Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
- September 15, 2014
From Discipline To Dialogue: Relationships Matter
This blog post is part of a series in which AYPF is exploring responses from policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to the problem of discipline disparit…
- September 8, 2014
From Discipline to Dialogue: Starting the Conversation
This blog post is part of a series in which AYPF is exploring responses from policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to the problem of discipline disparit…
- August 25, 2014
Why I Do This Work: Reflections from a Native Educator
Samantha Wauls, Policy InternHome of the Kul Wicasa Oyate (Low Man), the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has apporoximately 1,300 members. The reserva…
- August 18, 2014
Promoting coordination in the Nonprofit Sector: Additional Benefits of AYPF’s Better Together Directory
Andy Keefe, policy internAs an intern at AYPF this past summer, I had the privilege of contributing to a project that AYPF is planning to publish later this…