits. Lastly, we will continue to assess the overall Project YES program (themes, methodology, delivery, etc) and adapt to the constantly changing military and global environment. Just as we've adapted our delivery methods to support camps and teen leadership summits, we'll continue adjusting to meet the new needs of our military families.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For the period of 9/1/13-5/31/14, Project YES has completed 64 events supporting 1650 youth, an increase of 5% and 19%, respectively. For the remainder of the reporting period Jun-Aug 2014), we have 46 requests with forecasts of 2140 participating youth. To date, Project YES has supported over 350 individual events and served 10,669 youth in 42 states and 4 US territories.Participating interns also completed a career-enhancing project under the guidance of their individually assigned mentors. The career projects provides internsthe opportunity to either explore their chosen career field through an application level project or an individualized opportunity to help narrow their career focus through interactive, experiential learning. In both scenarios, interns work closely with mentors to deepen their knowledge of the specific career field while improving the more generally accepted aspects of networking, professional development and enhancement, resume’ writing, interviewing, etc. Cumulatively, these activities serve to provide an enriching, substantive experience that deepens the professional development and enhancement necessary to successfully compete in the global marketplace.
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The program is dual focused. From a youth development perspective, the target audience are National Guard and Reserve families engaged in any phase of military deployments. Specifically, Project YES! works with youth aged 6-18 years of age. Additionally, the program serves as a career development program focused on collegiate interns serving within Project YES! Participating interns participation focuses on rising undegraduate juniors and seniors and graduate students. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The program continually pursued the goal of expanding the depth and level of organizations cognizant of Project YES goals and objectives. This was accomplished at the following events: Showcase Display: US Navy Ombudsman Advanced Training Conference, St Louis, MO Workshop Presentations: 1. Building a youth development model through critical reflection and 360-degree evaluation. Presented to 1) National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science , Columbus, OH and 2) US Navy Ombudsman Training Conference, St Louis, MO 2. Project Youth Extension Service - A Youth Development Model. Presented to: 2012 Operation Military Kids (OMK) National Conference, Phoenix, AZ and 2) 4-H Military Partnership Meeting, Crystal City, VA. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Program updates are provided to both the Department of Defense, Office of Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP) and to the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture monthly update reports. For the wider public, program information and progress was shared at the previously identified conferences and symposiums. Information is also available via the Project YES website (http://militaryfamilies.extension.org/yes-intern-program/). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Project YES will continue to deploy the current model of intern selection and opportunity to serve in 1-year increments. Doing so will continue the opportunity for interns to gain valuable youth development program planning and facilitation while enhancing their career development through the professional development and mentoring project component. Further, continuance of the program will provide the opportunity for thousands of youth affected to military deployments to continue participating in much needed leadership development and resliency/life skills activities focused on improving their quality of life.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
During the partial reporting period of 1 Sep 2012 - 8 Jul 2013, Project YES conducted 71 youth events supporting 1946 youth of National Guard and Reserve families. Each participating intern also completed a career-enhancing project under the guidance of an individually assigned mentor. The projects assist interns in exploring their future career choices and provides in-depth, one-on-one guidance. To date, Project YES has supported 265 events serving 8379 youth.
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