Ways to answer questions that parents new to the program might ask: http://www.uuabookstore.org/Assets/PDFs/3102.pdf
Helpful Webinars from the UUA
January 2014: Why & How to Do Spiritual Preparation for Leading RE
March 2014: Outside In & Upside Down: Applying the "Flipped" Classroom Concept to Faith Development
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Transcript (Word)
- Explore possibilities sparked by the “flipped classroom” concept that is overtaking secular education. Presented by Gail Forsyth-Vail and Pat Kahn.
July 2015: Cultural Competence With Disability: Conversations for Access and Possibility
- Transcript (Word)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Useful Resources (Google document)
- "How the Blind See Beauty" (YouTube video)
- Theresa I. Soto, ministerial intern at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem (OR) and vice president of EqUUal Access, shifts the lens through which we view disability, with a focus on language concerning disability that can create authentic connection, communicate respect, and avoid causing offense.
June 2016: Four Kinds of Fun
- Transcript (Word)
- PowerPoint (PDF)
- Resources and Links (Word)
- Gail Forsyth-Vail and Pat Kahn talk about four kinds of fun identified by game designers: achieving mastery, using your imagination, creating meaning, and nurturing connections. Participants share ways we do, and could, use four kinds of fun in our faith development programs.