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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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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

From the Field: We Asked Educators What They’d Tell Themselves at 15

As we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the BOOST Conference this year, we are still reeling from our inspiring and impactful event. We welcomed over 3,000 attendees to our conference in sunny Palm Springs and offered 200+ workshops, 4 Pre-Conference Academies, Master Classes, Town Hall and Panel Sessions, a Film Festival, 125+ exhibitors, networking events, and so much more. What I’d tell my younger self at 15 years old We asked educators to share what advice they would give to themselve...Read More

Get to Know TEAMBOOST Member Chloe Dorworth – BOOST Sweet 15

BOOST is turning 15! As we approach our 15-year anniversary, we are reminded of how much we value and appreciate our TEAMBOOST partners and want to share their stories – their journeys through the in and out-of-school time field, their goals and aspirations, a few fun things about them, and some of the amazing things they are doing in their communities. . We will be spotlighting our BOOST Bloggers, Ambassadors, Leadership Team members, and Partners weekly through the end of the year to tha...Read More

The BOOST Conference: By The Field, For The Field

This year the BOOST Conference was beyond measurable and loaded with learning opportunities, networking receptions, film festivals, Town Halls, Pop-Up Dinners, Inspiration Stations, and so much more. Our small but mighty team of dedicated volunteers, the BOOST Leadership Team (BLT), worked for a year to welcome all the BOOSTers to sunny Palm Springs! In this blog, we want to provide you with a quick glimpse of the magic that goes into building this wonderful and inspiring conference. WANT IN? CL...Read More

Meet Our 2023 BOOST Conference Presenting Organizations

The annual BOOST Conference is the largest, most recognized, and comprehensive global convening for after school, expanded learning, and in and out-of-school time professionals. We are delighted to welcome the following presenting organizations to the 2023 BOOST Conference on April 25-28 in Palm Springs, California. We look forward to gathering with you all in person to connect, learn, and network with the BOOST Community! Register your team today – Online registration ends April 15th. 202...Read More