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!

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Enjoy the brain food.

The BOOST Breakfast Club Blog is Brain Food for In and Out-of-School Time Leaders!

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2025 BOOST Conference Panel Sessions: BOOST Your Learning

BOOSTers! Are you ready for BOOST Conference 2025? TEAMBOOST wants to help you get ready by spotlighting this year’s Panel Sessions. Read on to learn more. The BOOST Conference Panel Sessions are designed to bring area experts in one space to dialogue, discuss, and share practices within the field. Varying perspectives from present practitioners, leaders, and youth offer unique insights to common ideas as well as challenges experienced by participants. All registered attendees are wel...Read More

BOOST Your Learning: 2025 Workshops for Capacity Builders

BOOST Conference 2025 is in a few short weeks, and TEAMBOOST is here to help you plan for your best conference experience EVER! Today, we are spotlighting BOOST 2025 Workshops with content from a Capacity Builder context. Capacity Builder content offers opportunities for discussion that empower attendees to impact program creation as well as curate intentional professional development opportunities that impact the capacity of personnel. All registered attendees are welcome to attend these worksh...Read More

Restorative Practices: Workshops to BOOST Your Learning at the 2025 BOOST Conference

Hey BOOSTers! Are you looking for BOOST Conference 2025 workshops focused on Restorative Practices? Look no further! TEAMBOOST has curated a list of incredible opportunities for you to add to your conference schedule. Let’s make this the best BOOST Conference yet! Workshops that promote Restorative Practices are designed to engage dialogue surrounding social connection, repairing harm, and restoring relationships in staff and students. May these spaces create opportunities for attendees to...Read More

2025 BOOST Conference Storyteller’s Cafe: BOOST Your Learning

BOOSTers! Are you ready for BOOST Conference 2025? TEAMBOOST wants to help you get ready by spotlighting this year’s Storyteller’s Cafe. Read on to learn more. The BOOST Storyteller’s Cafe is designed to highlight the lives of exceptional people from all walks of life who have experienced challenges and overcome them through hope and resiliency. Hear stories that inspire, uplift, and motivate you to become a change agent. You can also participate in a question-and-answer d...Read More

BOOST Your Learning: 2025 Workshops for Mid-Level Administrators

BOOST Conference 2025 is in a few short weeks, and TEAMBOOST is here to help you plan for your best conference experience EVER! Today, we are spotlighting BOOST 2025 Workshops with content from a Mid-Level Administrator context. Mid-Level Administrator content offers discussion opportunities centered in program and people development as well as spotlights on important advocacy opportunities that impact educational personnel. All registered attendees are welcome to attend these workshops. Those w...Read More

Youth Development: Workshops to BOOST Your Learning at the 2025 BOOST Conference

Hey BOOSTers! Are you looking for BOOST Conference 2025 workshops focused on Youth Development and Leadership? Look no further! TEAMBOOST has curated a list of incredible opportunities for you to add to your conference schedule. Let’s make this the best BOOST Conference yet! Workshops that promote Youth Development and Leadership are designed to offer tools, activities, and supports to attendees in order to better meet the needs of the youth they serve. From engagement strategies to addres...Read More

2025 BOOST Conference Film Festival: BOOST Your Learning

BOOSTers! Are you ready for BOOST Conference 2025? TEAMBOOST wants to help you get ready by spotlighting this year’s Film Festival movie screenings. Read on to learn more. The BOOST Film Festival features relevant media by dedicated and talented filmmakers that is sure to inspire, educate, and transform youth development professionals. Further, moderators engage attendees in post-screening discussions that unpack the content, challenge the mind, and create opportunities for futur...Read More

BOOST Your Learning: 2025 Workshops for Upper-Level Administrators

BOOST Conference 2025 is in a few short weeks, and TEAMBOOST is here to help you plan for your best conference experience EVER! Today, we are spotlighting BOOST 2025 Workshops with content from an Upper Level Administrator context. Upper-Level Administrator content offers opportunities for discussion at organizational and system levels to support program operations, vision casting, and sustainability. All registered attendees are welcome to attend these workshops. Those who are interested in loc...Read More

Sending Holiday Cheer

BOOST appreciates you throughout the year, so we wanted to send some holiday cheer! We can’t wait to keep learning and laughing with you in 2021! Here’s to brighter days ahead. xo, TEAMBOOST Click to download the PDF

BOOST Online Film Festival Partnership Announced

BOOST, in partnership with IndieFlix for Education, offers film-based programming that inspires positive action, personal revelation, and social change for all ages. We provide social-emotional learning experiences that have a long and lasting measurable impact. Our social-impact, film-based programs, and accompanying live panel discussions, activities, resources, tips, and tools provide you with content, inspiration, and instruction to achieve a positive outcome in your classroom and programs. ...Read More

BOOST Vibes – Messages of Hope, Love & Inspiration

In recognition of the week we would have been together, we’ve asked the BOOST Leadership Team, BOOST Ambassadors, and Breakfast Club Bloggers to share messages of hope & inspiration with the field, to connect our community until we can gather together again. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For many of us in the movement, the end of the day comes around 6PM, some a bit later, especially the family that cons...Read More

Using YouTube for PD- BOOST Your Learning

Did you know we have over 100 educational videos on our YouTube page? Our digital content includes past BOOST Conference keynote speakers and general session entertainment, fun enrichment activities, as well as dozens of videos recorded from our BOOST Training and Online Learning Community. We have created a fillable YouTube PD Reflection & Action Planning Form to support your professional development and allowing you to: Reflect on your learning. Track your learning and stay accountable. Cr...Read More