Drawing Character Into Camp – A Two Part Series

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In this insightful webinar, you'll dive into how researchers define and discuss character, and discover evidence-based strategies for fostering character development. Specifically designed for camp leaders, this session explores how to use the latest research to design and implement effective character initiatives at your camp. You’ll also learn how to create a visual theory of change (pathway model) to guide your efforts and clearly communicate your camp’s character initiative to key stakeholders, including potential funders.
Learner Outcomes:
- Gain a better understanding of what is meant by character.
- Become aware of effective strategies for character development.
- Develop a clearer idea of how to foster character at their camp.
- Understand how boundary analysis, lifecycle analysis, and a theory of change can support the design and articulation of a character initiative.
- Increase awareness and understanding of pathway modeling.
- Increase understanding around activities and intended outcomes related to pathway modeling.

Dr. Jennifer Brown Urban is Professor in the Department of Family Science and Human Development at Montclair State University where she also co-directs the Institute for Research on Youth Thriving and Evaluation. Dr. Urban is trained as a developmental scientist with specific expertise in youth character development and program evaluation. Her scholarship is encapsulated under the umbrella of systems science including both theoretical approaches and methodologies and consists of three strands: (1) Relational Systems Evaluation: the development, testing, and implementation of a relational systems approach to program evaluation and planning to enhance internal evaluation capacity particularly for youth program practitioners and evaluators; (2) Innovative Approaches to Advancing Developmental Science: by developing and promoting a social justice perspective, the use of innovative methods, and professional development resources; and (3) Building the Evidence-Base in Developmental Science: specifically to determine the key features of character development programs that promote positive youth development; and advance the application of character science in multiple contexts to enhance human flourishing across the life span.

Jane Buckley, M.Ed. is an established facilitator and program development consultant who specializes in pathway modeling as well as facilitating the development of evaluative thinking, group decision making processes, and fostering effective organizational culture. Her work as an independent consultant as well as in partnership with the RYTE institute at Montclair State University has taken her around the world (with support from the Templeton World Charity Foundation and Catholic Relief Services), across the country (with the PACE project, the Greater Good Science Center, Yale’s STEM-PERL lab, the Riverside Church and others) and established Jane as a go-to author and workshop facilitator on the topics of pathway modeling and evaluative thinking.
Earn 2.0 CECs for this recorded webinar. More information on CECs can be found here.
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