From position to function - about management within youth work.
Description
While leadership in the past often was connected to a certain position, leadership nowadays has a lot more to do with personal qualities and function. Youth will in a much higher extent "follow" what they perceive as authentic leaders which have qualities and competence that makes them capable of navigating in a time where everything is changing.
It is therefore challenging for youth-leaders that they in a constantly increasing extent drop the imported concepts and in a higher extent try to take our own current concepts seriously. In other words, develop a leader style that challenges us by Biblical principles, while at the same time be a part of our own history and dare to live "outside the box" by asking the right questions than by having the right answers.
Goals
It is this challenge we will work with in the course and has a goal of giving the students an introduction to:
• Ecclesiastical recourses to understand leadership.
• Biblical models for management.
• Mentoring and guidance by individuals and groups.
• Project management.
• To survive and develop oneself as professional youth workers.
Study form
Lectures, group work, studyplans and fieldstudies.
Evaluation
Continuing evaluation:
Through log-book and conversation in the classes, the students shall show their abilities to - with starting point the students practice and read literature - describe and analyze his/her techniques and practice when it comes to management - in addition, which primary "inspiration source" that make up the basis for this finding and practice.
End evaluation:
A 2-3000 word assignment where students - with starting point the read literature and fieldstudies - describe and analyze management thinking - youth work/congregation where students have their practices, at the same time coming up with grounded proposals for changes.
Volume
Points: 10 study points
100-level
Curriculum volume: ca 850 pages
Curriculum literature
· Brierly, Danny: Growing Community - making groups work with young people, Youthwork . London 2003. (154 pages)
· Fields, Doug: Your first two years in youth ministry, YouthSpecialties, Grand Rapids 2002. (290 pages)
· Roxbourgh, Alan & Regele, Mike: Crossing the Bridge - leadership in times of transistion. Percept, Toronto 2000. (252 pages)
· Smith, Tim: 8 Habits of an Effective Youth Worker. Life-changing leadership. Skills for Future-focused Ministry. Victor Books, Wheaton 1995. (153 pages)
Teacher
Ian Hoskins , MA, Centre for Youth Ministry in Bristol
Date
Course is offered in the autumn of 2008.
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