Vision:
NAE4-HA is the first choice of the youth development professional for building professional and personal competencies.
Mission:
NAE4-HA offers youth development professionals, the best in:
- professional development
- an inclusive and supportive network
- integration of scholarship, research & practice
Values
Accomplishing our vision and mission requires many values, we choose to focus on the values of:
- learning
- inclusivity
- excellence
and the actions reflected in our professional standards.
Goals
While at the Galaxy II Conference our members, committees, and board further developed and adopted the following strategic goals to facilitate achievement of the revised mission:
- Meet the needs of youth development professionals by maximizing the use of technology.
- Provide progressive levels of professional development.
- Elevate the quality of youth development work through scholarship, research and practice.
- Advocate for the 4-H youth development profession.
- Facilitate networking throughout the association and the youth development profession.