Emma's YDEV Blog!

There are many ways in both of these articles that show how the teachers care about their students. The article by Sarah Nieto talks about how her greatest challenge is helping students and students of color understand racism and what it means to treat others with respect. She is caring towards her students to give them a safe environment that is filled with diversity and equality. Nieto states that," We have plenty of friendly teachers but nice isn't enough." She explains that we need teachers who respect their students culture and will do anything to communicate with them and their parents and incorporate their culture in the classroom. We want to make the students feel like their language is being heard and that their voice matters in this world. Being treated equal is important. After reading this article it reminded me of my internship in many ways. On my first day I met my teacher and she was speaking in English and Spanish. She began to tell me that half of her c...

Last week I was invited to attend a conference about student learning research at the Providence Biltmore. This was my first conference, I was excited to learn more about research and how the process works. I was shocked to see how many people attended and who traveled from just for this conference. In the beginning Eric went over the itinerary for the day and what would be expected of us and what we would learn throughout the day at the workshops. I attended The Met workshop where we met the principal and four students. Throughout the presentation the students did most of the talking while the principal sat back and listened. I enjoyed that since we got to hear from the youth and how The Met has such a positive impact on their life. The Met offers internships that help the students with their future careers and goals for their life. This is a perfect example of how youth development works. We are allowing the students to talk about what they like and experience life rather then doing ...

On October 4th, I had the opportunity to go see Judy Shepard speak. I had heard about Matthew Shepherd's death and the hate crime that had happened. Hearing his mom speak about his death and his coming out story gave me the chills. How come we are still having to have these discussions? Why is this world still full of hate? I sat there feeling like change needs to be made and we need to love and accept one another for who they are. I can relate to this event to Youth Development because we are looking for change, we are advocates for people around us, and if we want change we need to vote. Judy Shepard encouraged us to vote and educate ourselves if we want change. Two Decades Later   Matthew Shepard's Foundation

1.      Permission-   We often times have to ask ourselves permission to do things. We have been doing this our whole life, always raising our hand in class to speak, asking to use the bathroom, etc. As a student you often feel “controlled” by the adults around you. You are asking the adult in the classroom or youth space to do something, and without their permission you cannot do it. 2.      Process-   The article uses standardized testing as an example as process. How play values feed off of the performance based on product. Play is focused on attention during the experience and it asks us to be aware of how we do things and what we do. The process is geared towards how play can be helpful while learning basic skills. 3.      Passion – When working with youth you should try to recognize the child’s passion and what they are capable of performing. When the student is interested in som...