Self Paced Courses

Gain insight into the research and methods behind boosting youth engagement and belonging and walk away with strategies to spark a child’s passion for learning…

Learn relational strategies to heal harm and create a culture of connectivity.

Develop skills for building strong, trusting relationships with youth, families, and colleagues.

Build trustworthy relationships with colleagues and overcome challenges with difficult people.

Learn fundamental safety and security procedures and explore the state regulations that govern many youth programs.

This course will help you build a broad awareness of accessibility and an understanding of Universal Design for Learning strategies and Individual Education Plans (IEPs).

Understand how COVID-19 has impacted the learning experience and the education system at large. Discover a collection of strategies that have emerged on how to…

Learn strategies for understanding and integrating culturally responsive practice into youth programs.

Identify key developmental milestones for children and adolescents, explore major theories that relate to the study of human development, and understand how child development relates…

Learn how to use project-based learning (PBL) to engage your students youth in meaningful, fun, and academically-aligned rigorous learning experiences. 

Build and strengthen skills as a leader of a school- and/or community-based program serving children and youth.

Recognize and avoid pitfalls when implementing SEL using an equity lens.

This course will help to build skills needed to support and lead fundraising and sustainability efforts in youth-serving programs and schools.

Understand how communication styles can influence relationship building, and learn skills to improve your professional interactions.

Understand the history, context, and impacts of race, racial identity, and White Supremacy Culture in order to foster antiracism and equity in your work environment.

Learn about the central tenets of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and practices that promote social justice in your personal and professional life. 

To support managers and aspiring managers to reflect on and deepen their leadership and coaching skills.

In this course, you will level up your skills in behavior management by understanding challenging youth behavior, reflecting on your experiences, and implementing strategies and…

Understand how to effectively communicate, build an organizational culture, and motivate your teams.

Strengthen your capacity to develop and deepen relationships within your school community to support alignment between the school day and out-of-school time (OST) activities.

Strengthen your capacity to strategically infuse strong, aligned SEL strategies across the school day and out-of-school time (OST) activities

Strengthen your capacity to strategically deliver quality, engaging, and aligned academics in out-of-school time (OST) programs

Create a semester curriculum outline and lesson plan that are aligned with SEL.

Understand challenging youth behavior, reflect on your experiences, and implement strategies and solutions to promote positive behavior among young people.

Understand positive youth development (PYD) frameworks, features of successful PYD programs, and ways to bridge these strategies into classrooms, programs, camps, and other learning environments. 

In this course, you’ll learn how to identify signs of burn out and strategies to prevent it, how to set healthy boundaries, and mind and…

This course aims to build and strengthen skills for all individuals to better understand, prevent, and mitigate sexual harassment.

Positive youth development is directly linked to a young person’s ability to communicate in their native or emergent languages. As educators, we can ensure that…

Understand who newcomer students and families are and identify ways to support them.

Learn how to design and lead safe and effective spaces to build community, have crucial conversations, and repair harm. Note: This course will guide you…

Examine key terms and strategies to help students and staff understand, identify, and support mental health.

Youth programs that are safe spaces recognize the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) and affirm LGBTQ+ people. In this course,…

Understand how trauma impacts youth, and learn asset-first strategies to support healthy youth development.

Learn how to lead great virtual activities and how to maintain student engagement.