Conference Agenda
NH 21st Century Community Learning Centers Summer Conference - Reignite the Passion
August 2-3, 2010 | Church Landing | Meredith, NH
| This schedule is subject to change. Posted July 6, 2010 | ||
Monday, August 2, 2010 |
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8:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast - The Barn/Foyer | |
9:00 am |
Welcome - Winnipesaukee Ballroom |
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9:30 am |
Keynote by Maureen Sedonaen - Winnipesaukee Ballroom “Reigniting the Passion-Putting The Keys to Building “Leaderful Schools” through Effectiveness-Engagement-High Standards and Support” |
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| Maureen Sedonaen, Youth Leadership Institute, will connect important leadership constructs with the critical role leaders in schools play by inspiring, raising expectations and working together to ensure a world class education for all. Teachers, Administrators, community partners, parents and young people all play a critical leadership role. Prepare to be inspired-amused and re-ignited to take action. | ||
| 10:45 am | Workshop Session I - Breakout Rooms | |
Keynote Follow-up Session: Building “Leaderful Schools” through Effectiveness-Engagement-High Standards and Support Come participate in an open dialogue and discussion on how to infuse and integrate ideas about leadership, passion, evidence based strategies and standards at all levels in the system. We will discuss facilitating factors, share stories and ideas to move all of our schools to promote innovation, raise the bar on academic excellence, build great teachers and leaders and create equity and opportunity in schools. Thinking Differently About Fund Development Thousands of program directors, grant writers, administrators and foundation program officers across the country have attended Andi’s workshops. They’ve discovered that her practical, proven approach works. She’s helped hundreds of afterschool programs bring in millions of dollars – and this can happen for you as well. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to think differently about what it takes to securing balanced, diversified and sustainable funding, and how to make it happen! Making Staff Meetings Count: Sharing Our Best Tips Staff meetings are an important tool for maintaining staff motivation and getting everyone on the same page. Done well, a staff meeting makes sure everyone is clear on next steps, agrees with solutions to problems and feel part of a democratic organization. Each participant should bring THREE ideas around any of the following strategies:
Creating a Caring Community This training provides educators with techniques and specific activities to strengthen classroom dynamics and help young people learn to live and work collaboratively with people whose backgrounds and experiences are different from their own. Teachers learn strategies for: The Appreciative Leader in You Gallup Poll research has shown that an individual’s decision to stay or leave their job is in part based on their connection with their leader. Recent work on Social Intelligence explains the importance of this human connection. In this highly innovative session, Vince Pelote will showcase the work of the great portraitist, Yousuf Karsh. In examining Karsh’s unique approach for building enduring relationships, the presenters will compare best practice approaches drawn from their research and Karsh’s “socially intelligent” approach. The participants will leave the session with a new way of looking at what makes an effective educational leader and applications for creating their own masterpiece. |
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| Noon | Lunch - Winnipesaukee Ballroom | |
| 1:00 - 2:15 | Workshop Session II - Breakout Rooms | |
Writing Powerful Executive Summaries It takes more than having a high quality program to secure funding. In this workshop you’ll learn how to write a powerful executive summary that inspires and intrigues potential funders by capturing the impact your program is having on children and their families and the difference it is making made in your communities. This one tool can make all the difference in your success in securing the funding you want and your program deserves. Digital Medial and Online Expression This training provides information on how to design activities/programs to encourage and support teenagers to think critically about the role of digital media in their lives, promote their constructive use of new media forms, and document their experiences. Deepening Learning through Conversations Afterschool programs are prime for introducing new experiences to youth. Whether we are helping participants learn new ideas and skills through field trips, enrichment activities, discussions about our relationships and plans for our lives, staff can deepen the learning through open-ended conversations. Explore specific inquiry-based techniques to deepen the learning, and discuss ways to solve the time crunch that so often gets in the way of 1:1 conversations. Manager vs Leader - How Do the Leadership Practices of your Organization Compare to the Best? Pelote discusses what is being done right in healthcare and how these nine case studies can serve as exemplars for all industries and professions. Pelote will share stories from his book, Masterpieces in Healthcare Leadership: Cases & Analysis for Best Practice as a way to present best practices. He has designed interactive exercises that demonstrate the successful. Expanded Learning Time: Aligning School and Afterschool In 2008, The After-School Corporation launched a demonstration called Expanded Learning Time/ New York City. ELT/NYC expands the school day with at least 30 percent more learning time for kids, delivered jointly by school staff and the staff of a community-based organization (CBO). Hear about the model, early findings, and lessons for New Hampshire in this exciting innovation in school reform. |
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| 2:30 - 3:45 | Workshop Session III - Breakout Rooms | |
Taking Grant Writing to the Next Level There’s more to successful grant writing than meets the eye. In this session you’ll learn what funders are really looking for and how you can distinguish your proposal from the competition. You’ll discover why securing grants is a process and what you can do to dramatically increase the odds that the outcome will be successful. Creating a Caring Community (Repeat). This training provides educators with techniques and specific activities to strengthen classroom dynamics and help young people learn to live and work collaboratively with people whose backgrounds and experiences are different from their own. Teachers learn strategies for: Social Motive and Leadership Styles: Understanding Your Strengths and optimizing your Performance A fun and enlightening opportunity for Educational Leaders to uncover and explore their own Social Motive. Additionally, through storytelling and exemplars, participants will learn how to develop strategies for using social motive to enhance their own performance. Participants will also learn about the risks for motive-based conflicts that they and they staff are susceptible to and they will take away practical tips that they can use to counteract those conflicts.
The Many Faces of Facebook The presentation covers an introduction to what social networking is, its history, how it is being utilized by other educators, police departments, employers, college recruiters and many others. It will address the liabilities of Facebook and the schools responsibilities for information garnered from the site. Topics such as social media outlets and your privacy, legal and personal implications of use of the site and that of “friending” students, co-workers and or parents, working with media organizations and an opportunity to view your students on line and the footprint they are leaving is addressed along with how those actions may affect their personal image and that of the institution. (Repeated in Workshop Session VI) Expanded Learning Time: Aligning School and Afterschool In 2008, The After-School Corporation launched a demonstration called Expanded Learning Time/ New York City. ELT/NYC expands the school day with at least 30 percent more learning time for kids, delivered jointly by school staff and the staff of a community-based organization (CBO). Hear about the model, early findings, and lessons for New Hampshire in this exciting innovation in school reform. |
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3:45 pm |
Team Time / Goal Setting | |
5:00 pm |
Dinner on own | |
| Tuesday, August 3, 2010 | ||
7:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast - The Barn/Foyer | |
| 8:30 am | Morning Opening Session - Winnipesaukee Ballroom |
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9:45 am |
Workshop Session IV - Breakout Rooms |
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Learning Through Our Communities Participants will engage in activities that demonstrate how students learn through active engagement in their local communities. Place – based education raises students’ understanding of environmental stewardship, historical preservation, geography, cultural aspects, and global connections. Hip Hop and Poetry Saved My Life How to conduct a proper visual assessment of the audiences reason for attending, how to conduct an inclusive verbal dialogue with the participating group, how to choose the correct language for the setting which may include body language and other non-verbal attributes, how to redirect nervousness into conviction and the use of poetic imagery and visual aids as a form of interpretation. (Repeats during Workshop Sessions V and VI.) Youth Voice Youth Choice: Leadership and Engaging Older Youth Learn about a leadership program at Franklin High School that focuses on youth understanding themselves and using their strengths to help their community. There will be a panel discussion and activities geared toward engaging older youth. Engaging Disengaged Youth This workshop will explore some of the components for building healthy relationships with youth in afterschool settings. Participants will gain tools and strategies to foster relationships, support youth, and engage youth that have become disinterested with the thought of being an active participant in an afterschool program. (Repeats during Workshop Session V.) When the Bum is Numb - The Brain is the Same! Understanding the brain – what it likes, how it learns best, and strategies for making learning stick will be shared in this lively and engaging session. Simple, practical tips will be provided for implementation tomorrow!
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| 11:00 am | Workshop Session V- Breakout Rooms | |
Hip Hop and Poetry Saved My Life (Repeat; also offered during Workshop Session VI).This workshop will examine and deconstruct the main components of how to effectively present to a group of Afterschool youth. Topics include but are not limited to the following: How to conduct a proper visual assessment of the audiences reason for attending, how to conduct an inclusive verbal dialogue with the participating group, how to choose the correct language for the setting which may include body language and other non-verbal attributes, how to redirect nervousness into conviction and the use of poetic imagery and visual aids as a form of interpretation. Building Skills in Youth: Part 1 - Running Youth Friendly Meetings Join in this Interactive Workshop where we will share tools, tips and tricks for partnering with youth to plan-implement and facilitate effective meetings. We will engage in role-playing and learn the essential ingredients for great youth friendly meetings. Engaging Disengaged Youth (Repeat). This workshop will explore some of the components for building healthy relationships with youth in afterschool settings. Participants will gain tools and strategies to foster relationships, support youth, and engage youth that have become disinterested with the thought of being an active participant in an afterschool program. From Struggling Readers to Community Leaders This interactive workshop will share best practices from Read & Lead, a successful cross-age tutoring model that has been used effectively with middle and elementary school youth across the country. Strategies for moving your cross-age tutoring program from a nice idea to an intentional approach for developing 21st century skills will be shared. Exploring Space Afterschool Style Kids of all ages are fascinated with our universe and the study of space. In this hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to a variety of activities and resources revolving around the concept of outer space. |
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12:30 - 1:15 |
Lunch - Winnipesaukee Ballroom | |
| 1:30 pm | Workshop Session VI - Breakout Rooms |
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Hip Hop and Poetry Saved My Life (Repeat).This workshop will examine and deconstruct the main components of how to effectively present to a group of Afterschool youth. Topics include but are not limited to the following: How to conduct a proper visual assessment of the audiences reason for attending, how to conduct an inclusive verbal dialogue with the participating group, how to choose the correct language for the setting which may include body language and other non-verbal attributes, how to redirect nervousness into conviction and the use of poetic imagery and visual aids as a form of interpretation. The Many Faces of Facebook (Repeat) The presentation covers; an introduction to what social networking is, its history, how it is being utilized by other educators, police departments, employers, college recruiters and many others. It will address the liabilities of Facebook and the schools responsibilities for information garnered from the site. Topics such as social media outlets and your privacy, legal and personal implications of use of the site and that of “friending” students, co-workers and or parents, working with media organizations and an opportunity to view your students on line and the footprint they are leaving is addressed along with how those actions may affect their personal image and that of the institution. Building Skills in Youth: Part 2 - Action Planning This interactive sessopm will focus on evidence based methods of planning for action with young people. It will differentiate between actions vs. activities and provide tools and support to return home to your youth groups ready to plan for action. Training Volunteers Are you wondering how you can provide great training for volunteers in your program, while wanting to respect their time limitations? Review eight one-hour modules that can be tailored for the needs of the various kinds of volunteers that work in your program, including: Project Based Learning Giving youth voice and ownership in projects while meeting program requirements and maintaining your sanity can be a challenge! This interactive workshop will share strategies for creating project based learning experiences that support and encourage youth while meeting program and/or grant goals. |
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2:45 pm |
Closing - Winnipesaukee Ballroom |
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