Profession+Assignment


 * HEHD 803: Creative and Ethical Leadership**
 * Perspectives on Professionalism**


 * DUE DATE:** Tuesday, November 20, 2012
 * VALUE:** 20 points

For this project, each of you will develop a short (no more than 5 minutes) multimedia presentation (using a program called “Jing”) depicting your thoughts and perspectives related to professionalism and professional identity in youth work. Specifically, you should read through the following Blog post (including embedded links and comments) by Dr. Dale Blyth of the University of Minnesota:
 * Background:**

// Are we Building a Workforce, Profession, or Field? // For this project, consider the following set of questions:

// Imagine that you have been asked to provide a 5-minute presentation with your thoughts on the questions that are posed in Dr. Blyth’s blog post. More specifically, think about these things: Is youth development a profession? If so – what makes it so? If not – should it be? What are the advantages and disadvantages of professionalization? In your opinion, what are some of the barriers to professionalizing youth development work? What systems, resources, or supports are needed for the future growth (and viability) of youth development work? //

You have wide latitude on this project – consider the questions above, but feel free to consider other aspects as well. Think deeply about this. You can draw on any of the class readings and any other outside sources that will help you shape your thoughts on the topic (including the resources linked in Dr. Blyth’s blog). You should draw on all of these sources to frame your presentation – but don’t lose site of the fact that I want to see what YOU think about these questions.

Remember – you need to come up with a convincing perspective and communicate it in 5 minutes using a narrated PowerPoint presentation and disseminated through “Jing”. You can download Jing here: [|DOWNLOAD JING]
 * Multimedia Platform - Jing**

CLICK HERE for a tutorial on how to use Jing. Its pretty easy and intuitive.

When you are through send the weblink to your Screencast presentation to me at rbj@clemson.edu.

**Assessment Rubric** (Coming Soon!)