Breakfast Club Blog
The BOOST Breakfast Club Blog is a curated space where bloggers from around the world contribute content on a continual basis about a variety of topics relevant to in and out-of-school time. The BOOST Breakfast Club blog is at the heart of an ongoing dialogue where expanded learning and education professionals share their personal thoughts and stories from the in and out-of-school time field. They also tell us what they ate for breakfast!
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Empowering Resilience: The Crucial Role of Emotional Intelligence in Self-Awareness and Self-Management
Shaping your resilience helps you build your capacity to manage your accountabilities. Feel more confident and assure turning conflicts into opportunities and resolve everyday challenges. Develop a mindset where obstacles are opportunities for growth. Read More
Empowering Educators, Empowering Students: Building Confidence by Learning to Overcome Challenges Together
Both educators and students face a myriad of challenges on a daily basis. This workshop is designed to equip expanded learning program leaders and staff with hands-on activities, strategies, and tools to navigate obstacles with confidence and resilience, fostering a supportive and empowering environment for themselves and their students. Read More
Connecting the Dots: Effective Strategies for Building Connections with Your Students
Join us for an engaging workshop designed to strengthen your ability to build meaningful connections with students. Through interactive activities and practical strategies, you’ll learn the basics of trauma, explore techniques for fostering trust, and understand student needs to create an inclusive and supportive after school environment. Read More
Breaking Barriers, Building Opportunities: Inclusive Expanded Learning
Create a welcoming and inclusive expanded learning program for all students! Learn strategies to break down barriers, build positive relationships, and provide necessary supports. Discover how to challenge biases, foster belonging, and empower students to succeed. Let’s create a thriving learning community together! Read More
Are You Okay? A Mental Health & Wellbeing Check-in & Conversation
According to the World Health Organization, one in four people experience mental health issues yearly. This session, designed specifically for educators and afterschool professionals, will explore an emotional wellness checklist and check-in, emphasizing the importance of social and emotional learning and wellness in our profession. Read More
Your Health Matters! 5 Simple “Me Moment” Activities
In this interactive nature, art, and play-based workshop, we’ll explore simple practices to support our own mental and physical health. Together, we’ll practice activities to help us prioritize our well-being as we take care of others. Read More
Healing Centered Engagement
Healing Centered Engagement supports not only young people but also adult providers with their own healing. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to use the Healing Centered Engagement approach through its five CARMA Principles: Culture, Agency, Relationships, Meaning, and Aspiration Read More
Healing Centered Approaches for Educators
This session will provide participants with an overview of what trauma is and how it can impact the brain, learning, relationships, and much more. Participants will explore best practices and strategies for how best to understand, engage, and support students. Read More
Collaborative Solutions to Unsolved Problems
Many children facing concerning behaviors deal with the same 5 or 6 daily challenges, termed “Unsolved Problems.” This workshop guides addressing them through empathy, defining concerns, and collaborating with students for proactive solutions. Read More
Designing and Facilitating Learning Experiences
Whether you’re just getting started or are building your youth development toolbox, build your creative confidence with us as we explore human-centered, highly engaging, and brain-friendly student and staff learning experiences. We will use the collective wisdom in the workshop room plus expert-designed resources from the Mizzen community to discover solutions for accessing free and relevant content, back-pocket program ideas, tips for setting up your programming day for success, and other easy-... Read More
It Takes a Village!
This workshop will explore ways how you can build meaningful relationships among parents, students, and staff. We will use hands-on activities, personal stories, and collaborative thinking to discover ways on strengthening program impact. Read More
Making Restorative Agreements with Disengaged Youth
Many youth since the pandemic have found challenges in rebuilding strong social-emotional bonds with peers and staff. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to make SMARTE agreements with disenfranchised youth that rebuild trust, clearly communicate expectations, and strengthen damaged relationships! Read More