Please note that the below workshops are Phase 2 and additional workshops will be added shortly! We look forward to seeing you in Palm Springs!
(This page was updated on February 2, 2012.)
2012 BOOST CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
2 B Positive: Communication in the Workplace
Lisa Jones, Owner/Operator, Lisa Jones Consulting, Chula Vista, CA
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work! Put your best foot forward by providing the most positive environment possible. Co-workers, parents and students can and will benefit from your sunny outlook. Sharing a common vision within your program, along with some group games and tips and tricks can support a more positive outlook for all.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
A Rural Model: Wyoming's Quality Improvement Initiative
Ellen Gannett, Director, National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Wellesley, MA; Linda Barton, Director, Wyoming Afterschool Alliance, Lander, WY
This session will address the unique challenges rural states face in designing a consistent and sustainable system of quality. Wyoming Afterschool Alliance developed a multi-pronged strategy aimed at the policy and individual program level. Key components of the initiative include: surveying the out-of-school time landscape, adopting an assessment system and training local coaches.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Accountability Concepts: Putting the Power Back in the Home and School
Matt Reichmann, Accountability Concepts Founder, Accountability Concepts, Apple Valley, CA
Learn how the principles of accountability can positively impact a child’s behaviors in the classroom and in the home. Discover a new way of teaching parents and teachers an inspirational and fundamental change in the way children are disciplined. This workshop teaches best practices on how parents and teachers can work together to mold behavior and character skills that students need to be successful in school and throughout life.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Afterschool for All: Making the Case to Policy Makers, Your Community and the Public
Alexis Steines, Field Outreach Associate, Afterschool Alliance, Washington, DC
Education reform efforts continue to take center stage in national policy discussions, with afterschool and summer learning programs playing key roles. How will you take advantage of this moment to build support for before school, afterschool, and summer learning programs in your community and across the country? This workshop will outline federal afterschool policy developments and advocacy opportunities, including reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, key pieces of federal legislation, and the upcoming elections. Using this information, along with the latest research, we’ll help you hone your messaging and outreach to build a movement in your community.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Sustainability
BankIt: A New Resource to Get Kids and Parents Talking about Money
Mary Margaret Regan-Montiel, Parenting Program Manager, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
BANK IT is a financial literacy curriculum developed by Search Institute in partnership with Capitol One. Bank It delivers real-world financial topics and tools for teens and parents that make it easier to understand, talk about and manage money. Though it uses a comprehensive website (www.bankit.com), Bank It covers 12 key money topics, including budgeting setting goals, investing, charitable giving, credit and debt, and insurance. Bank It blends all 29 of the “National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education” from the Junp$tart Coalition with Search Institute’s research-based framework of the 40 Developmental Assets. Our session will introduce conference-goers to the 40 Developmental Assets and take them on a tour of the Bank It curriculum.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design Development and Quality; Older Youth
Best Practices for Increasing and Maintaining Family & Community Involvement in Out-of-School Time Programs
Camryn Barganier, Family Engagement & Community Outreach Specialist, Be A Champion, Inc., Houston, TX
This session will provide discussion and hands on learning opportunities pertaining to successful family events in out-of-school time programs. Discussion will also focus on best practices to foster more involvement from family and community, innovative programming ideas, and address problem areas. Learn effective approaches in hosting family events while involving students in the recruitment process.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Partnerships & Building Relationships
Building Creativity through Youth-Led Project Based Learning
Eric Gurna, Executive Director, Development Without Limits, New York, NY
Young people develop creatively by being part of things where they think for themselves, work with each other, and engage with ideas that matter to them. After school provides an ideal setting to cultivate these skills through youth-led project based learning. In this workshop, participants will learn what project-based learning is and how it can effectively be used to help young people develop their creative thinking skills. Participants will leave with concrete strategies for planning and carrying out youth-centered, youth-led projects, including techniques for ongoing reflection and project assessment.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Building Skills for Healthy Youth Relationships
Raymond Hughes, National Education Coordinator, CAMH Centre for Prevention Science, London, ON, Canada
The Fourth R After-School Program targets violence prevention through the promotion of positive, healthy relationships. Designed as a 12-session program to be used with middle and high school youth in schools or community settings, the program uses skill-based activities that promote healthy relationships and targets a wide range of abuse and violence (bullying, peer and dating violence), high-risk sexual behavior and substance abuse use among adolescents. Core principles of skill development and awareness are used to build strengths, resilience, and coping skills among youth as a way of enhancing interpersonal functioning. Every aspect of the program, from the material presented to the relationships among facilitators and participants, is designed to model appropriate use of power and respectful relationships, and support youth empowerment.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development; Older Youth
Can We Talk About This? Exploring Equity Within Our Organizational Culture
Jimena Quiroga Hopkins, Senior Consultant; Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Senior Consultant, ThrivePoint Consultant, Oakland, CA
As afterschool programs, school, and organizations become more intentional about addressing equity and diversity, engaging in dialogue about such topics can be a difficult but necessary part of the work. In this participatory workshop, participants will surface dialogue blocks within their own organizational culture around equity and will also receive suggestions for enhancing staff’s capacity to engage topics which may be unfamiliar or otherwise challenging.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Career Technical Education for All High School Students
Christine Hoffman, Superintendent, Laurie St. Gean, Deputy Superintendent, Southern California Regional Occupational Center, Torrance, CA
Perceptions regarding CTE have a great impact on a high school student's decision whether to participate in CTE programs. SoCal ROC has expanded its program offerings through the development of viable career pathways. As a result of these efforts, high school student participation in CTE is on the rise. Focused programs of study and career paths provide high school students with the necessary support to achieve their career goals. This workshop will provide successful strategies used to broaden and enhance individual understanding and awareness regarding the importance of "CTE for All High School Students".
High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Older Youth
Creating an Education Nation: The Ingredients of an Innovative Educational System
Dr. Milton Chen, Senior Fellow and Executive Director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), San Rafael, CA,
Milton Chen will show film segments on topics such as the importance of the arts, STEM education and digital tools, and how out-of-school time programs are helping redefine powerful learning experiences for our youth. He will lead an interactive question-and-answer session on specific strategies for redesigning our educational system and when, where, and how students learn.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Creating Collaborations for Change: How Public and Private Agencies Can Work Together to Support Children and Families
Dr. Bonnie Mooney, Health, Family and Collaborative Services Coordinator, Ontario-Montclair School District; Kelsey De Forge, Resource Analyst, City of Montclair, Montclair, CA; Laura Floyd-Cole, Acting Senior Recreation Supervisor, City of Montclair After-School Program, Montclair, CA
Attendees will learn how to create strong collaborations with public and private agencies to support children, youth, and families. The Montclair Community Collaborative serves as an example of how government, nonprofits, and the school district work together to meet family health, education, and social service needs. The workshop will illustrate how after school programs can be both a catalyst for creating these partnerships and an entry point into families with needs. Participants will walk away with concrete steps for building community-wide relationships.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strand: Partnerships & Building Relationships
Dancing Through the Food Groups
Dr. JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, Director of Corporate/Community Development, GeoMotion Group, Inc., Orlando, FL
Portions and choices are always issues. This Session will feature "everyday things" and someday things" We will add music, movement, and the nutritional concepts we need children to capture and hopefully practice when they get to make choices. Come prepared to Pogo for Proteins and do the Monkey for Grains. This is a fun way to portray sound nutrition and physical activity.
Elementary
Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Defining Expanded Learning: Hands-On STEM Education Through An Innovative District/Community Partnership
Patrick Duhon, Director of Expanded Learning, Providence After School Alliance and Providence Public School District, Providence, RI
This workshop will present an innovative model in Providence, RI that pairs informal educators with school teachers to co-develop and deliver two STEM-focused initiatives - a 4-week summer program and an extended school day program in one turnaround middle school. In each case, students go from the classroom to the field and back into the classroom, making real-world connections to the math and science they are learning. The model is part of a comprehensive expanded learning partnership between the Providence After School Alliance and the Providence Public School District. This workshop will explore how the partnership has evolved and both successes and lessons learned.
Middle
Upper-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strand: Partnerships & Building Relationships
Digital Media and Social Networking: Teaching Tools for Tomorrow's Workforce
Julie Munjack, Executive Director of Strategy and Public Affairs; Zoelle Egner, Assistant Communications Account Manager, arc, (formerly Champions,) Los Angeles, CA
Learn a practical approach to harnessing the newest digital tools to capture student attention, improve perception, increase engagement and drive educational results. Featuring case studies that highlight the successful use of Twitter, Facebook, and other popular digital platforms in and outside of the classroom.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Older Youth
Dollars and Sense: Securing Sustainability Funding
Dr. Andi Fletcher, Consultant, Center for Collaborative Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Quality counts, and quality costs! In this exciting workshop you’ll learn how to secure long-term, balanced and diversified investments in your program. You’ll discover new ways to position your organization to stand out in a highly competitive environment. And, you’ll have the tools you’ll need to move ahead quickly and effectively. For more than 15 years, this practical, proven approach has helped hundreds of out-of-school time programs throughout the United States secure millions of dollars. Each participant will receive a copy of Securing Sustainable Funding for Afterschool Programs: Twelve Steps to Success.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strand: Sustainability
Embedding Organizational Practices with Restorative Justice
Tanya Mayo, Director of Operations; Sangita Kumar, Founder, Be the Change Consulting, Oakland, CA
Given the right environment and social conditions and held to high expectations, every young person has the opportunity to flourish. Building this environment is a nuanced art- one that requires cultural awareness, knowledge of social justice principles, and the practice of democracy. This workshop explores strategies to create a shift in programmatic practices to embed restorative justice strategies with youth development principles. Participants will learn simple and creative strategies to facilitate groups with youth and offer one to one coaching from a restorative lens.
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Engaging and Inspiring Female Students through Science:
Jacklyn Abbond, After-School Programs Coordinator; Rueben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA; Donna Ross, Associate Professor, San Diego State University, School of Teacher Education, San Diego State University, CA; Debbie DeRoma, Deputy Executive Director of Education, Rueben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
Explore new ways of integrating project-based learning in STEM programs aimed at female students. During this session hear how to use current events as a launching pad for engaging projects that foster curiosity and interest young women in STEM careers and research.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Event Planning to Develop your Program, Build Relationships and Increase Your Attendance
Lucas Cuny, Career Development Coordinator, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Planning big events will draw attention to you and your program. This training will give you a step-by-step process to help develop on-going events and highlight such concepts as collaboration, team building and leadership.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Partnerships & Building Relationships
Every Monday Matters - Educators Matter
Andrew Frausto, CEO; Toni Lamb, VP Education Program, Every Monday Matters, Los Angeles, CA
Whether you are a Superintendent, an Assistant, a Principal, After School Director, Custodian, or a volunteer…you are all teachers. Each one of us plays a vital role in molding our students; no matter what role we are playing. Without any one of you, the system fails. In other words…you matter! Maybe you knew this at one time, but that feeling, that inspiration, that pride has been lost. It is time for change. This workshop will provide educators and staff with new tools to creative a more positive and effective teaching environment at their sites and how to create a school culture where every single person feels like they MATTER!
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Professional Development
Expanding the School Day and Year for Global Learning
Jaime Stephanidis, Consultant, Afterschool and Expanded Learning; Carol McElvain, Director, Afterschool and Expanded Learning, American Institute for Research, Chicago, IL
In an era of higher accountability and responsibility, many school leaders find that if they expanded the boundaries of time, space, and partners for learning, they can better achieve global competence, provide more opportunities and connections for their students and broaden their stakeholder groups of support. This workshop is geared towards school leaders to learn how an expanded learning program can help you produce globally competent graduates, how you can leverage partnerships with community-based organizations to do so, how to plan for implementation appropriately, and how to assess whether you are reaching your goals.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Federal Threats to Afterschool and Why Your Voice Matters
Jodi Grant, Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance, Washington, DC
Join Afterschool Alliance Executive Director Jodi Grant in a discussion on the state of afterschool in the nation. She will explain how the President’s No Child Left Behind Waivers, as well as House and Senate education bills threaten to divert and potentially eliminate federal funding for afterschool programs through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. These policy changes and proposals are occurring at a time when the well-documented academic and crime-prevention benefits of afterschool programs are more important than ever. Your voice, and the voices of those you work with and serve make a critical difference. We have an amazing story to tell: over 8 million students now participate in afterschool programs; new trends in STEM, physical activity and nutrition, and an emphasis on engaged learning are resulting in a new generation of participants, programs and staff; older youth are now getting academic credit for work performed through afterschool programs; and closer alignment with school curriculum is resulting in improved academic outcomes for those in afterschool programs. Jodi Grant will also highlight some of the most promising new developments in afterschool and our most successful ways to continue to make afterschool programs relevant to policy makers and funders. Share your story and help us reinvigorate a dynamic movement towards quality afterschool programs for all. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Jodi Grant, ask questions and get up-to-the-minute answers about federal policies impacting after school programs.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity Building
Strands: BOOST Nation: Town Hall; Professional Development; Program Design, Development, and Quality; Older Youth; Sustainability
From Out-of-School to Outer Space: Have Fun Exploring the Solar System with NASA
Leslie Lowes, Informal Education Specialist; Shari Asplund, Discovery New Frontiers Education Public Outreach, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
NASA’s science missions to explore the Solar System form the backdrop for a wide range of engaging, high interest topics to connect standards-based science to after-school programs. You don’t need a science background – just interest and curiosity to lead your students in learning together. You will leave with hands-on, experiential science activities and current science mission information.
Elementary
Direct Service
Program Design, Development, and Quality
Fund Meals for your Afterschool Program and Offer Nutrition Education
Signe Anderson, Child Nutrition Policy Analyst, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC; Marisa Kirk-Epstein, Program Analyst, US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Alexandria, VA
Nutritious food is an important part of any quality afterschool or summer program and offers children the energy they need to be engaged. Funds are available to cover the costs of healthy meals and snacks for programs that operate in low-income areas. This workshop provides the tools and information necessary for afterschool and summer providers to incorporate healthy meals and nutrition education into their program. The presenters will explain how to apply for federal funds; offer successful program examples; and provide resources to create healthy menus and offer nutrition education.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Got Fun? Got Standards? Get Art!
Robin Moore, Instructor, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Learn to identify concepts that are used in creating art. Use a simple format to connect projects to standards. Enjoy doing some fun, simple projects. Take home support material. Art REALLY is for everyone.
Elementary, Middle
Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Hands-on Nature Projects: Making Science EASY for Staff and FUN for Children
Jeff Salzman, CEO, Nature-Watch, Agoura Hills, CA
Not a “Science” person? No Problem! Here’s a way to make science fun and educational for children…and easy for you! Come prepared to “make” and “take”! Many educators are reluctant to teach science because he/she is not a “science” person. Given the right hands-on materials and resources, teaching science can be easy and fun! Our objective is to help participants get over the “fear” of teaching science and help them find ways to make the teaching and learning process “hands-on.”
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Helping Students Accelerate To Graduate
Christopher William, MSW, Director of Social Work; Wendell Ramsey, Director of School and Community Initiatives, The Leadership Program, New York, NY
In New York City alone it is estimated that 48% of entering freshman will become over-aged and under-credited. One program in the Bronx, Accelerate to Graduate, is working with middle school students in danger of becoming another statistic to get them back on track to graduate. Accelerate to Graduate, a program designed for multiple holdover students, ensures they know someone cares about their success, and provides them the skills they need to succeed. Within this interactive workshop, participants will learn about what Accelerate to Graduate is doing with middle school students in the Bronx, will identify what problems they are having with their own students, and will learn which engagement strategies are most effective when interacting with the “tough to reach” students. This workshop will give participants concrete strategies for addressing obstacles students are facing that prevent them from regularly attending and succeeding at school.
Middle
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Igniting Sparks in Youth to Put Them on the Path to Thriving
Nancy Tellett-Royce, Senior Consultant, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Research on sparks shows that young people who both identify their spark(s) and have adults who support the exploration of their spark do better in school and in life. Learn how you can incorporate sparks activities into your programs to deepen relationships with young people and help them thrive.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Improving School-wide Positive Behavior through the Development of Leadership and Conflict Resolution Skills
Leo VanWarmerdam, Director of Training and Development; Tony Poehling, Director of Programming, Fulcrum Learning Systems, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
The first half of the workshop will feature Fulcrum's incredibly valuable BOLD Leadership Styles self-assessment. The second half will feature hands-on activities and program materials derived from Fulcrum’s TCAL Program that will illuminate best practices and field-tested methods that will help to improve Leadership and Conflict Resolution skills. Fulcrum’s TCal Program is a progression of experiential-based learning experiences that allow students and educators to develop and practice four skills essential to creating a positive learning environment: Team Building, Conflict resolution, academic Skill Building, and leadership & life Skills. TCAL is designed to keep staff and students immersed in an environment that will accelerate and reinforce learning.
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Indoctrinated: The Grooming of Our Children Into Prostitution
Moderator: Gabriela Baeza, Project Specialist II, San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego, CA
Indoctrinated is a documentary film about child sex trafficking in San Diego County. This film exposes the scope and destructive nature of child sex trafficking and uncovers the tactics used by pimps and gangs to recruit, groom, psychologically coerce and indoctrinate their victims into a life of sexual exploitation and violence - a life that no one would ever choose.
Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Film Festival; Older Youth
INOCENTE
Moderator: Matt D’Arrigo, CEO, A Reason to Survive (ARTS), San Diego, CA
Inocente is an intensely personal coming of age feature documentary about a young artist’s fierce determination to never surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by her life as an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years. Color is her personal revolution and its extraordinary sweep on her canvases creates a world that looks nothing like her own dark past – a past punctuated by a father deported for domestic abuse and an endless shuffle, year after year, through the city’s overcrowded homeless shelters and the constant threat of deportation. Told entirely in her words, and incorporating animation of her own design, we come to Inocente’s story as she realizes her life is at a turning point, and for the first time, she decides to take control of her own destiny. Inocente is both a timeless story about the transformative power of art and a timely snapshot of the new face of homelessness in America – children.
Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Film Festival; Older Youth
Internship: Connecting Students with Real-World Opportunities
Lisa Davis, Director of Community Partnerships, High Tech High, Chula Vista, CA
The secret is out! Students who have greater success in achieving their dreams are doing so because they have mastered 21st Century Skills, like communication and collaboration. In this unique workshop, Lisa Davis will unveil these new skills and focus on one that has the ability to engage students in real-world experiences that will, ultimately, help them become better advocates for themselves as future members of our ever-changing workforce- Internship.
High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Older Youth; Program Design, Development, and Quality
iTravel: Using iPad for Virtual Field Trips
Michael Graham, Instructional Technologist, Harrisburg Middle School, Harrisburg, AR
Are you looking for a way to maximize learning with the iPad? In this session learn how to “iTravel” using the iPad or any iOS device (iPod, iPad, iPhone). Participants will be shown how the preinstalled Google Maps application can open the world to your students. In addition to learning how to navigate almost any part of the Earth with the iPad, you will be introduced to an insightful project based virtual field trip lesson that will cover many Common Core Standards in Literacy and Mathematics. Maximize your out of school time with this fun and exciting session!
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
The Leadership Pipeline: Hands-on Learning for Lifelong Learners
Kara Allen, Managing Director, L.E.A.D., arc (formerly Champions), Inglewood, CA
Have you ever wondered how to make the connection between leadership and learning for EVERYONE? We all have the opportunity to develop leaders within ourselves, our staff, our students…and we don’t need to do it behind a desk or with a PowerPoint presentation. Join us for a hands-on tour through innovative leadership programming opportunities that engage groups and teams. Walk away with games and activities that can be implemented immediately and 2 complete leadership lesson plans that allow for specialization for any population.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Leadership Presence: Would You Follow?
Reba Rose, Consultant, Stand Tall Leadership for Afterschool, Oakland, CA
What does it take to be a Leader who inspires and influences other people? What can we do to connect with our confidence and share our passion? This highly dynamic, hands-on session will focus on fun and simple techniques to strengthen your leadership skills. We will share principles and practices for connecting with that part of you that can motivate others with your powerful presence.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity Building
Strand: Professional Development
Leading to Learn: Learning to Lead
Mike Ashcraft, Founder & CEO, Children's Choice Child Care Services, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
How can you develop a motivated, enthusiastic, high performing staff team with a high level of commitment? Attend this workshop! Often times, people who work well with children become leaders and administrators of the program. The purpose of this workshop is to help those leaders be more effective. Explore the complex systems of afterschool leadership, leaderly learning, and learn how to develop vision, and a culture of innovation, empowerment and teamwork. Good leaders are always learning. They learn to lead, and they lead to learn. Good leaders help others learn, thus creating more leaders.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Professional Development
Mapping the Course: Foundation Grant Development Basics
Pat Fitzmorris, Co-Founder; Marti Hess, Co-Founder, MAPS Grant Development Professional Group, San Diego, CA
Learn how to navigate the basics of grant development including ten steps to successful grant submission, the basics of grant development including need, program and budget.
Participants will learn how to research, develop and submit a successful grant proposal.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Mid-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strand: Sustainability
Maximizing the Power of Youth Mentoring
Sarah Kremer, Program Director, Friends for Youth, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Thinking about starting a mentoring program or interested in strengthening your existing mentoring program? This workshop is for you! We will cover the four key frameworks, impacts and implications of successful mentoring, ten effective practices, and resources to get started. Additionally, we will discuss how Screening and Mentoring training are especially essential. Learn how Friends for Youth has effectively matched and supported nearly 1,900 youth and how we have successfully transformed the lives of youth through mentoring.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Military Families: Honoring our Heroes on the Homefront
Joe Buehrle, Healthy Start Military Family Resource Center, San Diego, CA; Kelli May, Marine School Liaison, Marine Corps Installations- West, San Diego, CA
This session will include information and interactive conversation focused on building the capacity of youth and family strengthening programs for supporting military families in our local communities. Content will include an overview of the unique qualities and impact of the military family lifestyle, such as frequent transitions, deployment cycles, culture, etc. This will lead to expanded conversation on best practices, collaboration and what we as providers can do to engage and effectively advocate for the military families that come though our doors.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Partnerships & Building Relationships
MISS REPRESENTATION
Moderator: Stephanie Armstrong, Founder, Heart of Leadership, San Diego, CA
Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation (90 min; TV-14 DL) uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful herself.
In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made great strides in leadership over the past few decades, the United States is still 90th in the world for women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating behaviors.
Stories from teenage girls and provocative interviews with politicians, journalists, entertainers, activists and academics, like Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem build momentum as Miss Representation accumulates startling facts and statistics that will leave the audience shaken and armed with a new perspective.
Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Film Festival; Older Youth
Mother Nature’s Child
Moderator: Janice Swaisgood, National Coordinator, Family Nature Clubs, Children & Nature Network, San Diego, CA
Mother Nature’s Child explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors; this will not be true for most children growing up today. The effects of “nature deficit disorder” are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders, and depression.
Mother Nature’s Child asks the questions: Why do children need unstructured time outside? What is the place of risk-taking in healthy child development? How is play a form of learning? Why are teachers resistant to taking students outside? How can city kids connect with nature? What does it mean to educate the ‘whole’ child?
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Film Festival
The Nifty Nines
CynDee Zandes, Senior Consultant, Consult 4 Kids, Bakersfield, CA
The Nifty Nines discusses the basics of exemplary performance that leads to high quality after-school programming. Learn not only about the nine keys to success but how to develop your start to ensure effectiveness.
Elementary
Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Playing with a Full Deck: Teambuilding Games and Initiatives Using a Deck of Cards!
Michelle Cummings, Founder, Training Wheels, Littleton, CO
This workshop will be based on the book, Playing With a Full Deck, 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards, by Michelle Cummings. Sometimes the simplest prop can be the best item in your bag of tricks. This workshop will be jam packed with over 10 of the best experiential activities out there using a simple deck of playing cards. All activities will be hands on and active. Using the philosophies of learning styles and multiple intelligences, the workshop will include activities that tap into each learning style of the participants you will encounter in your practice. Activities will range in style from diversity, icebreakers, problem solving, communication, debriefing, and social norms. Come prepared to play a lot and learn even more. Jokers welcome!
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Play Time? Kids and Game-Based Learning
David Lowenstein, Senior Director, PBS KIDS Ready To Learn, PBS KIDS, Arlington, VA
There is a lot of talk at the government, industry, and producer level about the promise of games in education, but has anyone really proven true educational outcomes from informal gaming? In this presentation, Jen Rodriguez will share some of the most effective gameplay mechanics for teaching kids, discuss how challenges and rewards influence outcomes, showcase video of kids engaged in gameplay, present some of the latest theories for skill-scaffolding within games, and share outcome data from real educational gaming evaluations. Using specific examples, we will show how learning and well-designed games share important traits (like fun, frustration, failure and flow) that engage and motivate kids.
Elementary
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
The Power of PLAY in Character Education
Christine Page, Consultant, CHARACTER COUNTS!, Los Angeles, CA
Learn why play is powerful in developing character in youth. Take a playful part in a sampling of adventure education, artistic expression and children's literature activities designed for out-of-school time staff to infuse in their youth programs.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Prepare Students for High School Success and Beyond with Data-Driven Summer Academy
Indra Ciccarelli, Programs Coordinator, Granada Hills High School, Granada Hills, CA; Ranie Lambe, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Revolution K12, Santa Monica, CA
At Granada Hills Charter High School 98% of students graduate and continue on to college. This remarkable achievement is largely a result of Granada’s commitment to providing intervention support at the first sign of need. Through their mandatory Summer Transition Academy, which incorporates data-driven instruction, Granada Hills has been able to successfully pinpoint students’ strengths and weaknesses and provide intervention as necessary to ensure that all students are excelling.
High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Older Youth
Project-Based Learning
Bobby Klein, Youth Institute Operations Director; Trang Truong, Associate Program Director,YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Community Development Branch, Long Beach, CA
In this hands-on course, participants will experience the effects of each of the mechanics from the Buck Institute of Education Project-Based Learning Model. Through interactive group work, participants will understand the process of PBL to design their program clubs and service learning projects to ultimate create awareness and a sense of accomplishment, reflection and celebration in the youth they serve.
High School
Direct Service
Strand: Older Youth
Promoting Healthy Relationships and Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Emily Austin, Director Of Policy, Peace Over Violence, Los Angeles, CA
This workshop will give a general overview of teen dating violence, specific strategies for engaging youth in preventing relationship violence, and concrete policy and system changes to create spaces free from relationship violence. This workshop will be a general introduction to teen dating violence prevention through a systems change approach. Attendees will benefit from concrete examples, model policies, and curricula handouts to further teen dating violence prevention efforts in their communities.
Middle, High School, Higher Education
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Professional Development
Putting the FUN in the FUNdementals of Training Summer Staff
Nicole E. Smith, College Advisor; Kya Dixon, College Programs Officer, College Success Foundation DC, Washington, DC
Summer programming is already hard enough! You’ve hired the right people. Now what? The foundation for any well run summer program is the preparation that goes into training your staff. Come join us and learn from one of the most innovative college success programs about what has and has not worked for their program, what the key components are to a quality training program, how to take the materials received and make them fit your organizational needs, and also learn how to make training FUN for all participants involved.
High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Older Youth
Reaching the Unreachable
Justino Alarcon, Director/Program Facilitator, Seeking to Empower Endangered Kids (SEEK), Bonita, CA
At one point in his life, Justino Alarcon, was considered a high-risk, throwaway youth. His longing for support and guidance led to gang involvement and other detrimental choices, which then forced him to navigate his way through the justice system. In spite of condemnation, Justino’s resilience has enabled him to beat the odds. This workshop will provide participants with first-hand knowledge and strategies on how to build bridges to reach high-risk youth.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strands: Older Youth; Storyteller’s Café
Real Learning Leaves the Room
Dr. Gale Gorke, Executive Director, Kids Kan, Inc., Calimesa, CA
Too often, ideas, concepts and information vanish immediately after they are taught. This activity-based workshop demonstrates the strategies, techniques, and concepts that help leaning last! Come explore how to help your students learn, retain, and apply their knowledge.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Professional Development
Reducing Stress within your Organization Through Leadership and Management Development
Ezra Holland, Ezra Holland Consulting, LLC, Beverly, MA; Bill Michaelis, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University, Pacifica, CA
Do you want to learn strategies to help lead those "hard" conversations, and reduce conflict within your organization? Do you want your team members to learn how to become part of the solution, and not part of the problem? How about reducing the amount of stress in your organization and company during difficult times? Moreover, how about becoming a better leader? And a better manager? Then come to this intensive, fun and motivational workshop on reducing stress within yourself and organization by developing your leadership and management skills.
Elementary, Middle, High School, Higher Education
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration
Strand: Professional Development
Revolutionary Leadership Development: Facilitating for Social Justice and Violence Prevention
Pamela Cysner, Partner; Lloyd Wilkey, Partner, Diverse City Consulting, Santa Monica, CA
Through an interactive process, participants will examine violence prevention theory and discuss the importance of dialogue facilitation as an effective means of informal education. We will introduce a transformational leadership model that encourages power sharing, reflection, collaboration and action. The methodologies shared will support the work of all community stakeholders concerned about and engaged in the development of youth.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Safety and Privacy within Social Networks, Cell Phone and Internet Usage
Les Peters, Youth Institute Director; Carola Secada, Director of Operations and Professional Development, YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Community Development Branch, Long Beach, CA
Digital access has redefined the way teens communicate. Be part of the ongoing dialogue on this hot teen topic and learn about Best Practices around Internet usage, texting and social networking. Explore methods of using positive Youth Development principles to help teens create healthy practices as they navigate their digital world. You will also have the opportunity to hear from teens about their experiences with the Internet, their cell phones and their social networks.
High School
Direct Service
Strand: Older Youth
School and Nonprofit Partnerships: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Arthur Sanchez, Principal, Eisenhower Senior High School, Rialto, CA; Susan Neufeld, Director, Child & Youth Development, Hope Through Housing Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Learn what it takes to create a successful school-nonprofit partnership. The workshop is co-led by a high school principal and nonprofit director working together to implement an ASSETs program in Rialto, CA. The presentation will provide a brief history of the partnership, including challenges and how they were overcome. Suggestions for establishing and maintaining a strong collaborative relationship in your school will be provided.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration
Strand: Partnerships & Building Relationships
Snapshots and Stories: Championing Youth as Community Advocates
Elle Mari, Social Marketing Specialist--Youth Development; Judy Vang, Social Marketing Specialist, Network for a Healthy California, Sacramento, CA
Participants will receive a hands-on training in how to empower youth to find their voice and positively impact their communities by advocating for more access to healthy foods and safe spaces to play. Participants will also specifically learn photography and photojournalism basics as well as team building strategies to engage youth through this process.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
The State of Equity in After-School/Out-of-School: How Extended Learning Opportunity Meets Diverse Student Needs
Ernest Saadiq Morris, Esq., Director, Urban Youth Justice Initiative (Urban Youth Justice), Seattle, WA
Ernest Saadiq Morris will lead a dynamic, no-holds-barred Town Hall discussion on how after-school/out-of-school programming is meeting the equity challenges presented by a rapidly diversifying student population.
An overview of current issues and challenges created by diverse student subgroups, based on ethnic origin, nationality, race, gender, special needs, language, sexual orientation, and poverty (to name only a few). We will discuss the obstacles to maximizing the involvement of all student groups, as well as using grassroots organizing strategies to overcome them, e.g., inclusive communication strategies, and identifying barriers to participation. Also, cautionary tales of mistakes that your program will want to avoid.
A unique opportunity to share ideas, experiences, and the best practices for facilitating access to Out-of-School learning opportunities for the diverse student populations of the present and foreseeable future.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Ernest Saadiq Morris, ask questions, and learn by collaboratively challenging each other to reach higher levels of effectiveness within your own programming!
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)
Bob Cabeza, Vice President of Community Development; Leonard Salcido, Senior Art Director, YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Community Development Branch, Long Beach, CA
Take STEM projects to the next level! With the addition of ART, this interactive course will teach participants the importance and components of S.T.E.A.M. and how to set up the youth in their program to compete globally in the 21st century workforce. They will experience first hand the excitement and benefits of S.T.E.A.M. project-based learning and will have the foundation to implement activities and projects as soon as they return to their program.
High School
Direct Service
Strand: Older Youth
Step It Up and Kick Start Your Brain
Enid Oquendo, Project Manager, Clever Crazes for Kids, Cincinnati, OH
Join us as we show you how e-learning can impact your educational setting. Clever Crazes is free and fun! We believe that there is a golden thread that weaves through the following areas of focus: nutrition, physical activity, self-esteem, bullying, and living green. These objectives will help us make healthy living part of everyday life for young people. Learn how to take immediate action to be an agent of change for our youth and communities.
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
Successful STEM Practices for Older Youth: Implementing a Social Marketed, Outcomes-based, Fluid Learning Methodology
Dallas Jones, Site Director, Northwest Learning and Achievement Group, Walla Walla WA; Brent Cummings, Executive Director, FLUX, LLC, Walla Walla, WA
Session presenters will model and engage attendees in a highly effective student-centered learning methodology through a hands-on STEM Activity. The methodology integrates experiential and inquiry processes, resource-based education, and differentiated instruction, which is proven to increase academic outcomes and appeal to targeted populations. Participants will leave the session having completed the STEM activity, have a better understanding of the learning process ideal for “achievement gap” participants, and will discuss effective methods for measuring and assessing outcomes which align to the Common Core Math & Science Standards.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Older Youth
Success with Challenging Behavior: ADHD
Wendi Garrison, Education & Training Manager; Viviana Hernandez, Affiliate Coordinator, Kids Included Together, San Diego, CA
Chances are you serve children with ADHD every day in your existing programs. Explore myths about children with ADHD and discover what to look for as you design accommodations for children with ADHD in your program. Learn to prevent challenging behaviors with positive support strategies to help all children be successful.
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Taking The Pain Out of Evaluation
John Perry, Afterschool Technical Assistance Consultant, JM Perry & Associates, Arlington, TX; Dr. Sakile Camara, Assessment Coordinator, Mike Curb College of Art, Media, & Communication California State University at Northridge, Northridge, CO
Join this interactive workshop to learn how to establish a systematic and strategic process in order to maximize effectiveness within the organizational structure and the services and programs provided. Learn how to conduct assessments and evaluations while understanding the inter-connectedness between the program's goals and the services.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Teaching Project Development to Inspire Activity and Action in Today’s Youth
Alok Appadurai, Founder, ChangeActivists.org, Tuscon, AZ
Young people are most active and engaged when they are learning skills that can obviously and directly change their own lives and pursue their own dreams. In this workshop we will explore the value of teaching kids the actual process they can use to take any idea and create a real, viable project from start to finish. Let’s give our youth a gift that can truly last for the rest of their lives.
Middle, High School, Higher Education
Direct Service
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Older Youth
TechnoReality: Web 2.0 Theory to Practice
Shawn Petty, Technical Assistance Manager, Edvance Research, Inc., San Antonio, CA
Have you heard about Web 2.0, but are unsure of how this evolving technology can be used in your program? Take some time to learn more about the wonderful art of blogging, podcasting, social media webpage creation, digital media content development, and futuristic thinking. Understand the hype around Social Media and let it add value to your program and the youth you serve. Depart this session with three specific activities you can put to immediate use and access to a Wiki with even more resources. Don't let the Web 2.0 world pass you and your program by.
Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Older Youth
Teen Synergy – The Growing Pains and Growing Gains of Youth Leadership
Stu Semigran, EduCare Foundation, President, Thousand Oaks, CA; Ray Trinidad, CEO, !Mpact People, Chula Vista, CA; Brad Lupian, Co-Founder, arc (formerly Champions,) Los Angeles, CA
Join this very candid and authentic presentation on the challenges and difficulties of teen leadership in high schools during out of school time. Discuss proven strategies and insights of successful youth led community service events, civic engagement forums, training retreats and public presentations. Discover what motivates teens to take leadership roles as well as what makes them want to follow their peers.
High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Older Youth
TEEN TRUTH LIVE FILM FESTIVAL
Moderator: JC Pohl, Co-Creator, Teen Truth Live, San Diego, CA
The TEEN TRUTH: FILM FESTIVAL was developed to provide more youth the opportunity to be heard and empower audiences across the nation with their message. Using the same core principals that made TEEN TRUTH successful, the TT: FILM FESTIVAL is focused on furthering the positive TT movement by featuring the artistic voices of the best student filmmakers from across the country.
Open to filmmakers’ aged 12 – 24 this youth focused Festival seeks creative films from several diverse mediums that range in length from thirty-seconds to ten minutes. Whether it’s a documentary, animation, stop-motion or scripted live-action, each featured film will reveal truth, challenge its audience to think differently and inspire positive action.
Come view this year’s student made films and learn how your students can join this powerful movement and inspire creativity in education by hosting a TT: FILM FESTIVAL in your community.
Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Film Festival; Older Youth
Tell Your Story with Kidsdata.org
Felicity Simmons, Manager, Marketing and Online Communications, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA
Do you need data about children and families to bolster your program planning, grant proposals, or reports? Kidsdata.org can help you find facts quickly and easily. This free, user-friendly site offers more than 400 indicators of child health and well being, including emotional health and several education-related measures of child health. The site offers data for every county, city and school district in California; and you also can compare regions of interest and view comparable state-level data. At this workshop, find out how to use data and information on more than 50 topics, including emotional and behavioral health, education, family economics issues, physical health, and more.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Upper-level Administration, Capacity-Building
Strands: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Sustainability
Unique and Innovative Instant Fitness Activities for All Ages
Sandy Slade, Clinician, Sandy Spin Slade, Corona, CA
Limited in space- no problem! Participants will learn a variety of fun, hand/eye, cross-lateral and fine motor skill instant activities by manipulating a ball in a variety of different and creative ways. Non-fitness experts welcome!
Elementary, Middle
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Working in a 4G World
ElizaBeth Phillips, Program Development Director; Susan Dumars, Chief Program Officer, Child Development, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Boomers, GenX, Millenials and Homelanders oh my! With 4 different generations converging in one space-our out of school programs- how do we find commonalities, establish relationships, and exist together without burying ourselves in stereotypes? What impact does each generation’s values, beliefs, and motivations have on each other? Come join this workshop as we learn more about each generation, each other, and the impact on the children we serve.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity Building
Strand: Partnerships and Building Relationships
Whole School Climate: A Framework for Safer and Bully-Free Schools
Rick Phillips, Executive Director, Community Matters, Santa Rosa, CA
Cyber-bullying, harassment and bullying continue to be issues affecting attendance, behavior and performance. This workshop will present proven strategies for empowering and equipping staff and students with improved communication skills, because the staff and students are the best leverage points for fostering a safer and more positive school climate. Research consistently shows a strong correlation between positive school climates and: 1) academic achievement 2) attendance 3) school connectedness 4) positive student behavior. This workshop showcases the “HOW” - a field-tested blueprint for whole school climate improvement and a road map for achieving higher performing and safer schools from the “inside-out”.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality
Youth as Change Agents: Getting Youth Engaged in Community Service, Advocacy, Mentoring and Philanthropy
Eric Evans, LEAD Initiative Program Director, Geminus Corporation; Heather McCarthy, Vice President Prevention Services, Merrillville, IL
This interactive workshop focuses on the use of peer leaders to implement civic-led change activities with an emphasis on ATOD prevention. The audience will understand the design behind the L.E.A.D. (Leading and Educating Across Domains) Initiative, a statewide evidence-based prevention program that promotes youth leadership. Providing youth with the opportunity to be change agents to foster systems change through community service, advocacy, mentoring, and philanthropy are the bases behind a strong leadership program.
Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality, Older Youth
Youth Development 2.0: Using the Latest Trends and Technologies to Foster Positive Outcomes for Older Youth?
Dr. Zach Mural, Owner/Trainer/Consultant, Youth Development Consulting, Haslett, MI
Face it, most of today’s older youth probably are more comfortable with a computer or smartphone than they are with a pencil and a paper. In this session we will draw on real world examples, as well as current positive youth development theory, to highlight what staff and administration can do in today’s brave new world. We will focus on three key elements of youth development while intentionally incorporating the trends and technologies your students are already excited about.
Elementary, Middle, High School
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service, Capacity-Building
Strand: Older Youth
You've Got The Power
Lisa Morrison, Director, Infusion Wellness, Los Angeles, CA
Join this interactive and empowering workshop where participants will learn and experience the 7 superpowers that all kids and adults need. Participants will be inspired to be more creative and imaginative. We will show them how to use the themes of superpowers in their own programs by transforming mundane curricula into inspiring content kids want to learn. With hands on activities, physical games and yoga poses participants will be shape shifting, mind bending and finding their own hidden superpowers. Participants will be inspired to take their new powers back to their communities and make a difference one kids at a time.
Elementary
Mid-level Administration, Direct Service
Strand: Program Design, Development, and Quality; Professional Development
