Coordinator Guide to YPA Onboarding

Course Overview

Overview

The Coordinator’s Guide to Youth Peer Advocate Onboarding course is tailored to provide coordinators with essential knowledge and strategies for successfully onboarding and integrating Youth Peer Advocates (YPAs) into their organizations. This course covers fundamental principles, effective engagement techniques, and strategies for fostering meaningful connections between YPAs and youth-serving organizations.

Each lesson in this course is worth 0.25 CEUs, providing a total of 0.75 CEUs upon completion of the entire course.

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Course Highlights

Youth Peer Advocate Onboarding Fundamentals: This module introduces the core principles and best practices for onboarding Youth Peer Advocates, focusing on essential skills, responsibilities, and expectations to ensure a smooth and effective integration process.
YPAs Engaging Youth-Serving Organizations: Learn how to effectively engage Youth Peer Advocates with youth-serving organizations. This lesson covers strategies for building productive relationships, understanding organizational dynamics, and aligning YPAs’ roles with the needs of the organization.
YPAs Getting to Know a Coalition: This module provides insights into how Youth Peer Advocates can familiarize themselves with a coalition’s structure, goals, and activities. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the coalition’s mission and integrating YPAs into the coalition’s efforts.

Course Objectives

Understand Onboarding Fundamentals
Identify and apply the core principles and best practices for successfully onboarding Youth Peer Advocates, including their roles and responsibilities.
Engage YPAs with Youth-Serving Organizations
Develop strategies to effectively engage Youth Peer Advocates with youth-serving organizations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering productive relationships.
Integrate YPAs into a Coalition
Apply techniques for helping Youth Peer Advocates get to know and integrate into a coalition, understanding its structure, mission, and activities.
Facilitate Effective Onboarding
Facilitate a comprehensive and effective onboarding process for Youth Peer Advocates, preparing them to contribute meaningfully to their roles and the organization.
Enhance YPA Impact
Enhance the impact of Youth Peer Advocates by ensuring they are well-prepared, engaged, and integrated into their respective organizations and coalitions.

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3 Lessons

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3 Knowledge Checks

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.75 Continuing Education Units

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Explore the core principles and best practices for onboarding Youth Peer Advocates, focusing on essential skills, responsibilities, and expectations to ensure a smooth and effective integration process.

Learn how to effectively engage Youth Peer Advocates with youth-serving organizations. This lesson covers strategies for building productive relationships, understanding organizational dynamics, and aligning YPAs’ roles with the needs of the organization.