From Ideas to Initiatives-Strategies for Empowering Staff and Supporting Children using Character Development Practices
With a topic as broad as "Character Development" it is often difficult to find a starting point. How do you Zoom in on the big picture? How do you bridge theory into practice? The simple answer is through trial and error, but common sense is not always common practice. This workshop will share a variety of CDLI-inspired strategies that have been implemented within our after school program to empower our staff and support the children in our care. Through sharing our successes (as well as our not-so-successful teachable moments), we hope to instill participants with the confidence to go from concept to concrete, turning their grand ideas into initiatives.
Creating Transformational Space: Program Structure that Inspires Student Voice and Choice
In this workshop we will explore the ways program structure can help to increase students’ social emotional learning skills. We will focus specifically on the area of relationship building within programs and how to create spaces for youth to develop self-management.
In this workshop we will explore the ways program structure can help to increase students’ social emotional learning skills. We will focus specifically on the area of relationship building within programs and how to create spaces for youth to develop self-management.
Enhancing Character Development Through STEM
This session will explore hands-on strategies to incorporate Character Education into your STEM projects by enhancing Responsibility, Relationship Building, and Personal Development.
This session will explore hands-on strategies to incorporate Character Education into your STEM projects by enhancing Responsibility, Relationship Building, and Personal Development.
Character Development in Youth Sports
Character Development in Youth Sports will demonstrate the program structure of the implementation of character development in youth sports at the Jerry Long Family YMCA. Workshop will take you step-by-step through a season of youth sports with an enhanced focus on character development. The program includes intentional communication with parents, volunteer coaches and staff along with a "Word of the Week" program, goal setting program, additional visuals, and a unique magnet puzzle.
Character Development in Youth Sports will demonstrate the program structure of the implementation of character development in youth sports at the Jerry Long Family YMCA. Workshop will take you step-by-step through a season of youth sports with an enhanced focus on character development. The program includes intentional communication with parents, volunteer coaches and staff along with a "Word of the Week" program, goal setting program, additional visuals, and a unique magnet puzzle.
Effective Communication for Site Leads
Mean what you say and say what you mean! Effective communication for afterschool site leads will give participants an opportunity to identify the benefits of effective communication and then develop strategies to use with parents, colleagues and school personnel. Participants will study common causes of communication conflicts and have a chance to practice effective strategies to use.
Mean what you say and say what you mean! Effective communication for afterschool site leads will give participants an opportunity to identify the benefits of effective communication and then develop strategies to use with parents, colleagues and school personnel. Participants will study common causes of communication conflicts and have a chance to practice effective strategies to use.
Effective Communication for Site Leads
Mean what you say and say what you mean! Effective communication for afterschool site leads will give participants an opportunity to identify the benefits of effective communication and then develop strategies to use with parents, colleagues and school personnel. Participants will study common causes of communication conflicts and have a chance to practice effective strategies to use.
Mean what you say and say what you mean! Effective communication for afterschool site leads will give participants an opportunity to identify the benefits of effective communication and then develop strategies to use with parents, colleagues and school personnel. Participants will study common causes of communication conflicts and have a chance to practice effective strategies to use.