Bring Your Best Self to Your Work with Youth with WYEN’s Back to School Webinar 



Join WYEN on September 15 at 11:30am for The Mentor Mindset: Bringing Our Best Selves to Youth, the first session in our Fall Roadmap Series. Young people are wired to find their place in the world by testing ideas, pushing against boundaries, and watching closely for where they belong and what they’re capable of. In this Zoom session, we’ll explore developmental psychologist Dr. David Yeager’s Mentor Mindset, a framework for scaffolding adolescent growth that replaces old assumptions about young people’s capabilities with a clearer picture of what they’re capable of and what they need from us to get there. You’ll leave with a practical way to put the mentor mindset into practice in your own context.  

Explore the Launching Futures Toolkit 

Join STEM Next to learn about their Launching Futures Toolkit powered by RTX on Tuesday, September 15 at 12:00pm. Created specifically for afterschool and summer programs, this free resource makes it easy for educators to bring aerospace careers to life. Webinar attendees will get a walkthrough of the toolkit's career-connected learning framework, hands-on activities, career profiles, and partnership-building resources.  

Build Belonging with PEAR 

PEAR’s Building Belonging Workshop will be held on Thursday, September 24 from 12:00-2:00pm via Zoom. The session translates decades of youth development research into tools you can use in your out-of-school time (OST) program. Explore ways to build psychological safety, co-create community agreements, strengthen communication and empathy, and use the strengths of youth and staff to help young people thrive. Registration is $200 and includes a certificate of attendance. 

Shine a Light on Wyoming’s OST Programs 

Lights On Afterschool will be celebrated across the country on October 22. Register with the Afterschool Alliance to put your program on the map and show how you’re celebrating—whether with an open house, student showcase, community gathering, or something entirely your own (get ideas here). Together, we can shine a light on the impact of out-of-school time programs!

Build Your Go-Go Activity Collection with Mizzen Playlists  

Have you explored Mizzen recently? Use their Playlists tool to save activities you love, add your own notes and resources, and organize them into playlists for a lesson, a week, or an entire program session. You can also explore Playlists created by educators and the Mizzen team for ideas in STEM, art, connection and icebreakers, hands-on exploration, and more. Spend less time searching and more time planning experiences that help young people connect, create, and grow.