ExCEL After School Program Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting October 21, 2014 Welcome! DO NOW: Persimmon Haikus – instructions are on your table.

ExCEL After School Program Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting October 21, – 12noon: General Session Mandatory Session for High School Sites: :30: High school Attendance – Conference Room Optional Workshops: 12:00–1:00pm: Incident/Injury Reports – Nia Room 12:00pm– 1:00pm: Google CS Coding Club – Dance Studio B 12pm-1:00pm: Burning Issues Mentor Orientation – Hall of Culture of the Day

1. Did you hear a staff or youth speak their truth in your program recently? 2. Share one way you built relationships in your program recently. 3. What does active learning look like to you? Share out something you heard a partner say.

ExCEL After School Program Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting October 21, 2014 General Session Goals and Objectives Goal: To foster a culture of learning in which everyone is involved in a collective effort of understanding and practice Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will: Learn and share ideas for integrating the 16 Habits of Mind and the Harvest of the Month into program activities Receive relevant city and district updates Participate in community-building discussions and activities

General Session Meeting Norms/Cultural Norms Debrief Habits of Mind General Announcements (CBC update, Burning Issues teaser…..) ELC – TA Harvest of Month Brain Break Burning Issues Evaluation

Meeting Norms Debrief 1. Speak your truth 2. Build relationships 3. Actively Learn 4. Intentional agenda/objectives 5. Be mindful

Culture Norms

Meeting Norms Today, let’s all focus on speaking our truth! Speak of what you know, Your knowledge Your experiences

Habits of Mind Practice 11. Creating, imagining, and innovating. Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality.

Habits of Mind Practice You have FIVE MINUTES! Using the materials in the box on your table, create an invention that would be useful to a middle schooler.

Habits of Mind Practice Using the materials in the box on your table, create an invention that would be useful to a middle schooler. Choose a: - Facilitator - Builder - Time-Keeper - Presenter (prepare a 1-minute sales pitch on your invention)

Habits of Mind Practice 1-minute sales pitches for your invention

Habits of Mind Practice Debrief: How can you/do you bring this habit into your program? 11. Creating, imagining, and innovating. Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality.

General Announcements CBC update Burning Issues teaser QAP calendar RP calendar – topics

Harvest of the Month and Health Awareness Theme Persimmons Violence Prevention – Stand up for Peace and Safety

Site Spotlight Mission High School

December Issues that were gathered last month Other issues? Vote on priority issue to discuss in December

Let’s Take a Brain Break ExCEL! WHY? “I hear and I forget. I read and I understand. I do and I remember.” Chinese Proverb “Exercise provides an unparalleled stimulus, crating an environment in which the brain is ready, willing and able to learn.” John Ratey, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

ExCEL After School Program Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting October 21, 2014 General Session Evaluation Goal: To foster a culture of learning in which everyone is involved in a collective effort of understanding and practice Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will: Learn and share ideas for integrating the 16 Habits of Mind and the Harvest of the Month into program activities Receive relevant city and district updates Participate in community-building discussions and activities Please take a second to complete the half-sheet on your table