"Hands down amazing training! Highly effective in application aspects and in the ability of the participants to retain the materials."

- John, Out-of-School Time teacher

About 

Cambridge Agenda for Children Out-of-School Time has many years of experience in creating vibrant professional development opportunities for OST providers. We offer a wide variety of competency-based training. Participants are provided with active and engaging learning experiences to deepen their competencies in youth development work.  

• Training opportunities are free and open to anyone working with Cambridge youth in OST. 
• Certificates are available for all of our training
• We believe training is most effective when attended by a staff team of two or more, as well as the program leadership when possible.
• All new staff should attend introductory trainings to gain a shared understanding of practices associated with each topic.

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NEW!  Asynchronous Training Opportunities

During the pandemic, we recorded several of our baseline training workshops and we are making these available for Out-of School Time Programs to use with their staff members.   Click here to access these workshops. 

Staff Leaders may encourage or require staff to watch the videos and complete these trainings on their own or may use them to facilitate training in groups.  Cambridge OST Staff who complete the trainings may request credit for completing these trainings and the trainings will appear on their Individual Professional Development Transcripts and Organizational Professional Development Reports.  

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Training Facilitators

Our Facilitators are both Agenda for Children team members and peers from our OST community. 
Interested in offering training? Volunteer for opportunities in leading and facilitating!

Our training partners include BOSTnet, Region 6, and Health Resources in Action (HRIA).  See our Research and Publications page for more resources. 

The Leading for Quality Professional Development System is coordinated by Barbara Murphy-Warrington. 
Contact Barbara with any questions at bmwarrington@Cambridgema.gov​. 

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How to register

1. Select training to read description and trainer details
2. Select “Sign up” or “Login” to register for selected training
3. Click “add to my Sched” to register for training

Please note: New staff will be required to “Sign Up” to register for selected trainings. Once you selects “Sign Up” you will be directed to complete your new profile. Please take care to enter your details correctly, and identify which OST program you are attached to. Once you have successfully signed up, you can select “Sessions” to return to the list of trainings. 

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