hi! Kaiti jones from boys & girls clubs of boston. Turntables by Janelle Monae

Eggy Coll

Hello Ebony Holloway here from Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth- Follow me is my favorite old school song

@ Sarah which version of life is a highway?

Noro Morales - Vitamina

viva la vida is my go to

Remote Learning Centers

Learning Partners

E-Learning Support Centers

Remote Learning Support

Community Learning Hub

Remote Learning Clubs

The Club Learning Hub

distance learning center

Virtual Learning Hub

Learning pod and support centers

Virtual School @ the Club!

Learning Hub/Pod

Education Enrichment

pods

Remote Learning Club or Learning Pod Club

We have a hybrid so it’s not all virtual

Pods at the club

We've been calling them learning pods but the staff want to change the name! lol.

Rascal

Nice @Sarah!

from Cars movie lol

Katyann, what's your song?

bit.ly/BGCABTS

Brendan, I’ll tell you when you’re older

programbasicsplanner.com/back/

or here's a direct link:

https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/BoysGirlsClubsofAmerica1@BGCA.org/bookings/

Love the Club Academy name

O-biss-po

Hello from Bay Mills, MI

Hi all from B&GC of Tarrant County (Texas). We are doing onsite and virtual programming. Our on-site support is being called "Back 2 Basics" Learning Centers".

Yes!

Excellent list- can we get a copy? Thanks, Michael!

Thank you Michael Vuong! Keep up the Good Work!!!!

Thank you!

thanks so much!

Michael, this is awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you this is helpful, excellent

Doing great things in the Tenderloin! Thank you for your service!

Great Michael ! Thx.

thank you for sharing, Michael

We have stayed away from using the word pod as it can be triggering to those who have been affected by the jail/prison system.

Great info and love the pics - thanks for sharing Michael!

mvuong@kidsclub.org - feel free to reach out if more support or questions are needed as well...we're all in this together

Yes!

Yes we are...thank you

@Averie that’s a good point I did not consider. Thank you for sharing

This is a great behavior measurement system!!

Thank You Michael!

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Great information thank you

Bit.ly/COLDLR

*Shameless plug* - our YouTube channel with videos made by staff, including tons of "how to" art videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPAG48Kl0y3jyaGWpAtzrgg

this is all super helpful, thank you so much

Thank you!! Good stuff

Where in the chat is the distance learning agreement document?

it’s more than two decades old

do you guys have an attendance policy? Because spots are limited we are considering becoming more strict if kids miss days

Back Pocket Handbook probably 20 years old. Still good stuff!

This is great! Any chance you can email me this recording? erivas@bgcb,org

we have that youth need to commit to attend 3-4 days out of the week. If they don’t a call is made to parents. After second time missing, we replace the youth with another one on our waiting list.

learning happens everyday and in different environments. is time to look at education and learning with a different lens.

@kristin - we are asking families to come everyday and to contact us if they can't..."okay" reasons to stay home will range and all is virtually okay, we just want to make sure there is good communication

thanks stephanie and michael!

An important thing to consider for attendance policies is that you want to avoid creating any incentive structures that would discourage a family from keeping their child home if they're sick. Especially right now, it's important that families know that keeping a sick child home won't result in them losing their space once the child recovers.

Where do you find the backpack playbook?

Families don’t feel comfortable yet with their children being out of the home, especially based on their culture and if they feel targeted by COVID (aka our Asian/SE Asian families)

yes chrissy, keeping them home for being sick is imperative!

@chrissy… we consider excused and unexcused absences based on communication from parents.

makes sense!

I should have said targeted due to covid*

Here's a link to backpocket program hints for the learning center

https://www.bgca.net/Programs/ProgramDocuments/BPPH_for_Learning_Center_ALL.pdf

padlet.com/cchen93

Thank you Chrissy

sorry! here it is: padlet.com/cchen93

or here's a direct link

https://padlet.com/cchen93/b302carupkxdexgc

Thank you.

kids just "refusing" to go to school

breakout sessions are not ideal for youth who do not transition well

yes ma'am

Not having communication between the teachers and parents

not logging in to virtual classroom, they say they cant get in...

Kids completely shutting down: tears, and defeated attitude- not wanting to get back to the class because of this feeling

member being defiant of safety policies (wearing mask, social distancing)

Using their breaks and distracting others kids who are not on break

students misusing the mic and/or camera intentionally to get kicked out of class

Homework that requires equipment or supplies members don't have access to

taking extra long breaks

changing passwords every week and youth not having the new password

Kids giving up on putting the work in because of tech difficulties and no real opportunities to connect with friends

provide alternative activities for youth as breaks from class

Visual picture schedules

brain breaks!

It's helpful to check for understanding - sometimes youth don't understand what they're expected to do

Strong Family relationships, movement breaks, snack

the students wou

We have had success with helping students name emotions independently using their own mood meters

fidgets for kids to use during school time

I think it has been super helpful to do introductions of our teams members through fun videos!!

Sophia that's a great idea

being okay with not knowing, with not understanding

we're all in this together

michael, totally agree with that one! being a little vulnerable

Michael-yes!

for inclusion -- https://www.bgca.net/Programs/Pages/Embracing-Inclusion.aspx

many of those trainings are available on http://slu.csod.com/

Yes!

Thank you Kate!

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

OMG chock full! Thank you, Kate E.

Great, thx Kate

Great information! Thanks so much!

can you share the link again to the recording ?

thank you

great information thank you so much!

Thank you very much!

thank you

Anyone have any technical difficulties with bandwith with all the kids on google classroom or zoon at once?

regarding alternative activities to provide youth during breaks- are there any available through bgca (power hour?)

Again thank you Melissa Jordan Raleigh Red Shield Club

Some schools are providing their students with hot spots

for alternative activites, I'd recommend MyFuture.Net

@Liliana I think Bgca has a playbreaks source available

yes, Liliana! go to the padlet and look at tutoring resources. all links are there.

What is the ideal youth to adult ratio? Keeping in mind different ages, grades and schools, and different curriculum and learning approaches/expectations?

Our schools provide hotspots available for kids that need it, maybe the schools may have some available for you

Create binders with copies for each group for staff to use

has anyone put kids into family groups?

Yes we were required to keep family members in the same group. That presents its own challenges

Hi susan, yes we did that over the summer

Staff have created a schedule chart for each group to keep track of times of lunches for all the youth in their group

Related to what Michael says we do velcro boards so we know who is where in their cohort for the day

did you find that there was actual time during the leaning/school time to provide a club experience with our programs? or did you do it at the end of the learning day?

Color coded bracelets

Good idea K

We're working on a big communal board for all the kids in our individual space to be able to put their dates for tests/papers/ classes etc, so

Good idea Kamilah!

I like the idea about designating when kids are in live classes versus self directed learning

We are grouping (less than 10) per 1 staff keeping siblings together and by grades

We do no more than 10 in each group with at least 1 staff but can have up to 2. Depends on capacity of the space. We plan to keep schools together to keep it as much like a school experience as possible

In greater Washington its 8-9 students and 1 staff. per room. The admittance numbers are preset according to building/room size and CDC guidelines. Each group is according to their age/grade

Scheduled hand washing and safety breaks

One person per computer, all computers get sanitized after use during transition time

Our students bring their own chromebooks

Currently, we have 4 staff for approximately 25 members. And our building is with a total of 130.

staff use gloves and change gloves when touching youth's devices

@Shauna do you have them clean it prior to coming into the Club?

No... we haven't done that they just wash or sanitize their hands

For members to know how long to wash their hands, we have them sing the happy birthday song. It keeps their energy up too!

@Kate do you use the mister bottles or what do you put it in?

We've been getting items for each kid to keep if the items used cannot be sanitized.

We covered our laptops with saran wrap and changed them after every use. We provided color coded lanyards and every child had their own personal bin of supplies including their own hand sanitizer.

We conduct daily Safety meetings during summer camp and will continue.

Any suggestions for clubs doing full virtual to assist with recruitment/ retention and engagement with members?

There has to be a balance to because there is a fear with some of our kids that covid is everywhere and everyone is going to get sick

Just a little bit of hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the inside of the spray bottle and then fill the bottle with rubbing alcohol (at least 70%). The higher the percent of rubbing alcohol the stronger the smell, so you can also put a few drops of essential oils in there if you wish. Make sure your spray bottle has a mist spray. And be careful- this is highly flammable and you will need to label the bottle with what you put in there (you can’t have a blank bottle filled with clear liquid…it’s a safety hazard)

Is staff burnout an issue? how do you address?

Checking in with every staff more than once a day asking specific questions

And, chocolate!

Schedule in half days

We do staff “play” breaks; each staff or staff pairing has the opportunity to run a different game or activity on staff Fridays

yes on chocolate

kate… what was the app?

Staff Highlights of the Week in staff lounge such as Ms. Becca breakdaning with youth, Ms. Carolina doing yoga with the kinders

Team Reach- it’s a free app that you can post pics, messages, polls, etc.

Thank you!

I wanted to thank every one of you for your time. You all are truly doing amazing work and please know that what you do is appreciated, loved, and valued!!

reach out to the school and get a social media page

Great info! Thank you!

mvuong@kidsclub.org

Thank you so much!

Thanks!

Thank you for great session!

Great Info, Thank you!

We are FULL virtual and not able to go back, thank you for the on-site suggestions. If you have any suggestions for all virtual please share, even if its next time. thanks

Thanks everyone

Thank you!

thanks

Thank you!

thank you!

Hi Tiare, if you weren't part of the Facilitating Virtual Learning session, I'd recommend watching the recording!