Description: Using best practices for healthy interpersonal communication, this training is customized to the needs of the communicator and their audience. Participants will be introduced to foundational skills for leveraging verbal and non- verbal communication strategies to interact effectively and to make messages clear, complete, and useful. The training will give participants the opportunity to...
Description: Supervisors and directors will explore techniques that support staff growth and development in this workshop. Building on positive youth development approaches, participants will learn what staff need to be dependable, independent adults in the workplace, and what leadership needs to do to get them there. This session will count for 1.5 hours of OCFS...
Description/Descripción: Supervision of children is a major responsibility for teachers. NYS OCFS regulations state, “Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be...
Description: Part of working with children also includes managing behaviors. This training will help participants identify common misbehaviors in after school programs and how the environment plays a role. Learn techniques to guide positive behaviors and turn misbehaviors into teachable moments for youth. This session will count for 2 hours of OCFS training credit (OCFS...
Description: Part of working with children also includes managing behaviors. This training will help participants identify common misbehaviors in after school programs and how the environment plays a role. Learn techniques to guide positive behaviors and turn misbehaviors into teachable moments for youth. This session will count for 2 hours of OCFS training credit (OCFS...
Presenter: Timothy Fowler, SATARC Project Director. Explore how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect children's growth and development. Emphasis on trauma-informed practices in afterschool including interactions with children and program development.
Description: Let's be honest- not everyday feels like a win. Sometimes, we struggle to manage child behaviors and how they affect our emotions. In this session, we will dive into those "hot button behaviors" and discuss the reasoning behind some of them while we work toward solution-focused guidance in the school-age environment. This session will...
Description: Providing direct, competent supervision of children is a key element of school-age child care. Review the regulatory standards for school-age care and explore how those standards shape our everyday practices and approach to working with children. This session will count for 1.5 hours of OCFS training credit (OCFS 3, 7; CBK 4,6).Instructor: Timothy Fowler,...
Description: This interactive training will introduce out-of-school time professionals to the core principles of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and how it can increase engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking among school-aged children. Participants will explore developmentally appropriate PBL strategies through hands-on activities and discussions, while building a practical action plan and sample schedule to implement a long-term project...
Description: Research indicates that school workers who engage in professional development to discuss and examine research based instructional strategies are better equipped to support high expectations and convey belief in the ability of learners who are impacted by the limitations and challenges that their family faces. The number of students from poverty is increasing in...