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Middle School OST Program

Target Audience:
First-Time or Experienced Providers of Middle School (Early Adolescent) Programming
Eligible Staff:
Managers, supervisors, direct service providers, professional staff, youth workers, and paraprofessional staff
Format:
A customized professional development plan may include a mix of The Project’s services e.g., consultations; observation; workshops; troubleshooting.
Consultation:

Trouble-Shooting; observation; evaluation

Our program specialists work with you to identify and address key issues and to meet objectives in every aspect of middle school programming including: needs assessments; staff skills; team cohesion; supervisory infrastructure; program design; outcomes; and evaluation.

Workshops:

Leading Groups for Early Adolescents

  • Conduct effective outreach
  • Engage early adolescents for long-term participation
  • Conduct effective pre-group planning
  • Design group activities that engage middle school students
  • Assist participants to strengthen and use their leadership skills
Team Conferences:

Strategies to Assist the Early Adolescents in Your Program

  • Develop effective strategies for working with ‘struggling’ youth (e.g., young people with poor social skills; bullying behaviors; reading problems)
  • Solve problems ‘on the floor’ by drawing on best practices and agency policies
  • Recognize the needs of the whole child (e.g., cognitive, academic, social)
  • Create opportunities for early adolescents to learn new skills and flourish
Timeframe:
Varies according to your ‘professional development plan’ which may include full and half-day workshops; two-hour team conferences; three-hour planning sessions; consultations and trouble-shooting.

Training Sessions We Offer

  • Middle School OST Program
  • Group Work Q & A
  • Management Relations
  • Team Conferencing (Introduction)
  • Team Conferencing (Advanced)
  • Team Conferences: Train the Trainer
  • Group Work: Train the Trainer
  • Group Work Basics
  • Critical Group Incidents
  • Direct Group Facilitation
  • Thematic Workshops

Professional Development Workshops & Consulting

  • Middle School OST Program
  • Group Work Q & A
  • Management Relations
  • Team Conferencing (Introduction)
  • Team Conferencing (Advanced)
  • Team Conferences: Train the Trainer
  • Group Work: Train the Trainer
  • Group Work Basics
  • Critical Group Incidents
  • Direct Group Facilitation
  • Thematic Workshops
Educational researcher, Robert Balfanz, says that by the 6th grade you can predict with 70% accuracy which students will drop out of high school.

In team conferencing, your staff members can identify kids’ red flags and build strategies to help them succeed.


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