ESON & MSN Newsletter
April 2024
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Mentoring Beyond the Classroom: Success Planning in Cambridge
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024, 10-11:30am (Virtual Meeting): Zoom Link
Folks working in out-of-school time settings often play very essential mentoring roles in the lives of the young people in their programs. This mentoring role has always been part of the work that we do, yet it’s not always explicitly named, acknowledged or something we train staff to do. Next week, we will be taking some time to talk about what this looks like in your programs. We will also do some brainstorming about a more explicit structure that could support this role (and thus our young people) in our city. This structure/process is called Success Planning, and both the city and school district are currently working to design what it might look like in Cambridge.
Success Planning is a personalized, relationship-based approach for ensuring all children and youth have a caring adult, in addition to their families, who:
- Knows them well.
- Helps them develop a plan for ensuring their needs, interests, and goals are met.
- Connects them to supports and opportunities available in Cambridge.
4 Elements to Success Planning:
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A Navigator—an adult who forms a positive individual relationship with a child and their family and develops an understanding of the child’s needs and interests (this is our focus for our meeting).
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A Plan for Action and a process for enacting it.
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A Coordinated System of Supports & Opportunities.
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A Data platform to capture information and document plans over time—and in some cases, to refer directly to services.
Curious? Watch this 2 min video about Success Planning. And come to this meeting!
Our question for the meeting on April 3rd: What would Cambridge “Navigators” look like? What do they already look like? Who would they be? What would they do to support young people?
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The Middle School Network (MSN) and Elementary Out-of-School Time Network (ESON) are programs of the Agenda for Children Out-of-School Time that aim to ensure equitable access and engagement of elementary and middle school youth in out-of-school time experiences in Cambridge. Agenda for Children Out-of School Time is a citywide intermediary situated in both the City’s Human Services and School Departments. | |
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(Position Vacant)
ESON Coordinator
Cambridge Public Schools & Agenda for Children OST
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Annie Leavitt
MSN Coordinator
Cambridge Public Schools & Agenda for Children OST
617-349-6018, aleavitt@cpsd.us
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