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FLASH OF BRILLIANCE
FLASH OF BRILLIANCE
Our Network is full of resources - student opportunities, research, information, and mostly importantly, people! During the Expo, some resources were shared during the lunch hour. Find the slides and additional information here. Within you will find:
Student opportunities including middle and high school programs with Rocking the Boat, a policy fellowship with New York for Early College Pathways Policy fellowship, a creative workforce development fellowship with Building Beats.
Opportunities and resources for adults, like WiSE's financial educator certification program and a resource hub from the Coalition for Youth Development Intermediaries (CYDI).
Got a resource to share with the network? Email Jamiee (Jamiee@ssn-nyc.org).
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UPCOMING COHORTS
UPCOMING COHORTS
Still open for registration
Youth Well-Being Improvement Lab
Youth Well-Being Improvement Lab
The Youth Well-Being Improvement Lab (launching October 27, 2026) brings together community-based organizations to focus on designing, testing, and codifying practices that strengthen well-being for all students. Over several months, youth-serving staff and leaders engage in network gatherings, plan and test ideas with teams from their organization, gather data to learn what works, and receive coaching. Using continuous improvement strategies and tools, we’ll explore: What makes fostering youth well-being challenging? What ideas can we test to center well-being in our programs? How will we know if our efforts worked? See here a description of the work.
Who Should Attend
Improvement teams of 2-4 staff from youth-serving organizations, representing a variety of roles including (but not limited to) directors or supervisors, advisors, coaches, or counselors, who are interested in strengthening and measuring youth well-being in their programs.
Time & Location
Five sessions throughout the school year, primarily at Student Success Network (25 Broadway), with one virtual session. Coaching by SSN staff occurs between sessions.
Next Steps
Attend an info session on October 8, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026 to learn more about the Improvement Lab
Submit an interest form by October 15, 2026 to express interest in joining the Improvement Lab
Questions? Contact Marieme Diouf at marieme@ssn-nyc.org.
Competency Learning Collaborative
Competency Learning Collaborative
The Competency Learning Collaborative is a learning community for youth-serving organizations looking to embed future-ready competencies into their programs. Participants will explore how to define, support, and assess the competencies young people need to thrive. Topics are shaped by participant needs, such as, aligning to competency frameworks (e.g. NYC’s new Portrait of a Graduate and SSN’s Future9), developing staff alignment, and creating assessment tools. See here for a description of the work.
Who Should Attend
Teams of 2-4 staff from youth-serving organizations, including program leaders and student-facing staff (e.g. advisors, coaches, facilitators), who are interested in strengthening how their programs build and measure student competencies.
Time & Location
Five sessions throughout the school year, primarily at Student Success Network (25 Broadway), with one virtual session. Virtual office hours are available between sessions.
Next Step
Submit an interest form by October 5, 2026 to express interest in joining the Competency Learning Collaborative!
Questions? Contact Marieme Diouf at marieme@ssn-nyc.org.
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