In our final meeting (for the time being) we discussed changes to the learning management system Schoology and considered how this work group can evolve to better meet participants’ needs.
Schoology and more – 9/10/20 meeting recording
Category: Work Groups
Shared Resources from Component 2 Work Group, June-September 2020
June 22
Work group meeting – June 22 (recording)
Virtual life skills training
Shelby Cusson, Julianna Duca, & Chase Cramer, AIDS Community Resources
Presentation starts at 4:27
Activities and lessons plans for social and emotional core competencies
Anne Garno, North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council
Jutta Dotterweich, ACT for Youth
Presentation starts at 24:06
July 6
Work group meeting – July 6 (recording)
Youth engagement using interactive technology
Meena Ardebili & John Jones, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Presentation starts at 3:58
July 20
Work group meeting for July 20 (recording)
Summer Programming: Night Owls & Babysitting Certification Training
Anne Garno, Amy Beauchamp & Kathryn Ripstein, North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council
Presentation starts at 4:52
August 10
Work group meeting for August 10 (recording)
Teen Reality Theatre
Anthony Alcocer, Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York
Presentation begins at 4:00
September 8
Work group meeting for September 8 (recording)
Genesis Ramos presented on Component 2 activities for Hudson River Health Care.
Presentation begins at 4:50
September 28
Work group meeting for September 28 (recording)
Stacey Richards presented for Planned Parenthood of Central and Western NY.
Presentation begins at 4:49
Thanks to all of our presenters!
Shared Resources from the Peer Educator Training Work Group – August 2020
We wrapped up the Peer Educator Training work group in August with two special meetings.
Peer Educator Training Work Group meeting – 8/12/20 (recording)
In this SHOW US WHAT YA GOT meeting we all had an opportunity to share activities that we use in peer educator training. That part of the meeting starts at about 9:20 on the recording.
Peer Educator Training Work Group meeting – 8/26/20 (recording)
In our final meeting, we heard from peer educators themselves about their experiences, then took time to reflect. The peer educator section begins about 10:40.
Thank you to all who shared ideas and resources with this work group!
Social Media Practice Work Group: Meeting Recordings, June-August 2020
The Social Media and Technology Practice work group is primarily a space for learning together and hands-on practice rather than developing resources to share. If you’d like to review any of the meeting recordings, they are linked below.
6/4/20 – Introducing the work group (no recording)
6/18/20 – Zoom Practice
7/2/20 – How to Instagram (no recording; link goes to blog post where resources are shared)
7/16/20 – Google Classroom
Introduction, signing up as teachers and/or students, options for sharing content
7/30 – Google Classroom
8/6/20 – Google Classroom
8/13/20 – Zoom, Tik Tok, Instagram
Zoom screen sharing practice; review of outreach using Tik Tok and Instagram
8/20/20 – Zoom, Google Classroom
Zoom breakout room practice; visit to our Google Classroom
8/27/20 – Nearpod Presentation
Thanks for joining us to explore these platforms together!
~ Heather & Marisol
Shared Resources from the Social Media Practice Work Group – 7/2/20
Shaquia Williams: How To Instagram
Spanish Action League of Onondaga County, Inc. – La Liga
We usually do not post our social media practice work group materials–after all, they’re just for practice! But we did want to share this great information from Shaquia on getting started with Instagram.
Thank you so much, Shaquia!
Shared Resources from the Peer Educator Training Work Group – July 2020
Michele Luc and Teresa Casullo: Reflection and Resources
PET Work Group meeting – 7/1/20 (recording)
For downloadable resources, visit this Hub post (the CAPP and PREP blog).
Zoee Davidson & Katiana Partis:
Teen Peer Ed & Social Media
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
PET Work Group meeting – 7/15/20 (recording)
Zoee and Katiana presented on how they use social media as a foundation for engaging their peer educators as well as how their peer educators use social media as a tool to educate other youth. The intended audience is educators who work with (or plan to work with) peer educators. The presentation, which was developed on Canva, can be shared/presented on any platform where PowerPoint can be shared (e.g. Zoom) and can be viewed on any web browser by clicking on the link.
Teen Peer Ed & Social Media presentation
Thank you Zoee and Kati!
Tavia Jackson: Teen Choice Peer Leadership Program
Inwood House at Children’s Village
PET Work Group meeting – 7/29/20 (recording)
(Tavia’s presentation begins at 5:58)
In this meeting, we learned about the peer education program run by Inwood House at Children’s Village. Tavia also included tips on launching a peer ed program.
Thank you, Tavia!
Shared Resources from the Peer Educator Training Work Group – June 2020
Teresa Casullo: Teens Helping Teens
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
In our first work group meeting, co-facilitator Teresa Casullo shared information about PPGNY’s Teens Helping Teens group in Schenectady, including their community work, retreats, and other activities, as well as an example of a virtual meeting.Teens Helping Teens – PPGNY peer educatorsDOWNLOAD
Peer Educator Training Work Group meeting – 6/3/20 (recording)
Teresa’s presentation begins at 29:53.
Kailin Kucewicz: Peer Educators Empowering People
Native American Community Services
In our June 17th meeting, Kailin Kucewicz shared detailed information about her peer education group, Peer Educators Empowering People. Her presentation included a description of the group, the PSA development process, PEEPs virtual activities and events, and nuts and bolts about how the group is run.Peer Educators Empowering People – NACSDOWNLOAD
Peer Educator Training Work Group meeting – 6/17/20 (recording)
Kailin’s presentation begins at 15:45.
Here are the links for some of the things Kailin talked about in the presentation:
Thank you, Kailin and Teresa, for these inspirational examples and practical resources!
Shared Resources from the SRAE Work Group
In April and May, SRAE providers presented on material they have developed and material they are still working on. Since SRAE is still a fairly new initiative, work group meetings also offered providers the opportunity to introduce themselves, their agencies, and the services they provide. Thanks to all for sharing ideas and resources!
April 20
Work Group meeting – April 20 (recording)
Jennifer Quick, City of Rochester, presented a plan for a pilot “Caregiver and Me Circle,” a small group of caregivers and youth coming together and discussing puberty and other challenging topics. Several video clips and written material were explored.
Kerslie Valerio, BronxWorks, presented a video she produced for young people on keeping your mind active (during quarantine and other times).
Ways to Keep Your Mind Active (video)
April 27
Work Group meeting – April 27 (recording)
Marissa St.Onge, Caitlyn Miller, and Tyler Julian of Oswego County Opportunities presented on their SRAE work in rural Oswego County. They also shared material they developed for several social media platforms.
May 11
Work Group meeting – May 11 (recording)
Vickie Allen, Najua Baaith-Mercado, and Victor Norflee of Action for a Better Community in Rochester presented on their current virtual group meetings, including a gardening group.
May 18
Work Group meeting – May 18 (recording)
Elafteria Kopanos and Amrita Seegobind of the Leadership Training Institute presented on their virtual group meetings and topics, introducing a new virtual platform: ClassDojo.
May 26
Work Group meeting – May 26 (recording)
Keila Jimenez, Committee for Hispanic Families and Children, discussed their virtual weekly meeting schedule, highlighting partnerships such as a collaboration with a local bodega to provide food supplies for a weekly virtual cooking class.
Changes to the Training Calendar Start in June
Starting June 1 the training calendar will look a little different. First, we’ll launch a few new work groups and move all work groups to a bi-weekly meeting schedule. We will also offer one of our regular one-day trainings, Introducing a Trauma-Informed Approach, online via a series of webinars.
New Work Groups
Peer Educator Training: As a follow-up to Teresa Casullo’s webinar Growing Youth Educators, this work group will focus on developing training material for youth peer educators, sharing and refining training materials already developed, and contributing to a training manual. Teresa Casullo and Michele Luc will host this work group.
Practicing Social Media Platforms: This work group will provide a forum for providers who are exploring and beginning to use virtual meeting and social media platforms. It will give participants an opportunity to practice basic functions of various virtual meeting/social media platforms and obtain insights and advice from more experienced peers. This work group will be hosted by Heather and Marisol.
Component 2 (SRAE & CAPP): This work group will focus on developing and sharing workshop material dedicated to Component 2 programming. Topic areas may include life skills, financial literacy, career exploration, digital literacy, citizenship, and relationship and communication skills. This group will also explore how programming can be done virtually since youth summer programs will be closed. The work group will be hosted by Jutta.
Existing work groups will continue on a bi-weekly schedule. The current SRAE work group will merge with the Component 2 work group.
Moving Trainings Online
Usually, in June we offer a one-day training: Introducing a Trauma-Informed Approach. Since we are not able to do any face-to-face trainings for a while, we are creating a virtual training, a series of 3 webinars beginning June 16. Please join us for:
- Understanding Trauma and its Impact
- Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach
- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Organizational Practice.
Registration
Remember to register for any meeting or webinar you want to attend. You’ll find the registration links on the training calendar.
Any additional ideas for online trainings?
Please get in touch with us if you have any ideas or recommendations for additional online training topics. Thanks.
~ Jutta
Introducing Work Groups and Reading Club
Since we are all working from home and much of our regular work is suspended for the time being, we have a rare opportunity for professional development and collaborative work. So at the all-provider learning community meeting this past Tuesday, the TA Team introduced new vehicles for moving forward: online work groups and a book/article club.
In the learning community meeting Heather also went over basics for Zoom meetings from the perspective of participants (00:53 – 08:07) and Michele reported on the results of last week’s survey (08:44 – 22:34). Here is the recording, and here are the PDF slides – you’ll also find them on the Shared Resources page.
What is the SRAE Work Group?
The goal of the SRAE work group is to collaboratively prepare for future programming. The SRAE work group will meet weekly with Jutta facilitating. Participants will work on projects in between sessions and present their work the following week. We are starting with one group for SRAE, but if there is interest we could split into additional topic areas.
You can register for group meetings directly from the training calendar.
The work group is voluntary, but we hope you’ll actively join in! If we can judge by the chat response at our recent meeting, folks seem enthusiastic about taking this on.
What is the Reading Club?
On Fridays we would like to introduce a new professional development opportunity: a book/article discussion group open to SRAE, CAPP, and PREP. We’ll send articles around and facilitate a discussion on the readings. We won’t present on or review the material—we ask you to read the articles first, then we’ll use our time on Friday to discuss how it applies to our work. If you have an article you’d like to share, please let us know! Check back here for links to the first readings.
~ The TA Team: Jutta, Michele, Marisol, and Heather