Spotlight: Right Track
The application period for Right Track, Saint Paul's youth jobs initiative, is open now through March 14! If you are or know a teen looking for employment this summer, get the details on Right Track!
Neighborhood Learning Community
Feb. 25, noon to 1 p.m. at Baker Center
East Side Network Cafe
March 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Battle Creek Rec Center
North End and Friends
March 13, 9:30 a.m. to 11, location TBD
Leap Forward Collaborative for Youth
March 18, 10 a.m to noon at Hamline Park Plaza
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.
Friends for Youth, in collaboration with the Kettering Foundation,
is hosting a four-part online series to discuss ways to transform the
way we think about developing and educating our communities’ youth.
Register here for the series, which features Dr.
Patricia Moore Harbour, author of Community Educators: A Resource for
Educating and Developing Our Youth.
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Thank you all for your excitement about this year's conference -- you've packed the house! We'll be encouraging attendees to share their experience using the hashtag #SprocketsConf and those not in attendance are invited to follow and add to the conversation online!
 Researchers from Chapin
Hall at the University of Chicago will be visiting Saint Paul as they conduct a study on the use of data in after-school
systems to improve youth outcomes. The study has been commissioned by the Wallace Foundation as part of its Next
Generation Initiative for after-school system building. If you have a compelling story you'd like to share about how you've worked with Sprockets to use data, you're encouraged to attend a post-conference gathering with the researchers at 1:45 pm on March 3 at St. Kate's.
 The National League of Cities recently released this powerful video demonstrating why "afterschool
shouldn't be an afterthought," featuring mayors from across the nation,
including our own Mayor Chris Coleman and other local stakeholders.
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Professional Development Opportunities
Foundational Skills Workshop: Cooperative Learning
Feb. 27, 2014*
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Dayton's Bluff Rec Center
*Rescheduled from 2.20 due to weather; please (re)register for 2.27 date
Quality Toolkit: Planning and Reflection
March 12, 2014
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
St. Catherine University
Foundational Skills Workshop: Reframing Conflict
March 25, 2014
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Baker Center
Click for class descriptions, registration, and more upcoming opportunities.
 Is your organization starting to recruit for spring and/or summer programming? Be sure your listings in the Sprockets Program Finder are up-to-date for Saint Paul parents and youth to discover! Don't have an account yet or need help? Let us know and we'll get you set up! SPPS Summer Term details are also now available here.
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