"We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike."
- Khalil Gibran
"We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike."
There is no monetary cost for educators or youth facilitators to enroll. Instead of a registration fee, each educator or facilitator is requested to teach two 30- to 60-minute CYA learning experiences with students, peers or parents in the year following the completion of the course.
Jim will supply materials and support for you to present the sessions.
Enrollment and the course are offered online and will prepare educators and facilitators with the tools and background they need in order to deliver an effective 30- to 60-minute course. Manuals and materials are currently in German and Spanish in addition to English.
EXPECTED IMPACT Youth who start utilizing the concepts and tools in this program at an early age will enhance the quality of their lives and the lives of those around them for the rest of their lives.
Educators and youth facilitators use the tools to enhance their own lives and those of the students they work with
BACKGROUND
Jim has been working with educators and youth facilitators for more than 20 years with AHA! (www.ahasb.org). AHA! is a one-of-a-kind organization committed to developing and implementing Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL). Since 1999, AHA! has provided social-emotional education to over 20,000 teens and youth care providers. AHA! equips teenagers, educators and parents with social and emotional intelligence to dismantle apathy, prevent despair and interrupt hate-based behavior. Jim began testing his Check Your Attitude program developed for corporations with the trained facilitators at AHA! to determine if he would need to change it for the teen youth groups. AHA! confirmed that the materials were good to go and they became part of the AHA! curriculum. More recently Jim led the faculty orientation Check Your Attitude workshop for the Carpeteria School District as part of his volunteer work for AHA! That 3-hour seminar became one of the templates used in school districts. In addition to his work with AHA!, Jim also works with the Flourish Agenda (www.flourishagenda.com/), whose focus is working with African American youth in the greater Bay area. He trains the youth facilitators who offer the Check Your Attitude program in their summer youth retreat.