Author Description

A Conversation With Ellen Gannett / Dana Fusco And Ellen Gannett -- Competencies And Credentials -- Embedding And Sustaining Youth Worker Core Competencies In Out-of-school Time Programs / Sarah Jonas -- Assessing Youth Worker Competence: National Child And Youth Worker Certification / Dale Curry, Andrew J. Schneider-muoz, Frank Eckles, And Carol Stuart -- Establishing Expertise In An Emerging Field / Joyce Walker And Kate Walker -- Youth Work And The Education Of Professional Practitioners In Australia / Judith Bessant -- Curriculum -- A Decade Of Educating Youth Workers At An Urban Community College / Pete Watkins -- A Chicago Story: Challenge And Change / Michael Heathfield -- The Journey To Becoming A Youth Worker / Camille Williamson -- On Becoming An Academic Profession / Dana Fusco -- Preparing The Next Generation Of Professoriate In Youth Studies: Mapping The Contested Spaces / Ross Velure Roholt And Michael Baizerman -- Youth Development Network: A Site For The Professional Development Of Youth Workers / Jacqueline Davis-manigaulte -- Contexts Of Youth Work -- Youth Work Practice In England / Helen Jones -- Youth Work As Engagement / Ross Velure Roholt And Judie Cutler -- Youth Work Across Two Diverse Domains Of Practice / Jim Sibthorp, M. Deborah Bialeschki, Carol Stuart And Jack Phelan -- A Community Education Approach To Youth Work Education / Joel Nitzberg -- Conclusion -- Advancing Youth Work: Opportunities And Challenges / Jane Quinn -- Framing Trends, Posing Questions / Dana Fusco. Edited By Dana Fusco. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.