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CalSAC provides training in an array of content areas, from foundational skills needed to work with children and youth to leadership skills for supervising staff and managing programs. Most onsite modules are two hours - the training length can be found on the module description page.

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FREE TRAINING TOPICS THROUGH AUGUST 2024 | Virtual Training | Youth Development | Equity and Inclusion | Quality Programming | Leadership and Management | Academics and Enrichment

FREE TRAINING TOPICS THROUGH AUGUST 2024

Training Topic Training Category
1.1.2 Building Relationships With Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.3 Effective Communication with Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.4 Building Self-Esteem Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.5 Fostering Interpersonal Connections with Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.3.1 Understanding the Behavior of Children and Youth Behavior Guidance View Details
1.3.3 The Role of the Staff in Behavior Guidance Behavior Guidance View Details
1.3.4 Effective Supervision of Children and Youth Behavior Guidance View Details
1.3.5 Including Children and Youth with Disruptive Behaviors Behavior Guidance View Details
3.2.1 Building Authentic Relationships with Families Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
3.2.2 Understanding the Needs of Families Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
3.2.3 Designing Meaningful Family Engagement Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
4.5.1 Understanding Mental Health and Wellness for Youth and Adults Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.2 Exploring Protective Factors for Children and Youth Mental Health Wellness Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.3 Designing Safe and Supportive Programs Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.4 Cultivating Community Partnerships Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.5 Power and Purpose: Exploring Harms to Heal Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.6 Power and Purpose: Incorporating Practices to Support Healing Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.7 Power and Purpose: Empowering Youth to Take Action Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.6.1 Social-Emotional Learning and Enhancing Quality Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.2 Going Deeper: Supporting Social-Emotional Learning Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.3 We Are 100: Supporting Self-Awareness and Self-Management Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.4 We Belong 100: Supporting Social-Awareness and Interpersonal Skills Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.5 We Can 100: Supporting Growth Mindset and Self-Efficacy Social-Emotional Learning View Details

Virtual Training

Training Topic Training Category
1.1.2v Virtual Module: Building Relationships with Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.3v Virtual Module: Effective Communication with Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.4v Virtual Module: Building Self-Esteem Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.5v Virtual Module: Fostering Interpersonal Connections with Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.8v Virtual Module: Meeting the Needs of Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.9v Virtual Module: Developmental Trends 201 Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.3.3v Virtual Module: The Role of the Staff in Behavior Guidance Behavior Guidance View Details
1.4.1v Virtual Module: Using Theme Webs for Curriculum Planning Delivering Quality Programs View Details
3.2.1v Virtual Module: Building Authentic Relationships with Families Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
3.2.2v Virtual Module: Understanding the Needs of Families Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
3.6.1v Virtual Module: Cultural Competence: Identity, Diversity, and Engagement Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs View Details
3.6.2v Virtual Module: Cultural Conflicts and Strategies: Movement Toward Equity and Inclusion Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs View Details
3.7.1v Restorative Practices: Foundational Principles to Establish an Ethos of Peace and Justice Restorative Practices View Details
4.2.1v Virtual Module: Knowing Multilingual Learners Supporting Multilingual Learners View Details
4.2.2v Virtual Module: Social-Emotional Factors of Multilingual Learners Supporting Multilingual Learners View Details
4.2.3v Virtual Module: Strategies for Language Development Supporting Multilingual Learners View Details
4.4.1v Virtual Module: Creating a Quality Summer Program Quality Summer Programming View Details
4.4.2v Virtual Module: Utilizing the Quick CASP Assessment Tool Quality Summer Programming View Details
4.5.1v Virtual Module: Understanding Mental Health and Wellness for Youth and Adults Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.2v Virtual Module: Exploring Protective Factors for Children and Youth Mental Health Wellness Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.3v Virtual Module: Designing Safe and Supportive Programs Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.4v Virtual Module: Cultivating Community Partnerships Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.5v Power and Purpose: Exploring Harms to Heal Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.6v Power and Purpose: Incorporating Practices to Support Healing Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.5.7v Power and Purpose: Empowering Youth to Take Action Supporting Mental Health and Wellness View Details
4.6.2v Virtual Module: Exploring Our Own Social-Emotional Learning Skills Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.3v Virtual Module: We Are: Supporting Self-Awareness and Self-Management Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.4v Virtual Module: We Belong 100: Supporting Social-Awareness and Interpersonal Skills Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.6.5v Virtual Module: We Can 100: Supporting Growth Mindset and Self-Efficacy Social-Emotional Learning View Details
4.7.3v Virtual Module: Coaching with Head and Heart Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character View Details

Youth Development

Training Topic Training Category
1.1.1 Developmental Trends 101 Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.6 Professionalism Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.7 How and What to Observe in Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.8 Meeting the Needs of Children and Youth Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.1.9 Developmental Trends 201 Working with Children and Youth View Details
1.3.2 Developing Problem Solving Skills Behavior Guidance View Details
1.3.6 Nine Temperament Traits Behavior Guidance View Details
1.5.5 Focus on Science Supporting Academic Programming View Details
1.6.1 New Youth Worker Competencies Job Readiness View Details
1.6.2 Building a Classroom Community Job Readiness View Details
1.6.3 Beyond Behavior Guidance Job Readiness View Details
1.6.4 Classroom Management 101 Job Readiness View Details
2.3.1 Incorporating Older Youth Voices in Program Activities Serving Older Youth View Details

Equity and Inclusion

Training Topic Training Category
3.1.1 Creating an Inclusive Program Including Children with Special Needs View Details
3.5.1 Creating Respect and Safety Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.5.2 Going Deeper: Exploring Diversity Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.5.3 Exploring Privilege Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.5.4 Privilege, Power and the Ladder of Oppression Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.5.5 Exploring Cliques in Your Program Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.5.6 Becoming Allies with Children Youth and Families Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression View Details
3.6.1 Cultural Competence: Identity, Diversity and Engagement Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs View Details
3.6.2 Cultural Conflicts and Strategies Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs View Details
3.6.3 Promoting an Understanding of Cultural Sensitivity Creating Culturally Sensitive and Equitable Programs View Details
3.7 Restorative Practices Series Restorative Practices View Details
4.1.1 Understanding the Problem of Bullying Bullying Prevention View Details
4.1.2 Understanding the Costs and Roles of Bullying Bullying Prevention View Details
4.1.3 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Adults Bullying Prevention View Details
4.1.4 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children and Youth Bullying Prevention View Details

Quality Programming

Training Topic Training Category
1.2.1 Elements of the Environment Creating Program Environments View Details
1.2.2 Shared Space 101 Creating Program Environments View Details
1.2.3 Messages from the Environment Creating Program Environments View Details
1.2.4 Shared Space 201 Creating Program Environments View Details
1.4.3 Daily Schedules Delivering Quality Programs View Details
1.4.5 Introduction to Evaluation Delivering Quality Programs View Details
1.4.6 Evaluation: A Self-Study Delivering Quality Programs View Details
3.2.4 Partnering with Schools Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
3.2.5 Partnering with Communities Establishing Partnerships with Families, Schools and Communities View Details
4.4.1 Creating a Quality Summer Program Quality Summer Programming View Details
4.4.2 Utilizing the Quick CASP Assessment Tool Quality Summer Programming View Details
4.4.3 Engaging the Community in Quality Summer Programs Quality Summer Programming View Details

Leadership and Management

Training Topic Training Category
2.2.0 The Role of the Site Leader Supervising and Supporting Staff View Details
2.2.1 Incentives and Motivation Supervising and Supporting Staff View Details
2.2.2 Coaching Staff to Success Supervising and Supporting Staff View Details
2.2.3 Making Meetings Work Supervising and Supporting Staff View Details
2.2.4 Delegations Skills Supervising and Supporting Staff View Details
3.3.1 Knowing Yourself as a Leader Leading Afterschool Programs View Details
3.3.2 Your Leadership Style Leading Afterschool Programs View Details
3.3.3 Building Leaders Leading Afterschool Programs View Details
4.7.1 Leading with Head and Heart Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character View Details
4.7.2 Supervising with Head and Heart Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character View Details
4.7.3 Coaching with Head and Heart Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character View Details
4.7.4 Leading Teams and Organizations with Head and Heart Leading with Social-Emotional Learning and Character View Details
PLC (Virtual) Leading Afterschool Programs View Details

Academics and Enrichment

Training Topic Training Category
1.4.1 Using Theme Webs for Curriculum Planning Delivering Quality Programs View Details
1.4.2 Presentation Methods and Debriefing Activities Delivering Quality Programs View Details
1.5.0 Exploring Curriculum Activities Supporting Academic Programming View Details
1.5.1 Integrating Academics and Enrichment Supporting Academic Programming View Details
1.5.2 Homework Assistance Supporting Academic Programming View Details
2.3.2 Service Learning Serving Older Youth View Details
4.3.1 Energy and You Energenius View Details
4.3.2 Energy and the Environment Energenius View Details
4.3.3 Water and Energy Energenius View Details
4.3.4 Become an Energenius® Energenius View Details