Professional Development & Events
NOTE: All professional development opportunities listed are exclusively for and at no cost to LEAPS and BOOST grantees.
Self-Paced Courses & Webinars
Our partners at Change Impact have six courses available for you to access on their e-learning platform, Change Up Learning. Any and all of your LEAPS and/or BOOST staff members can access and take these self-paced courses at no cost, and all courses provide SACC-approved training hours!
- Educational and Fun Project-Based Learning
- Introduction to Anti-Racism in Organizations
- Managing Transitions by Keeping Kids Engaged
- Positive Behavior Management
- Positive Youth Development
- Understanding SOGIE and LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Accessing these courses requires creating an account in Change Up Learning, which is free. These courses will only be available for this grant year, so don’t wait!
Group Games for Physical Development
Learn how to promote physical development in your school-age program, no matter what space you have available. This course features the different types of activities that get children moving, and guidance on how to facilitate those activities.
The goal of this course is to prepare you, as an adult in the program, to create opportunities for young people to move their bodies and develop skills and physical health.
The objectives of this course are:
- Identify games and activities that promote physical development, movement, and play, and
- Examine how movement and physical development can be incorporated across the curriculum, schedule, and environment.
This course will count for 1.5 hours of training in the following areas: CBK 4 and OCFS 3.
Social-Emotional Learning
This course will introduce you to the concept of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). You will learn the history behind this approach, including the research and evidence that supports SEL.
The goal of this course is to explore SEL and apply it in youth settings, including school-age child care, youth centers, summer camps, and classrooms. You will assess your own skill in SEL and review resources and activities that you can bring into your work with youth.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Identity key elements of social-emotional learning
- Determine applications of SEL in youth programming
- Assess one’s own development in social-emotional learning
This session will count for 2.5 hours in the following training areas: CBK 4 and OCFS 3.