Training 23-24

Want to add to your activity planning skill set?
Join us for an introductory training on Key Elements in Workshop Design. We will review the Assessment of Program Practices Tool (APT) to explore planning quality activities that promote specific skills, stimulate thinking, encourage collaborative work, center youth voice, and spark curiosity.

Developing Gender Inclusive Program Culture
Required: To register for this course, participants must complete and submit a request for credit for Introductory Recorded Gender Dynamics
April 5th, 12th, 26th (Must attend all sessions)
9:30am -12:30pm
In-Person Location to be announced
Facilitated by Minh Nguyen

Developing Gender Inclusive Program Culture
Required: To register for this course, participants must complete and submit a request for credit for Introductory Recorded Gender Dynamics
April 5th, 12th, 26th (Must attend all sessions)
9:30am -12:30pm
In-Person Location to be announced
Facilitated by Minh Nguyen

Partnering with Young People...Even When it's Hard!
Must attend all sessions (4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13)
As youth workers, we believe that all young people can contribute positively to our communities. And we believe that sharing power with young people can enhance our collective work.
But the day-to-day realities of our work don’t always match those beliefs. Our roles present intense demands. Young people bring a wide range of needs. Sometimes our practices fall short of meeting those needs. And unmet needs can contribute to youth behaviors that negatively impact others.
In these moments, it’s easy to see young people’s behaviors as “the problem.” But if we re-ground ourselves in our beliefs, we can find other pathways forward. Instead of blaming young people, we can seek to better understand them. We can work with them to make things better. And in doing so, we can learn from and with young people to improve our own practices as youth workers.
This four-part series will offer a supportive environment to practice this youth-centered professional learning process. Outcomes will include:

• Identifying ways in which young people’s behaviors can help us to better understand their needs;
• Generating research questions and “findings” about a young person from your program whose needs aren’t yet being fully met;
• Reframing unmet needs as dilemmas that we can engage with young people; and
• Generating action steps to share power with young people to better meet their needs.

Since we can all learn from young people, this series is a good fit for anyone who works in Cambridge Out-of-School-Time programs: youth workers, program directors, and more!  It will meet from 10:00am-12:30pm on four consecutive Mondays (4/22, 4/29, 5/6, and 5/13).Participants can expect some reading, a youth observation, and one initial action step as “pre-work” in between sessions.  Readings come from the book Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School.  All participants will receive a free copy of the book.

Developing Gender Inclusive Program Culture
Required: To register for this course, participants must complete and submit a request for credit for Introductory Recorded Gender Dynamics
April 5th, 12th, 26th (Must attend all sessions)
9:30am -12:30pm
In-Person Location to be announced
Facilitated by Minh Nguyen

Partnering with Young People...Even When it's Hard!
Must attend all sessions (4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13) 
As youth workers, we believe that all young people can contribute positively to our communities. And we believe that sharing power with young people can enhance our collective work.
But the day-to-day realities of our work don’t always match those beliefs.  Our roles present intense demands.  Young people bring a wide range of needs.  Sometimes our practices fall short of meeting those needs.  And unmet needs can contribute to youth behaviors that negatively impact others. 
In these moments, it’s easy to see young people’s behaviors as “the problem.”  But if we re-ground ourselves in our beliefs, we can find other pathways forward.  Instead of blaming young people, we can seek to better understand them.  We can work with them to make things better.  And in doing so, we can learn from and with young people to improve our own practices as youth workers.
This four-part series will offer a supportive environment to practice this youth-centered professional learning process.  Outcomes will include:

• Identifying ways in which young people’s behaviors can help us to better understand their needs;
• Generating research questions and “findings” about a young person from your program whose needs aren’t yet being fully met;
• Reframing unmet needs as dilemmas that we can engage with young people; and
• Generating action steps to share power with young people to better meet their needs.

Since we can all learn from young people, this series is a good fit for anyone who works in Cambridge Out-of-School-Time programs: youth workers, program directors, and more!  It will meet from 10:00am-12:30pm on four consecutive Mondays (4/22, 4/29, 5/6, and 5/13).Participants can expect some reading, a youth observation, and one initial action step as “pre-work” in between sessions.  Readings come from the book Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School.  All participants will receive a free copy of the book.

Must attend both session (Mondays June 3rd and June 10th)
Come and join ashley as we gather, create art, and discuss the Joy and Love for Black children. In these sessions we will do the inner work of how we move when working with Black children. ashley humbly brings her 24 years of teaching to hold space with educators in the work of centering children's humanity, dismantling white supremacy culture within, and using art as a tool for discussion and growth. How do I notice my prejudices and biases when working with children? How do I recognize when this shows up in space with children? How do I support my colleagues in moments that feel "off" (racist, anti Black, ableist, transphobic, etc...) and what's my responsibility? It all can be overwhelming because one is also trying to be present and in care of children. It's possible. Though ashley is facilitating this workshop, she works with children everyday and still asks the same questions of herself. We are all on a journey to be our absolute best humans with Black children, ashley wants to do the work with you to keep pushing the inner work and is so excited for the time with you!

Must attend both session (Mondays June 3rd and June 10th)
Come and join ashley as we gather, create art, and discuss the Joy and Love for Black children. In these sessions we will do the inner work of how we move when working with Black children. ashley humbly brings her 24 years of teaching to hold space with educators in the work of centering children's humanity, dismantling white supremacy culture within, and using art as a tool for discussion and growth. How do I notice my prejudices and biases when working with children? How do I recognize when this shows up in space with children? How do I support my colleagues in moments that feel "off" (racist, anti Black, ableist, transphobic, etc...) and what's my responsibility? It all can be overwhelming because one is also trying to be present and in care of children. It's possible. Though ashley is facilitating this workshop, she works with children everyday and still asks the same questions of herself. We are all on a journey to be our absolute best humans with Black children, ashley wants to do the work with you to keep pushing the inner work and is so excited for the time with you!