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Creating A Space To Learn: 3 Essential Steps Creating A Space To Learn: 3 Essential Steps
Partnerships and Building Relationships / Program Design, Development, and Quality / Staff Leadership and Management

Creating A Space To Learn: 3 Essential Steps

Amanda A Ebokosia No Comments

The foundation of learning happens in spaces where youth feel safe, seen, and respected. Unfortunately, all learning environments are not developed with this in mind. The structural evolution of today’s K-12 classrooms has made little progress over the years. As youth practitioners and educators, we have the opportunity every day to support a more equitable learning environment by laying the groundwork, before youth enter our doors. It is an incredible responsibility for one person. Therefore, w...Read More

On-Site Staff / Program Design, Development, and Quality / Staff Leadership and Management

Negative Social Media Messaging, Safe Spaces, and Happy Kids

Julie Sesser No Comments

Now more than ever we are inundated with messaging from social media, news, text messages, and more. When I wake up each day I check the top 5 headlines from various media outlets, scroll through Facebook, check Instagram and LinkedIn and, not to be forgotten, I review the latest tweets from various people and groups that I follow on Twitter. When I started tracking how much time I spend starting my day this way, I noticed that it was a fairly big chunk of my morning. Many of the words that gree...Read More

active listening active listening
On-Site Staff / Opinion / Staff Leadership and Management / Uncategorized

People Aren’t Flies: How Youth Can Listen Without Needing to Be Heard

Erin Thomas No Comments

We have all experienced a time when we believed we had a genuine connection with a person, only to find out that they had a specific agenda in mind. We have all experienced someone that has tried to proselytize or preach at us, to use us to get ahead, or to gain access to our friends or family members. For many people, what starts out as a genuine connection dissolves almost instantly as soon as the sirens of topics such as politics or religion are sounded. We know how difficult it can be to hav...Read More