Inform.

Advocate.

Educate.

Our Vision...
BEST, which stands for Building Exemplary Systems for Training Youth Workers, is a national initiative that aims to create regional systems for training and supporting youth workers and their supervisors. Through BEST, our vision is to advance the field of Youth Development through building a highly trained workforce in the youth development sector.

Our Goals...
Our goal is to continually expand the pool of youth workers who are training in positive youth development, leading to improved outcomes for the youth development field.

Our Program...
Since 1996, we have offered BEST trainings that promote the professional development of the youth work field. We offered a varied menu of trainings, such as: Advancing Youth Development, Emotional Intelligence and Supervising Youth Development Practice.

Our Impact...
1. Trained 125 individuals from 2011-2012
2. 85% of participants reported average to high satisfaction that the objectives were clear and met their expectations.
3. 100% of participants reported average to high satisfaction with the read and text provided.
4. 95% of participants reported above average satisfaction with the instructors ability to teach and communicate clearly and succinctly.

Our Partners...
-Academy of Educational Development, Center for Youth Policy Development & Research
-BRB Consulting, Youth Training Division
-City of Philadelphia, Department of Human Services
-City of Philadelphia, Mayors Office, Youth Commission
-Out of School Time Professional Development Project, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work
-United Way of SEPA, Center for Youth Development

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