The choice to work with school-age youth is an important career decision. A school-age/youth development professional is an extraordinary individual who helps guide youth to master skills, develop relationships, become more independent, and move to new levels of thinking and understanding about themselves and the world.
The Michigan School-Age Youth Development Certificate, the Michigan School-Age Youth Development Credential, and the Core Competencies, support quality programs for school-age youth by providing standards for training, education and programming. The Certificate is the first step in recognizing and acknowledging the education, training and experience of school-age/youth development professionals; it is the foundation for the Credential.