Spotlight: CLUES YA!
There’s a lot of talk in Minnesota and
across the nation about the achievement gap, the opportunity gap, the
empowerment gap. Talk’s not cutting it for these students; it’s all about
action—Youth in Action.
June 12, 2014
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Metro State Univ.
The Summer Youth Institute is a day of workshops designed to prepare and refresh youth workers for summer programming. Learn more about the institute and register here by Friday, June 6!
 (No NNT meetings in June)
North End and Friends
July 10, 9 to 10:30 a.m. at North Dale Rec Center
East Side Network Cafe
July 14, 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Arlington Hills Community Center
Leap Forward Collaborative for Youth
July 15, 10 a.m. to noon, location TBD
Neighborhood Learning Community
July 31, 10 to 11 a.m. at Baker Center
Learn more about Neighborhood Network Teams, and let us know if you'd like to be on the listserv for one or more of these groups.
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 This summer, Sprockets is partnering with SPNN Youth, Kohler Productions, and Janine Hanson Communications to offer youth program providers a chance to create a fun promotional video showcasing their offerings and highlighting out-of-school time learning in Saint Paul. Get the details and apply by June 13!
Check out one of last summer's videos with Keystone's Youth Express!
 On May 30, come together with Sprockets network partners for an interactive and fun morning of conversation, sharing, and learning. If you participated in all or part of the Sprockets Activator Improvement Cycle, worked with your own improvement process, and/or are interested in learning more about program improvement to start planning for fall, we encourage you to attend! Learn more about the celebration and register here.
At the Making Meaning With Multiple Data Sets event in December, 51 partners came together to work on quality improvement. Some of the takeaways that participants identified included:
- Use
of multiple data sources is doable and valuable
- Interpreting
data with others results in different outcomes than if done individually
- External credibility
of Sprockets sparks new internal interest in program quality
Interested in learning more? Come to our May 30 Program Improvement Celebration!
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Professional Development Opportunities
Foundational Skills Workshop: Focusing Your Stories for Impact
June 3 & 5, 2014
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wellstone Center
How can you get your program's story out
there in a way that's fun, authentic, and effective? Register now for
this workshop on messaging, communications, and video!
Gathering lesson plan ideas for this summer's programs? Browse the collection stemming from the SPPS Community Education and Sprockets Curriculum Project. Working
in collaboration with talented youth workers and educators, Sprockets
and SPPS Community Education teamed up to develop a dynamic set of
out-of-school time curriculum that supports youth success in Saint Paul. Experiment with the materials and let us know what you and your youth participants think!
With summer around the corner, the Program Finder is a great tool for discovering or recruiting for programs. Among 750 listings, here's the latest updates:
- YWCA Jump Jam Double Dutch Summer Program
- Friends School of Minnesota Create Something Great
- Minnesota Council on Economic Education Personal Finance Summer Institute for College Readiness
- East Side Arts Council Artmobile! 2014
- Youth Farm West Side Summer Program
- Public Art Saint Paul PASPider Mobile Art Lab Workshops
What's your organization offering this summer? If you want help getting the word out, contact us to get listed in the Program Finder.
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