"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

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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.

Training Descriptions

Training	AM Session	PM Session
Fall 2018 Design Lab Series	7 Session Series - Click Here to Register	​7 Session Series - Click Here to Register!
Working with Traumatized Youth and Taking Care of Yourself in the Process (introductory training)	Thursday 10/11  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Look for an evening session during spring
Positive Behavior Support (introductory training)	Tuesday 10/23 ​9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Wednesday 10/17 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
How to "STEAM-ify" your programming. An Introduction to STEAM	Friday 10/12 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Tuesday 11/27 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Youth Development: Middle Years (introductory training)	​Thursday 11/15 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Thursday 11/15 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
​Youth Development: K-5	​Wednesday 11/28 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Thursday 11/29 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Cracking the Code	​Wednesday 12/19 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM	N/A

More trainings coming soon! 

• Cultural Proficiency
• Bullying Prevention
• Gender Dynamics
• Green Engineering

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. 

Trainers

Our trainers 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 Barb MacEachern. 
Contact Barb with any questions at bmaceachern@cambridgema.gov.