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OST LI Training 2024-25
Thursday, February 27
 

10:00am EST

Inclusive Practices; Session 1
Thursday February 27, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EST
TBA
This training will introduce participants to the concept of inclusion and explore ways to support students with identified needs or disabilities in Out of School Time settings. Participants will learn how to cultivate and sustain an inclusive mindset, while gaining practical strategies to integrate into their programs.

Anticipated Outcomes;
  • How to develop and maintain and Inclusive Mindset when working with children
  • Strategies to use when children are struggling to engage in programming
  • How to access the Inclusion Initiative for Support
Speakers
avatar for Demi Akins

Demi Akins

Inclusion Specialist, Department Of Human Services
Demi Akins is an Inclusion Specialist at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge. Demi is a Cambridge Native who holds years of experience working with students in both clinical and educational settings. Demi strongly values the importance of Out of School Time programs... Read More →
avatar for Zachary Solomons

Zachary Solomons

Manager of Inclusion Services, Department Of Human Services
Zach Solomons is the Manager of Inclusion Services at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge, where he leads the Inclusion Initiative. This program is dedicated to ensuring students with identified needs or disabilities receive the supports and accommodations necessary... Read More →
Thursday February 27, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EST
TBA
 
Monday, March 3
 

10:00am EST

OST Supervisory 1/4
Monday March 3, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EST
REPEAT OF FALL 2023 & FALL 2024

Join us for a four-part training series designed to empower youth program leaders with essential competencies for supervision and program management. This series is tailored to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to foster positive child and youth development practices within their programs. Across these sessions, participants will learn how to adopt a systematic approach to ensure staff consistently embrace best practices, effectively communicate principles of positive child and youth development, and provide regular supervision and feedback to uphold these standards. Additionally, the training will cover creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming program environment, addressing bias and discrimination, managing program staff, and promoting their professional growth and development. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and elevate the quality of your youth programs.
Speakers
avatar for Melinda Barbosa

Melinda Barbosa

Facilitator, Trainer, and Leadership coach
Melinda Barbosa is a facilitator, trainer, and leadership coach who helps mission-driven organizations and individuals harness the power of storytelling for healing and social change. Rooted in the values of community, structure, and mutual care from her Cape Verdean immigrant upbringing... Read More →
Monday March 3, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EST
 
Tuesday, March 4
 

10:00am EST

OST Supervisory 2/4
Tuesday March 4, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EST
REPEAT OF FALL 2023 & FALL 2024

Join us for a four-part training series designed to empower youth program leaders with essential competencies for supervision and program management. This series is tailored to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to foster positive child and youth development practices within their programs. Across these sessions, participants will learn how to adopt a systematic approach to ensure staff consistently embrace best practices, effectively communicate principles of positive child and youth development, and provide regular supervision and feedback to uphold these standards. Additionally, the training will cover creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming program environment, addressing bias and discrimination, managing program staff, and promoting their professional growth and development. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and elevate the quality of your youth programs.
Speakers
avatar for Melinda Barbosa

Melinda Barbosa

Facilitator, Trainer, and Leadership coach
Melinda Barbosa is a facilitator, trainer, and leadership coach who helps mission-driven organizations and individuals harness the power of storytelling for healing and social change. Rooted in the values of community, structure, and mutual care from her Cape Verdean immigrant upbringing... Read More →
Tuesday March 4, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EST
 
Thursday, March 20
 

10:00am EDT

Inclusive Practices; Session 2
Thursday March 20, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
This training will introduce participants to the concept of inclusion and explore ways to support students with identified needs or disabilities in Out of School Time settings. Participants will learn how to cultivate and sustain an inclusive mindset, while gaining practical strategies to integrate into their programs.

Anticipated Outcomes;
  • How to develop and maintain and Inclusive Mindset when working with children
  • Strategies to use when children are struggling to engage in programming
  • How to access the Inclusion Initiative for Support
Speakers
avatar for Zachary Solomons

Zachary Solomons

Manager of Inclusion Services, Department Of Human Services
Zach Solomons is the Manager of Inclusion Services at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge, where he leads the Inclusion Initiative. This program is dedicated to ensuring students with identified needs or disabilities receive the supports and accommodations necessary... Read More →
avatar for Demi Akins

Demi Akins

Inclusion Specialist, Department Of Human Services
Demi Akins is an Inclusion Specialist at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge. Demi is a Cambridge Native who holds years of experience working with students in both clinical and educational settings. Demi strongly values the importance of Out of School Time programs... Read More →
Thursday March 20, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
 
Friday, March 21
 

10:00am EDT

STEAM Workshop: Learning and Living Environmental Justice
Friday March 21, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
When you think about being outdoors, what comes to mind? Does it stir up feelings of wellness, excitement and adventure for you and those in your programs or does it feel like a place that is not for you or your young people?  In this workshop, we will explore what it means to be connected and have access to the outdoors, its effects on our well-being, our rights to clean and safe spaces, and when the outdoors feels like a place for others.  Join us as we explore the “why” of environmental education and the role environmental justice plays in our lives on a local level.
Speakers
JM

Jeneen Mucci

Cambridge Youth Programs
avatar for Barb MacEachern

Barb MacEachern

Quality Manager, Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Barb has been with the Cambridge STEAM Initiative since 2018. Her role is to focus on quality and connections. Within that, she loves to amplify what is happening with and for young people across the city. Previous to this role, Barb was the AFCOST Community Coordinator and a Quality... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Moore Youth Center 12 Gilmore St, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
Monday, March 24
 

10:00am EDT

OST Supervisory 3/4
Monday March 24, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EDT
REPEAT OF FALL 2023 & FALL 2024

Join us for a four-part training series designed to empower youth program leaders with essential competencies for supervision and program management. This series is tailored to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to foster positive child and youth development practices within their programs. Across these sessions, participants will learn how to adopt a systematic approach to ensure staff consistently embrace best practices, effectively communicate principles of positive child and youth development, and provide regular supervision and feedback to uphold these standards. Additionally, the training will cover creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming program environment, addressing bias and discrimination, managing program staff, and promoting their professional growth and development. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and elevate the quality of your youth programs.
Speakers
avatar for Melinda Barbosa

Melinda Barbosa

Facilitator, Trainer, and Leadership coach
Melinda Barbosa is a facilitator, trainer, and leadership coach who helps mission-driven organizations and individuals harness the power of storytelling for healing and social change. Rooted in the values of community, structure, and mutual care from her Cape Verdean immigrant upbringing... Read More →
Monday March 24, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EDT
 
Tuesday, March 25
 

10:00am EDT

OST Supervisory 3/4
Tuesday March 25, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EDT
REPEAT OF FALL 2023 & FALL 2024

Join us for a four-part training series designed to empower youth program leaders with essential competencies for supervision and program management. This series is tailored to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to foster positive child and youth development practices within their programs. Across these sessions, participants will learn how to adopt a systematic approach to ensure staff consistently embrace best practices, effectively communicate principles of positive child and youth development, and provide regular supervision and feedback to uphold these standards. Additionally, the training will cover creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming program environment, addressing bias and discrimination, managing program staff, and promoting their professional growth and development. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and elevate the quality of your youth programs.
Speakers
avatar for Melinda Barbosa

Melinda Barbosa

Facilitator, Trainer, and Leadership coach
Melinda Barbosa is a facilitator, trainer, and leadership coach who helps mission-driven organizations and individuals harness the power of storytelling for healing and social change. Rooted in the values of community, structure, and mutual care from her Cape Verdean immigrant upbringing... Read More →
Tuesday March 25, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm EDT
 
Friday, April 4
 

10:00am EDT

STEAM workshop: I’m Nervous That My Young People Won’t Do This
Friday April 4, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Do you struggle with getting young people outside?  Do you want to find ways to connect yourself and young people to new learning, challenges and spaces but are unsure how and where to begin?  Are you bombarded with young people telling you “I don’t want to do this”? This learning and doing workshop is focused on creating fun, and challenging learning while also pushing the comfort level of both young people and staff to try new things, engage in the outdoors and transfer this learning to all aspects of programming.. Join us to see the outdoors as your new classroom.
Speakers
JM

Jeneen Mucci

Cambridge Youth Programs
avatar for Barb MacEachern

Barb MacEachern

Quality Manager, Cambridge STEAM Initiative
Barb has been with the Cambridge STEAM Initiative since 2018. Her role is to focus on quality and connections. Within that, she loves to amplify what is happening with and for young people across the city. Previous to this role, Barb was the AFCOST Community Coordinator and a Quality... Read More →
Friday April 4, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Russell Youth Community Center 680 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
 
Friday, April 11
 

10:00am EDT

Inclusive Practices; Session 3
Friday April 11, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
This training will introduce participants to the concept of inclusion and explore ways to support students with identified needs or disabilities in Out of School Time settings. Participants will learn how to cultivate and sustain an inclusive mindset, while gaining practical strategies to integrate into their programs.

Anticipated Outcomes;
  • How to develop and maintain and Inclusive Mindset when working with children
  • Strategies to use when children are struggling to engage in programming
  • How to access the Inclusion Initiative for Support
Speakers
avatar for Demi Akins

Demi Akins

Inclusion Specialist, Department Of Human Services
Demi Akins is an Inclusion Specialist at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge. Demi is a Cambridge Native who holds years of experience working with students in both clinical and educational settings. Demi strongly values the importance of Out of School Time programs... Read More →
avatar for Zachary Solomons

Zachary Solomons

Manager of Inclusion Services, Department Of Human Services
Zach Solomons is the Manager of Inclusion Services at the Department of Human Service Programs in Cambridge, where he leads the Inclusion Initiative. This program is dedicated to ensuring students with identified needs or disabilities receive the supports and accommodations necessary... Read More →
Friday April 11, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA
 
Tuesday, April 15
 

9:30am EDT

Change Makers: Youth Advocacy 1/4
Tuesday April 15, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
In this in-person leadership development series, we are inviting teams of Youth Workers and Staff Leaders across Cambridge to build and co-create with a cohort of like-minded, passionate, and caring youth workers to encourage youth to have an impact in their communities and take charge of their own destinies.

This program is through application only
The application process is to help put together a robust group of leaders who will challenge, encourage, and love each other through this transformative and emergent process.

Apply Here

This cohort is for Youth Workers and Staff Leaders who are:
* Currently working in programs serving Cambridge youth and families of all ages
* Committed to uplifting the voices of Youth
* Thrive learning in community, alongside peers, through interactive and discussion based activities
* Have some experience and/or deep interest in work centered on racial justice, social justice, and youth advocacy
* Willing to dive deeply into a personal exploration of individual and societal identities and how they intersect with our Youth Worker identities.

IMPORTANT DATE: Friday, March 24th Applications Close

Speakers
avatar for ​Minh Nguyen

​Minh Nguyen

Facilitator, Agenda for Children OST
Minh  has been a trainer/facilitator with the Agenda for Children since 2018.  Minh is a creative educator, youth worker, facilitator, consultant, coach, nerd and curious lifelong learner, and observer of people and the world. Minh has more than 13 years of experience in after-school... Read More →
Tuesday April 15, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
 
Tuesday, April 29
 

9:30am EDT

Change Makers: Youth Advocacy 2/4
Tuesday April 29, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
In this in-person leadership development series, we are inviting teams of Youth Workers and Staff Leaders across Cambridge to build and co-create with a cohort of like-minded, passionate, and caring youth workers to encourage youth to have an impact in their communities and take charge of their own destinies.

This program is through application only
The application process is to help put together a robust group of leaders who will challenge, encourage, and love each other through this transformative and emergent process.

Apply Here

This cohort is for Youth Workers and Staff Leaders who are:
* Currently working in programs serving Cambridge youth and families of all ages
* Committed to uplifting the voices of Youth
* Thrive learning in community, alongside peers, through interactive and discussion based activities
* Have some experience and/or deep interest in work centered on racial justice, social justice, and youth advocacy
* Willing to dive deeply into a personal exploration of individual and societal identities and how they intersect with our Youth Worker identities.

IMPORTANT DATE: Friday, March 24th Applications Close

Speakers
avatar for ​Minh Nguyen

​Minh Nguyen

Facilitator, Agenda for Children OST
Minh  has been a trainer/facilitator with the Agenda for Children since 2018.  Minh is a creative educator, youth worker, facilitator, consultant, coach, nerd and curious lifelong learner, and observer of people and the world. Minh has more than 13 years of experience in after-school... Read More →
Tuesday April 29, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
 
Tuesday, May 6
 

9:30am EDT

Change Makers: Youth Advocacy 3/4
Tuesday May 6, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
In this in-person leadership development series, we are inviting teams of Youth Workers and Staff Leaders across Cambridge to build and co-create with a cohort of like-minded, passionate, and caring youth workers to encourage youth to have an impact in their communities and take charge of their own destinies.

This program is through application only
The application process is to help put together a robust group of leaders who will challenge, encourage, and love each other through this transformative and emergent process.

Apply Here

This cohort is for Youth Workers and Staff Leaders who are:
* Currently working in programs serving Cambridge youth and families of all ages
* Committed to uplifting the voices of Youth
* Thrive learning in community, alongside peers, through interactive and discussion based activities
* Have some experience and/or deep interest in work centered on racial justice, social justice, and youth advocacy
* Willing to dive deeply into a personal exploration of individual and societal identities and how they intersect with our Youth Worker identities.

IMPORTANT DATE: Friday, March 24th Applications Close

Speakers
avatar for ​Minh Nguyen

​Minh Nguyen

Facilitator, Agenda for Children OST
Minh  has been a trainer/facilitator with the Agenda for Children since 2018.  Minh is a creative educator, youth worker, facilitator, consultant, coach, nerd and curious lifelong learner, and observer of people and the world. Minh has more than 13 years of experience in after-school... Read More →
Tuesday May 6, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
 
Tuesday, May 13
 

9:30am EDT

Change Makers: Youth Advocacy 4/4
Tuesday May 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
In this in-person leadership development series, we are inviting teams of Youth Workers and Staff Leaders across Cambridge to build and co-create with a cohort of like-minded, passionate, and caring youth workers to encourage youth to have an impact in their communities and take charge of their own destinies.

This program is through application only
The application process is to help put together a robust group of leaders who will challenge, encourage, and love each other through this transformative and emergent process.

Apply Here

This cohort is for Youth Workers and Staff Leaders who are:
* Currently working in programs serving Cambridge youth and families of all ages
* Committed to uplifting the voices of Youth
* Thrive learning in community, alongside peers, through interactive and discussion based activities
* Have some experience and/or deep interest in work centered on racial justice, social justice, and youth advocacy
* Willing to dive deeply into a personal exploration of individual and societal identities and how they intersect with our Youth Worker identities.

IMPORTANT DATE: Friday, March 24th Applications Close

Speakers
avatar for ​Minh Nguyen

​Minh Nguyen

Facilitator, Agenda for Children OST
Minh  has been a trainer/facilitator with the Agenda for Children since 2018.  Minh is a creative educator, youth worker, facilitator, consultant, coach, nerd and curious lifelong learner, and observer of people and the world. Minh has more than 13 years of experience in after-school... Read More →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA
 
Monday, June 30
 

10:45am EDT

Administrative Placeholder
Monday June 30, 2025 10:45am - 11:00am EDT
TBA
Monday June 30, 2025 10:45am - 11:00am EDT
TBA
 

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