CAAT Child & Youth Worker Programs Provincial ... - Mohawk College

Attracting male students to CYW Programs
� Identified issues which influence students choices, e.g., misperception that
salaries are low, bias that work with youth is “female work”
� Need to communicate more clearly about opportunities for interesting well
paid work and articulation with university programs
� Males more often have a police record
� Sometimes males gain unfair advantage, i.e., premier placements and jobs
which are not necessarily reflective of their knowledge and skills
� Strategies identified:
1. promote private practice,
2. educate guidance counselors that this is a growing field,
3. have male students act as mentors for other male students,
4. match males with appropriate field placement agency mentors and
settings,
5. promote the program as a second diploma for male
recreation/leisure programs, and
6. remember that nursing programs have had success in ‘gender
marketing’.
7. when the college provides opportunities to market the programs
have a male spokesperson whenever possible.
8. use You-tube to profile student experiences in the program
Student Exchange Development
� Discussed road trips from rural settings to city settings
� Discussed faculty exchange possibilities
� Aboriginal/First Nations communities and experiences for students
� Planning committee for 2009 will ask for input from a First Nations
community
Thank you for Dennis McDermott
� We discussed ways to express our appreciation to Dennis who is retiring as
Executive Director of the OACYC in August 08.
� We agreed that a presentation be made at the 50 th anniversary of the
OACYC in summer 2009. Michael Burns will discuss with Terri McDade,
member of the OACYC Educators committee.
Date for next meeting
May 12-14, 2009, tentatively planned for the Barrie area.