Beacon Bridge and SFBI present Beacon Way Day 2015

Beacon Bridge and SFBI are excited to announce Beacon Way Day 2015: Rise and Shine! BWD is an annual professional development event organized and led by Beacon staff, for their fellow staff working in Beacon programs. This year the theme is Rise and Shine - RISING UP to be the leader you are meant to be, and SHINING like a Beacon for all to see. Each year we solicit proposals from staff on relevant topics in youth development and expanded learning. We will have workshops for staff working with younger youth, older youth, and for staff who are aspiring to step into greater positions of leadership. Workshops include:

• YPQA Methods - Planning and Reflection
  • Led by Brock Hudson, Richmond Village Beacon
• "De-Escalation in Schools" - Understanding Frustrated and Angry Students
  • Led by Erika Rubinstein Irby and Carley Amigone, SFUSD Mentor School Social Workers
• Step Up, Step Back: Designing a Ladders of Leadership Model
  • Led by Dante Calloway, OMI/Excelsior Beacon Center, and Clifford Yee, CORO Northern California
• So You Want To Be a Beacon Director? - Panel for Aspiring Leaders
  • Led by Matt Pemberton, Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center, and Carol Hill, Bayview Beacon Center

• Coaching Staff to Make Sense of the Youth Work Alphabet Soup
  • Led by Cass Terry, Richmond Village Beacon
• Family Engagement 
  • Led by Sarah Huck, Richmond Village Beacon
• Facilitating Learning Between the School Day and After School Program
  • Led by Daniel Gutierrez and Suzie Berndt, Mission Community Beacon

 BWD 2015 will take place on Tuesday, March 24th from 9am-1pm. It will be held at the Cesar Chavez Student Center on the SF State campus. If you are Beacon staff, you can register now at bit.ly/BeaconWayDay2015.