My skills evidence
By earning this badge, the holder has demonstrated the ability to:
- Describe their youth work context clearly
Explain who is involved (staff, volunteers, participants), what kind of programmes/activities they run with young people, and which methods or methodologies they use.
- Reflect critically on their own youth work practice
Analyse why they do what they do, what goals they pursue with young people, and how their activities contribute to these goals.
- Identify and articulate their own competences as a youth worker
Recognise the key skills needed to perform their role (e.g. facilitation, communication, planning, empathy, conflict management) and make them explicit in a structured way.
- Identify and describe young people’s learning outcomes
Name the skills that young people develop by taking part in their activities and connect these skills to concrete examples from real participants.
- Collect and present evidence of competences
Select and upload relevant evidence (e.g. links, photos, videos, existing badges, formal qualifications, references) that supports and illustrates their skills and the learning outcomes of young people.
- Engage in peer assessment and feedback
Review the evidence provided by peers, give constructive feedback, and contribute responsibly to the decision to accept, integrate or question the evidence for badge issuing.
- Use digital tools for recognition
Apply basic digital literacy to use an online platform for documenting, evidencing and recognising competences through digital badges.
Tasks
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: 2 activity members
Show your youth work - prove your skills!
- Get in trios and have an honest conversation about your, broadly speaking, “youth work” experience: - Who is involved - staff, volunteers, participants? - Why you are doing what your are doing - your youth work/goals - What are the youth programmes/projects/activities that you use with young people? - How do you do them - methods/methodologies. What are the skills/competences you are investing in your work?
- After this first conversation, prove your skills: a-type skills that you must have to do your work; b-type skills that young people gain by participating in your activities. Upload evidence of: a-type skills [such as at least a link, a photo, a video, an existing digital badge, a formal education title, an external reference…] b-type skills [can you give an example of a young person that showed having effectively gained those skills?]
- In the third part of the workshop you will be asked to assess the evidences of your peers contributing to the issueing of their badge. You can give feedback or even require integrations or just accept the evidences.
Interest categories
Career and job readiness
Personal development
Tags
#Ability to facilitate learning towards community impact
ETS-TR
#Acknowledges colleagues’ learning potential and makes best use of it
ETS-TR
#Applies appropriate methods and digital tools for assessment and self-assessment of their own learning achievements
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Organización
Cities of Learning Network
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