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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Lead with Purpose, Towards Purpose, On Purpose!
Managers struggle with unclear expectations, job stress, and frustration, causing their disengagement and the team. However, a Gallup Poll shows that an engaged manager increases the likelihood of a team to be engaged by 59%. So, we must ENGAGE our managers. This workshop will uncover How intentional well-being and purposeful engagement will transform your leadership becoming strengths-focused. It is about building a strength-based environment. It is time to pour into our leaders with Purpose! Read More
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Expanded Learning Advancing Community Health
Explore successful practices in working with youth to support their healthy eating, in a culturally responsive manner where they are nourished to flourish. We’ll also address how to strengthen overall healthier environments in OST and school settings so that the healthy choice becomes the easy choice for staff and students alike. We’ll engage and discuss together the many interconnected elements of good health – physical, mental, emotional, social and societal – grounded in our own p... Read More
Heartset Education – SEL for Educators and Students
Students gain the benefits of SEL as it infuses their own way of being. It has been said that “whatever we teach, ultimately we teach who we are.” Enjoy learning EduCare’s 8 Skills for Heartset® Education for developing a personal “growth heartset”- a complement to a growth mindset. Heartset® has developed compassionate and inspiring programs nationwide. This fun, interactive, and moving session focuses on creating expanded learning from the “inside out” with connection, empathy, and love. Read More
Fundraising Academy
The Online Cause Selling Accelerate is an online fundraising certificate program that teaches and empowers new and intermediate fundraisers to effectively identify, qualify, cultivate, and retain individual donors by building authentic, lasting relationships. Through the interactive, cohort-based training model, attendees will: * Connect and collaborate with their cohort peers * Explore effective prospecting and lead qualification strategies * Practice their pitch to successfully secure donor su... Read More
Finding the SPARK Beyond Trauma: Speaking to the Potential, Ability, and Resilience Inside EVERY Kid
There is a SPARK within every human being, regardless of their circumstances, that cannot be damaged (yes even after 2020). This SPARK is the birthplace of resilience, well-being, commonsense, intelligence, solutions, creativity, and innovation. This presentation will explore how, through a simple understanding of the mind, innate resilience is uncovered, and the stress resistance needed to overcome trauma is naturally formed. Read More
Greater Than Yourself: Social Justice and Tween/Teen Art Programs
An examination of Boys & Girls Clubs including Major Metro Clubs as well as Rural Clubs, who are leading the way in leveraging arts programs as a means for tweens and teens to explore activism and social justice. New approaches in youth voice and leadership will be presented through case studies with videos and testimonials from 3 Club organizations featuring visual, digital, and performing arts examples. Read More
Hacking School Discipline
Learn how to eliminate old-school punishments and create an equitable community of responsible, productive learners. We must empower and embrace our students with restorative practices that not only change behavior but transform students into productive citizens who are accountable for their own actions. In this session, you will understand punishment vs. consequence, learn how to repair harm with students, and discover proactive strategies that help build community and culture. Participants wil... Read More
Greening STEM Grants: Supporting OST Environmental Education Projects
An overview of the US Department of Education funded Greening STEM OST Grant program. Partnerships between 21st Century Community Learning Centers and National Park Service field sites will be highlighted in a case study. An introduction to the Greening STEM program model will be presented. Grant eligibility criteria and timeline will be shared. Appointments for free follow-up consultations and requests for grant partner matchmaking will be taken. Read More
Findings from the CDE EXLD’s 2021 Report to the Legislature on Expanded Learning Programs and Program Participants
The California Department of Education (CDE) reports to the Legislature biennially on the type and quality of its After School Education and Safety (ASES) and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) programs and the characteristics of the students participating in them. This presentation provides a historical overview, a summary of research, a description of program type and participant demographics, and a summary of program impact on student outcomes from the 2021 report. Read More
Get Ready, Get Set…Code!!!
There is an opportunity during out-of-school time (OST) to develop intentional and innovative programs that can help supplement or enrich youths’ academic skills. Get Ready, Get Set … Code presents to OST educators one of the many fun ways that a coding club can be implemented in a way that reinforces science and math knowledge. Read More
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