Professional Development


 

 SEL PQA Self-Assessment Training

Wed Oct 4th and Thur Oct 5th, 9a-12p in-person at Frogtown Community Center BOTH DAYS Wednesday October 4th and Thursday Oct 5th - REGISTER HERE

This training is geared towards those within your organization who are interested in having a deeper understanding of the SEL PQA tool and how it is used as an observation tool for continuous improvement.

The Social Emotional Learning Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA) is a framework that articulates and measures staff practices that have been identified by research on positive youth development, social and emotional learning, and the science of learning and development, among others. In this workshop participants will learn the structure of the PQA, understand the components of measurable SEL quality practices, and how to use and score the instrument as well as develop observation and note-taking skills that generates anecdotal evidence for implementing and scoring the tool.

Facilitator: Steph Love, The Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality


SEL PQA: Framework of Quality Programming

Tuesday, October 10th, 10:00am-12:00 in-person at Frogtown Community Center  - REGISTER HERE

The Social Emotional Learning Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA) is a framework of best practice methods and strategies with a consistent focus on creating safe spaces for young people where they are safe and supported so they can learn and lead. This experiential workshop will introduce the framework as a planning tool so participants will be able to:

  • recognize best practice behaviors to support SEL.
  • incorporate aspects of the approach into their program planning.

*This workshop is not meant to prepare staff to complete SEL Self/Internal Assessments. Please check out SEL PQA Self-Assessment Training that will be offered as a two 1/2 day option this year October 4th and 5th from 9-12

Facilitator: Jocelyn Wiedow, Sprockets

Intentional Program Design—Logic Models

Tuesdays, October 31st and November 28th, 10:30am-12:00 in-person at Wellstone Center  - REGISTER HERE

Register your team! Bring a team to this hands-on, interactive workshop and you'll leave with a new or refreshed programming plan and logic model that'll serve the needs of your youth and families!

Logic models are useful in program planning, implementation, evaluation and communications. Whether your program is without a logic model or you are looking to refresh/update your existing logic model.

This is a 2-part in-person workshop:

  1. Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 10:30- noon
  2. Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | 10:30- noon

You only need to register your team once to attend both sessions. 

Facilitator: Jocelyn Wiedow, Sprockets, and Rachel Oberg-Hauser, Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board

 Navigating behavior challenges through positive behavioral intervention strategies

Wed, Oct 4th 11am-noon - online webinar - FREE - Sponsored by the U of M Department of Youth Development-  Learn more and register HERE
 

All youth workers will encounter challenging behavior at some time. And this may occur more often when working with youth with disabilities. When challenging behaviors happen, it’s important to think about the purpose of the behavior as we navigate which strategies will be most effective in redirecting the behavior to what we’d prefer to see. Through this webinar, you will learn more about the purpose of behaviors, gain ideas about how to know what you can do to support people with disabilities in times of challenging behavior, and develop an understanding of basic Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies (PBIS).

In this webinar, led by Darcy Cole, you will learn more about the purpose of behaviors, gain ideas on how to support people with disabilities in times of challenging behavior and develop an understanding of basic Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategies (PBIS).


 Building your conflict fluency

Wed, Dec 6th 11am-noon - online webinar - FREE - Sponsored by the U of M Department of Youth Development-  Learn more and register HERE

Conflict fluency is the ability to interact with and engage conflict in intentional and effective ways. This requires understanding the complex nature of conflict, recognizing conflict as a difference in perspective that offers choices and opportunities for growth, and understanding the forces that influence conflict and conflict interaction. This presentation will build participants' skills in handling conflict by sharing models of conflict to frame the work. We will break into groups to discuss scenarios and learn from each other.
 

This presentation, led by Karyn Santl, will build participants' skills in handling conflict by sharing models of conflict to frame the work. We will break into groups to discuss scenarios and learn from each other

 

  Self-Guided online courses from the Center for Youth Development - U of M

These self-studies are a great onboarding resource. These introductory courses offer 3-6 hours of individual online learning with unlimited 24-hour access. Free, but registration is required.


YouTube YouthWorker Playlist

Check out the Sprockets YouTube channel for recordings of some of our past virtual offerings. Note that not all trainings are recorded and based on the interactive nature, we always encourage participating in real time when able.


Partner Trainings

More training opportunities from the community:

MYouth Pro - An Initiative of Youth Intervention Programs Association (YIPA)

NorthStar Youth Work e-studies

U of M Center for Youth Development