Learn more about how to invest in the staff who show up for young people every day.
How a Culture of Learning Supports Staff (and Youth!)
Season’s Meetings: Simple Ways to Plan Better Meetings
Learn how thoughtful planning and simple touches can transform your meetings into welcoming, inclusive, and productive spaces. Crystal Dixon offers practical strategies from BGCA’s Youth Development team.
Keeping the Best: Tips for Youth Development Staff Retention
Making sure youth development staff feel safe, supported, and valued so that they will stay.
5 Learning Solutions That Boost Youth Development Staff Performance (Without Another All-Staff Training!)
Before you plan another all-staff, explore these 5 smarter learning strategies that actually work—faster, cheaper, and better
6 Ways to Empower Yourself to Empower the Next Generation
Take hold of your career journey with these inspiring ideas.
How Do You Build a Culture of Learning?
Three tips for encouraging a growth mindset for your organization, plus get the Culture of Learning Guide.
Why Program Quality Assessments Should NOT Be Tied to Performance Reviews
Five reasons why separating program quality assessments and performance reviews is the right call.
Advice for New Youth Development Professionals
Learn from the best with these tips for new afterschool staff from Boys & Girls Club professionals
Developing a Staff Training Plan That Deepens Impact and Reduces Burnout
Tips for building a staff training infrastructure that is effective, efficient, and builds high-quality practice in your youth development program.
Winter is Coming: Seasonal Affective Disorder and How to Cope
Dr. Thomas Vance is back with some tips on staying bright during the winter months, because as youth development staff we need to take care of ourselves so that we can show up fully for youth.
6 Things That Should Be In Your Club’s Onboarding Experience
Learn the six components necessary to make a YDPs first 90 days a success plus learn about the all new Youth Development Professional Onboarding Guide from BGCA.
Compassion Fatigue: What Is It and What Can We Do?
After two years of extraordinary circumstances, many of us are feeling tired. Learn more about compassion fatigue and tips to manage it, both in yourself and for your staff.
5 Tips for GREAT Virtual Facilitation
BGCA's Director of Academic Success Lesa Sexton is BACK with some timely tips for this brave new world we are in. This virtual facilitation stuff is no joke. I think this YouTube video pretty much sums up the challenges and awkwardness that we’re all learning to navigate these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ Virtual facilitation is a new area for many... Continue Reading →
5 Podcasts You Can Learn From
I LOVE PODCASTS. My obsessive adoration is genuinely a thing I'm known for. I have a queue I'll never get through. I routinely make personalized recommendation lists for my friends. Two years ago at a National staff conference I even did an Ignite talk about them wearing a shirt I own that says 100% PODCASTS.... Continue Reading →
Finding Your New Normal
This post, part of our special series on the Coronavirus outbreak, was written by Laura Gover, M.P.H. and BGCA Federal Grants Director. It’s the start of a new week, and while we all wish this meant the return to our normal way of life, for most it still means getting comfortable with a new way of... Continue Reading →
