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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Fuel Your People Power: How to Evaluate Your Workplace Culture and Elevate Your Impact
Your organization thrives when people thrive, how do you make that happen? Fuel Your People Power gives you a process to create a more harmonious workplace for you and your employees. Build your capacity with techniques for getting genuine employee feedback, strategies for connecting data with impact and learn how to use both to build the team of your dreams. This workshop will leave you with the practical skills needed to elevate your workplace culture AND the motivation to actually do it. Read More
From Pandemic Pivot to Practice: Amplifying Youth Voice in a Time of Chaos
The pandemic pushed us all to shift our approaches to youth programming. This challenge also presented a unique opportunity to prototype programs that were more responsive to youth needs and interests. Learn about two youth-led projects of Bay Area Community Resources and the Lawrence Hall of Science in which youth drove their learning, collaborated with UC Berkeley researchers, and created COVID-related media for their communities. Read More
Empowering a Thriving Site Coordinator Workforce
Join us for an interactive workshop where we will discuss how we are supporting those who are out in the field serving our youth, families, and communities. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to interact with and hear stories from members from the Site Coordinator Network which is supported by CAN and the TA Fellows and Coaches School of Leadership and Facilitation who are supported by our partner in the work ASAPconnect. You will also have the chance to hear about ways you can ... Read More
Designing for Skills and Motivation: A Model for Youth Apprenticeship
Sustaining interest-driven learning and career exploration of teens is sometimes difficult. This workshop will help educators, youth development practitioners, and employment partners to create a learning experience that supports both skill development and sustained motivation. Participants will come away with both theoretical and practical methods to design a youth apprenticeship, which leverages project-based learning and self-determination. Take-aways include a 7-step design planner. Read More
Develop Emotional Intelligence with The +|- Code
The +|- Code is a school and after-school program to help students develop their Emotional Intelligence. It helps children and teenagers improve their discernment and better understand their emotions and environment. A unique tool to decode fake news, facial expressions, solve conflicts and make better choices. It is also a fun interactive and instructional game to enjoy with friends, educators, and parents! Read More
Drug-Free Kids! – Operation Prevention: A FREE Drug Prevention Curriculum
Learn about Operation Prevention, a no-cost drug-prevention curriculum for grades 3-12, jointly developed by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education, and includes free downloadable drug-prevention lesson plan bundles, virtual field trips, videos, a self-paced module, a parent toolkit, and lesson plans for Tribal audiences, plus a workplace module all available on OperationPrevention.com. Read More
Experiential Learning for Staff and Youth: Engaging the Brain by Doing
Experiential learning, or EL, engages the brain and body through play, team-building, and problem-solving. While so much of how we teach and learn tend to be didactic (words-based), the joy of OST is the ability to spend time in play, experimentation, and exploration. Join us to learn how EL can be a powerful tool for SEL and academic learning, with your youth AND with your staff – and walk away with a set of activities to try tomorrow! Read More
Coaching Leaders and Students to Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
While understanding the topic of EDI is critical, not every leader has the expertise to foster a school culture that truly embraces culturally and socioeconomically inclusivity. Dr. Kim Brown Barber coaches educators and after school professionals to utilize their diversity and strengths to embody a campus or classroom that taps into diversity and inclusion through an equity-based lens. Read More
Changing the School Climate: Addressing the Unique Needs of LGBTQ Youth
Participants will learn ways to increase support for LGBTQ students, will be provided with opportunities to brainstorm issues on school campuses, and create action plans that uplift the needs and perspectives of LGBTQ youth. Effective adult allies can help youth gain a positive sense of self, preventing them from isolation, depression, and substance misuse. This interactive workshop will provide best practices that you can start using TOMORROW by creating safe spaces on campus. Read More
Creating Safe and Equitable Spaces for Learning
Education is experiencing unprecedented burnout from educators & students. In a world of uncertainty, how can we ensure that ALL students, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status feel like they belong in our programs and communities and feel safe with us? How can we create safe spaces for youth to strive and thrive towards their educational goals? Participants will engage, reflect, rethink, and relearn previously held assumptions. Read More
Demystify STEM with Wonder Kits
Inspired by curiosity, Wonder Kits provide everything you need for a quality, hands-on STEM activity that anyone can facilitate. Partnering with organizations such as T-Mobile and Texas Instruments, Wonder Kits adds career exploration at any grade level. From designing your own wind-powered car to learning how to protect your brain, Wonder Kits bring creativity and fun to national standards. Learn the best tips and tricks in this engaging workshop to demystify STEM. Read More
Co-Designing: Using Racial and Gender Equity in SEL to Engage Girls
To address the growing mental health crisis for youth, especially youth of color, we need to mitigate the harm from white supremacy assumptions that are built into most SEL programs and replace these programs with wellness with social justice at its core. Girls Leadership will share their curriculum development process, based in Libratory Design, which interrupts the power dynamic of adult and youth to empower students as designers of justice-based SEL. Read More