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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Mental Health & Self-Care 
9:00am-11:00am PST
No Cost
Featured Speakers:
Robb Armstrong, Program Manager, Dylan’s Wings of Change, Canton, CT; Bryn Drescher, Facilitator, EduCare Foundation, Van Nuys, CA; Jennifer L. Magnabosco, Ph.D., ACC, Career-Leadership-Emotional Intelligence Coach, Workshop Trainer & Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Dana Point, CA
Self-care is a necessary and important part of every individual’s overall health. Join BOOST and our partners to learn strategies to recharge yourself, practice good mental habits, and be resilient during these times. To be able to care for the people you love, you must first take care of yourself.
PK, E, M, H, HE
Materials needed:
Table or desk to draw on, piece of paper any size that you can draw on, any type of markers, crayons, pencils, or pens.
REGISTRATION CLOSED – SESSION FULL
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Facilitation 101: Hero Training by The Harry Potter Alliance
10:00am-11:00am PST
No Cost
Featured Speaker:
Janae Phillips, Director of Leadership & Education, The Harry Potter Alliance, Binghamton, NY
You’re not just born with it – with practice and some tried and tested tricks, you can up your facilitation game.
REGISTRATION CLOSED – SESSION FULL
Friday, May 29, 2020
BOOST Online Teambuilding & Game Night
6:00pm-7:30pm PST
$20 per person
Featured Speakers:
DJ KooLeo (Leo VanWarmerdam, Fulcrum Adventures) and MC BS (Brian Thomas Smith, The Big Bang Theory).
BOOSTers, are you ready to party and have a blast? Fulcrum Free Space is a virtual entertainment experience with 2 DJ/Hosts that play music, trivia, home scavenger hunts, and mystery challenges all while playing an interactive bingo game to win prizes. Bring your whole team for an unforgettable experience!
THEME: In true BOOST fashion we will take a virtual trip out to Palm Springs where all the magic happens. Throw on some summer wear, floral prints, and anything else that will make you feel like you’re out in the beautiful oasis.
*This event will take place on Zoom (link provided upon registration) and you will need to have your cell phone handy to play the games during the event.
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Monday, June 1, 2020
Kindness, Empathy & SEL
9:00am-11:00am PST
No cost
Featured Speakers:
Ian Hockley, Executive Director & Wingman Trainer, Dylan’s Wings of Change, Canton, CT; Justin McGlamery, Wingman, Dylan’s Wings of Change, Hartford, CT
Students come to us with their own emotions, triggers, and trauma. When students see respect, empathy, and kindness modeled, they are more likely to respond in similar ways; but it is not enough to just model social and emotional skills, these must be strategically and continually taught. Join us for tools and resources to support our students through kindness, empathy, and SEL learning.
E, M
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Jumpstarting Your ECE Career
12:00pm-1:00pm PST
No Cost
Featured Speaker:
Anthony Felix, Talent Acquisition Manager, Continuing Development Inc., Morgan Hill, CA
Join Continuing Development Inc. as we explore how you can turn your ECE/CD units into a meaningful career working with children. We’ll cover everything from obtaining a permit, tips on interviewing, the various career pathways both in and out of the classroom, as well as the impact you can make in your community.
PK, E
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
BOOST Live Podcast Lounge: Educated Guess Live Podcast: An Interview with Michael Funk
2:00pm-3:00pm PST
No Cost
Featured Speakers:
Cesar Fernandez, Integrated Math Teacher, Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista, CA; Michael Funk, Expanded Learning Division Director, California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA
From our colleagues to the students we teach, each person has a unique story about their journey through education. The Educated Guess attempts to capture the humanity of their guests, as well as provide the space to share thoughts on equity, pedagogy, and culture. They share the stories of frontline educators, professors, and community organizers in the hopes that we can all imagine and build education into something each student can enjoy and grow within.
E, M, H
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
BOOST Nation: Town Hall- The State of Afterschool
10:00am-11:00am PST
No Cost
Featured Speaker:
Jodi Grant, Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance, Washington, DC
Join us for an open-space national conversation with Jodi Grant, Executive Director of the Afterschool Alliance. As a field, we are navigating unchartered territory, budget cuts, and how we support children, youth, and families, as well as the importance of messaging that we put forth to preserve and increase our funding. Bring your questions and join us online.
REGISTRATION CLOSED – SESSION FULL
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Meeting of the Minds: The School to Prison Pipeline – Beyond the Schools….it’s not just a school problem! (Part I)
10:00am-11:00am PST
No cost
Moderator: Dr. Rebecca Mendiola, CEO, Collective Impact Solutions, San Diego, CA
Presenters:
Tia Martinez, JD, CEO, Forward Change, San Francisco, CA; Rhonda Beasley, Coordinator, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA; Dr. Rebecca Mendiola, CEO, Collective Impact Solutions, San Diego, CA
This online series will provide a brief introduction of Tia Martinez’s main presentation unpacking the School to Prison Pipeline of system-driven negative feedback loops that channel young people out of the education system into the prison system.
PK, E, M, H, HE
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Meeting of the Minds: All Hands on Deck – Using Collective Impact to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline (Part 2)
2:30pm-3:30pm PST
No cost
Moderator: Dr. Rebecca Mendiola, CEO, Collective Impact Solutions, San Diego, CA
Presenters:
Tia Martinez, JD, CEO, Forward Change, San Francisco, CA; Rhonda Beasley, Coordinator, Santa Clara County Office of Education, San Jose, CA; Dr. Rebecca Mendiola, CEO, Collective Impact Solutions, San Diego, CA; Special Guest: Tiffany Gipson, Program Director: Quality Initiatives, California Afterschool Network, Sacramento, CA
This online presentation is the second part of this series sharing a brief introduction of a collective impact effort bringing together national, state and local experts to create a single system of support across a county system to improve education and dismantle the school to prison pipeline. Presenters will also discuss how we should think of our work differently in our current system.
PK, E, M, H, HE
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COMING SOON!
Re-Think Tank: Rethinking Learning & Leveraging Community Assets
Join us in a series of exploratory discussions of how to disrupt and transform traditional models of learning and how we serve students by utilizing community assets to turn them into learning spaces. Let’s rethink and reimagine “learning distribution” and an ecosystem of learning environments (schools, homes, museums, parks, libraries, and community-based organizations) that are accessible and equitable.
Partners: Clare Rose Foundation, BOOST Collaborative, and national partners to be announced soon!
BOOST Online Learning Contact
Interested in facilitating an online training workshop as part of our BOOST Online Training & Learning Community? Please contact us to discuss topics and dates.
Alicia Finch, Program Coordinator
[email protected]
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