1. INCORPORATING HEALTHY EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STANDARDS
BUILDING HEALTHY PROGRAMS FOR KIDS: HEPA STANDARDS TRAINING

2. INTRODUCTIONS Scott Umbel Senior Program Director, Youth Programs Rye YMCA PH

3. INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY
INSTRUCTIONS:
Introduce yourself to the class by stating your name, how you serve your community and how many years you’ve been serving your community.
Select two cards
Card #1 - Select a picture that you feel depicts school-aged kids being active and healthy in an afterschool setting.
Card #2 - Select a picture that depicts how you are being healthy.
Discuss your selected cards with your table mates. Express why you selected the cards you did.
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4. Housekeeping and group norms

5. 18 leadership competencies
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6. Relationships & quality results
Building authentic relationships in the service of enhancing individual and team performance to support our work.
Quality Results Demonstrates and fosters a strong commitment to achieving goals in a manner that provides quality experiences.
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7. Course topics Healthy eating and physical activity (Hepa) standards
Implementing food and fun afterschool curriculum
Implementing the a+ assessment and action planning tools
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8. Course objectives
Identify and apply the standards for healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) in your afterschool programs.
Incorporate the Food and Fun Afterschool Curriculum in your afterschool program to promote healthy eating and physical activities for children.
Utilize the A+ Assessment and planning tools to successfully implement the HEPA standards in your afterschool programming.
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9. Our common cause

10. My well-being
Use this blank to add something important to you that’s not captured by others
The positive benefits derived from exposure to and engagement with art, culture, or nature
Practicing positive habits that include physical activity and healthy eating
Acting on the desire to be of service to others
The confidence, competence, and satisfaction gleaned from learning, goal attainment, and skill building
Personally accepting and demonstrating positive values
Having the connection to and support of a family, group, or community
The state in which basic physical and emotional needs are being met
The individual bonds created with and among individuals
Having a strong sense of hope, faith, and purpose
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11. Healthy eating & physical activity (hepa) standards

12. Childhood obesity facts
Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years.
Childhood obesity is a national epidemic.
Children are not getting enough physical activity and have unhealthy eating habits.
Has an effect on self-image and socializing with others.
Lower income individuals, Blacks, Latinos, American Indians living in southern part of U.S. are most affected by obesity.
Resources:
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13. Hepa standards HEPA STANDARDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
Program for Parents and Child Care Providers
Implement an educational program for parents and childcare providers with physical activity and nutritional information relevant to the health of their children
Physical Activity
Ensure that children engage in at least 15 minutes / hour while kids are in care of physical activity, including a mix of moderate and vigorous physical activities that promote bone and muscle strengthening. Play will take place daily outdoors whenever possible.
Screen Time
No access to television or movies. Limit digital device time to less than one hour per day (30 min for preschoolers). Digital devise use is limited to homework or programs that actively engage children in activity.
Food
Serve fruits or vegetables at every meal.
Serve all meals family style.
No fried foods.
Beverages
Offer water at the table during every meal and have water accessible at all times. Serve beverages that do not have added sugars. Serve healthier beverages, including water, low-fat (1%) or non-fat milk, or 100% fruit juice (no more than one 6-8 oz. serving per day.)
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14. Hepa standards HEPA STANDARDS FOR AFTERSCHOOL
Program for Parents and Child Care Providers
Implement an educational program for parents and childcare providers with physical activity and nutritional information relevant to the health of their children
Physical Activity
Ensure that children engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day, including a mix of moderate and vigorous physical activities that promote bone and muscle strengthening. Play will take place daily outdoors whenever possible.
Screen Time
No access to television or movies. Digital devise use is limited to homework or programs that actively engage children in activity.
Food
Serve fruits or vegetables at every meal.
Serve all meals family style.
No fried foods.
Beverages
Offer water at the table during every meal and have water accessible at all times. Serve beverages that do not have added sugars. Serve healthier beverages, including water, low-fat (1%) or non-fat milk, or 100% fruit juice (no more than one 6-8 oz. serving per day.)
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15. Food and fun afterschool curriculum

16. Food and fun afterschool
Recognize the units and resources in the Food and Fun Curriculum.
Incorporate the Food and Fun Afterschool Curriculum health messages and materials in the afterschool programs.
Explain how the Food and Fun Afterschool Curriculum aligns with current or other afterschool program curriculum and schedules.
Comprehend how these units support the Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards.
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17. Food and fun video
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18. Food and fun afterschool curriculum
Take a Bite (Fruits and Vegetables)
Get Moving (Physical Activity)
Be Sugar Smart (Sugar-Sweetened Drinks)
Go for Good Fat (Healthy and Unhealthy Fats)
Go for Whole Grains (Whole Grains)
Super Snacks (Healthy Snacking)
Mix it Up (Fruits and Vegetables)
Tune Out the TV (Reduce TV Viewing)
Play Hard (Physical Activity)
Be Active, Stay Cool (Keeping Hydrated)
Food & Fun Finale
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19. About the food and fun units
Behavioral goal - Simple goal for children to achieve through the unit’s activities.
Key message - This is the sound bite for the unit theme.
Key concepts for children – Program staff to review these concepts and use them when presenting various activities.
Key concepts for staff – Provides the “why” for each unit, tips for presenting activities.
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20. Food and fun Unit overview

21. Food and fun afterschool curriculum activity part 1
INSTRUCTIONS:
Refer to participant guide page 22 for instructions.
Review your weekly afterschool schedule OR use the space provided to write out your weekly schedule.
Answer the eight reflection questions individually.
You have 5-10 minutes to work.
Wait for further instructions from your trainer.
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22. Food and fun afterschool curriculum activity part 2
INSTRUCTIONS:
Refer to page 24 in your participant guide.
Work as a team and become an Afterschool program
Create an afterschool program for a week that captures Food and Fun Afterschool Curriculum topics.
Include key messages for children and for parents. Capture how you are improving your current program.
Identify which HEPA standards you program is supporting.
Utilize each other’s experience with programs and refer to the Food and Fun Curriculum to help you.
Select a team representative who will present the team’s program to the rest of the class.
Teams have 15 min to work.
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23. Aligning HEPA Standards with Food and Fun afterschool Curriculum
INSTRUCTIONS:
Refer to page 25 in participant guide.
Work as a team and refer to the HEPA standards and identify units from Food and Fun that promote that standard.
Be prepared to present and discuss with the class.
Teams have 10 min to work.
HEPA STANDARD
FOOD AND FUN CURRICULUM UNIT
Food
No fried foods
Unit 5: Go for Whole Grains
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24. A+ assessment TOOL

25. A+ Assessment Upon completion of this section you will:
Comprehend the benefits of utilizing the A+ Assessment and planning tools as a site team.
State the benefits of employing healthy eating and physical activities in programs to bring awareness to leadership staff.
Assess your ability to identify barriers that affect plans to employ healthy eating habits and physical activity in child care programming.
Complete a practice gap and capacity building assessments for your site with your team.
Develop a practice action plan using the A+ Action Plan Tool.
Recognize who is accountable for delivering on tasks.
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26. Site Directors and Program Directors
A+ process team
Key Decision Leaders
Who: Program, branch, corporate, and community leaders
What: Promote, support, and recognize the steps sites take with A+, no matter how long the process takes.
Site Directors and Program Directors
Who: Staff who oversee multiple programs
What: Work collaboratively on Action Planning to outline what sites need to do to achieve and sustain the Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards.
Site Directors
Who: Staff who oversee the program
What: Collect and share information about their site’s physical activity and healthy eating practices using a series of tools.
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27. a+ Process
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28. awareness
Awareness is about the importance of the HEPA standards being fostered among:
Program staff
Site Directors
Program Directors
Key Decision Leaders
It’s achievable!
HEPA Standards are impactful!
HEPA Standards are important!
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29. Are you ready? Give yourself a YES if:
We know why the HEPA Standards are important.
We understand we are starting a guided process for achieving the HEPA Standards.
We completed some baseline training or assessment work such as the Community Healthy Living Index, Change Your Environment – Area 6 and 7, and /or Food & Fun Afterschool Curriculum.
Now that we understand the importance of the issue, we are ready to commit to the work.
If YES, your site is ready to move to Assessment, a guided, action driven process that asses current practice and capacity building needs.
 If NO, work on:
Increasing awareness of how physical activity and healthy eating affect health and development.
Understanding and addressing resistance to the idea that child care programs have an important role in promoting physical activity and healthy eating.
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30. A+ assessment tools
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31. Assessment review activity
INSTRUCTIONS:
Refer to the sample assessment.
Work with a partner and together identify the following:
Is it clear which HEPA Standards are not being met?
Are the capacity building needs identified?
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32. Is your assessment complete enough?
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
Once finished reading through the questionnaire, meet with your partner and discuss how your current program would measure up against this assessment.
You have 10 minutes.
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33. Is your assessment complete enough?
Give yourself a YES if:
We know which HEPA Standards we are not meeting.
We know which HEPA Standards we want to start with.
We have identified specific capacity building needs.
We have met with our Program Director.
If YES, you site is ready to move to Action Planning. Using the information gathered on your Assessment, set up a meeting with you Program Director and/or other key decision leaders to begin work on Action Planning.
If NO, look over your Assessment closely and see if you can identify what your site needs to do to complete the missing steps. This is also a good time to meet with your Program Director for assistance.
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34. a+ Process
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35. A+ Action Planning
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36. Action planning – step 1
SITE AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS WORK TOGETHER ON ACTION PLANNING
ACTION PLANNING IS:
Planning, communicating, and implementing improvement plans based on Assessment.
Thinking reflectively.
A Process that allows sites to create action steps that address their gaps and capacity building needs.
Is identifying what might be done differently.
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37. Action planning – Step 2
Site directors and program directors work together to organize the information gathered on the Assessment and begin Action Planning. There should be site specific and program level planning.
Action Plans will help close gaps in program practices and capacity building needs.
Action Plans should be as simple as possible but as detailed as necessary.
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38. Action planning – Step 3
Action Planning is communicating how your site will translate, put into action, or proceed with a healthy eating or physical activity change.
While Site Directors may start A+ on their own, action planning happens as a team.
Program Directors and/or other key decision leaders help sites develop Action Plans that identify site-specific and/or program-specific plans within it.
Without an Action Plan, staff might not think about what happens next.
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39. Action planning – Step 4 Action Plans need to:
Say who will be expected to implement the action step.
Address how the Program Director will encourage staff.
Where you can collaborate:
Check the likelihood that the proposed action will get done.
Make sure the proposed completion dates are realistic.
Determine any cost (person and/or monetary) associated with the proposed action.
Evaluate progress on the proposed action.
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40. Action planning – delegation strategies
Explanation
Demonstration
Listening
Correction when necessary
Repetition
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41. Action Planning BENEFITS OF ACTION PLANNING:
Identify where you are starting from using the information gathered on the Assessment.
“How far away are we from our goal”?
Create a path to where you want to be—either site or program goal.
“What will help us be successful”?
Establish benchmarks that keep you on your path, i.e., periodic reporting, coaching and mentoring.
“How can we maintain and monitor progress”?
Help figure out what and where the challenges are.
“Ideas about our potential challenges”?
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42. A good action plan
Address gaps and capacity building needs identified on your Assessment.
Include simple action steps that map how your team will meet the HEPA Standards.
Steps should be clear, realistic, measurable, and observable with target completion dates.
Identify people responsible for each action step.
Include how kids can also be part of the change.
Be flexible and change if necessary.
Feel “right”—inspire commitment and motivation.
Be timely.
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43. Sample action plan PROVIDE QUALITY DAY CAMP EXPERIENCE
Sample topic
Specifically addresses the capacity building needs noted on the Assessment.
Action steps are clear, realistic and measurable.
PROVIDE QUALITY DAY CAMP EXPERIENCE
Notes from Assessment: need more kid feedback; identify to parents all certified staff; communication with parents could be better
ACTION
PERSON/S RESPONSIBLE
TARGET DATE
Conduct week end survey with campers.
Henry
Every Friday
All First Aid/CPR certifications up to date and on file
Jill
June 30, 2010
Create session newsletter about what is happening that week
Colin w/kids
Bi-weekly Fridays
Assign two campers to attend portion of staff meeting
Program Staff
Once weekly
Observable target completion dates.
Identifies person(s) responsible for each action step.
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44. Action plan activity INSTRUCTIONS: Work in 4 teams of 3-4.
Role-play the role assigned to you by your trainer
Given your scenario, develop an action plan using the A+ Action Plan tool for your scenario.
Scenarios:
Team 1: Water not primary beverage
Team 2: Lack of space in facility for physical activity
Team 3: No refrigeration for healthy fresh fruits and vegetables.
Team 4: Staff using TV as a reward for kids
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45. a+ Process
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46. accountability Means someone is tasked with
monitoring progress on Action Plans
monitoring sustainability of achievement
Is ongoing throughout A+ and is most important once your Action Plan is created.
Is a sense of shared responsibility for progress that develops at the site and program level.
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47. Accountability happens when…
Participating staff share information with each other and with stakeholders (parents, children, school personnel, etc.).
Directors, at different levels, facilitate knowledge sharing through regular staff meetings, social gatherings, and online methods.
Progress or lack there of triggers positive feedback and knowledge sharing.
Supervisors hold individuals responsible for practice change.
Other key decision leaders are invited to staff meetings and progress is shared.
Regular staff meetings keep staff informed and involved, and are used to celebrate progress.
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48. Accountability & Coaching
Coaching is a process to guide you to discover the best way to accomplish a goal successfully.
Coaching doesn’t mean “tell them what to do”.
Use your Listen First skills.
Suspend what you know.
Have a willingness to try.
Ask open-ended questions (who, what, when and where).
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49. Accountability: key decision leaders
Follow up and follow through using staff meetings, , or casual conversation. Your behavior reinforces that this is important.
Explain that change presents opportunities as well as difficulties.
If you hear some sites are experiencing difficulty, check in with the Program Director to learn more.
Remember if implementation is not important to sites and programs, and there are no consequences for lack of progress, you can expect low results.
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50. Accountability: key decision leaders
Involve Program Directors in thinking about solutions.
Ask Program Directors and other staff how things are going.
Provide information that shows you too, have thought about barriers.
Remind Program Directors to start where they can; there is no need to “fix” everything at once.
Review how this will affect the programs.
Remind staff of the HEPA Standards and their benefits.
Share success stories.
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51. Accountability: practical steps for key decision leaders
Include progress on A+ as part of regular staff meetings.
Send an expressing your support.
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52. Accountability program directors – step 1 : Communication
Encourage open and safe communication with sites about how the change process is going.
Create a learning environment by asking these open ended questions:
What have you tried so far?
What has surprised you?
What is your site struggling with?
What are your next steps?
What modifications does the Action Plan need at this point to be complete?
Make the case that implementing the YMCA Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards needs to continue even when some might want to give up.
State your conditions of satisfaction.
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53. Accountability: Program directors – step 2: IMPLEMENTATION
Be specific about what you want Site Directors to do regarding implementation.
Praise
Train
Frequently Ask
Conduct
Recognize
Support & work together
Follow through.
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54. Accountability: program directors – Step 3: OVERCOME BARRIERS
Be on the lookout for potential barriers, and listen to staff when they describe challenges.
Invite staff to share their perspective on accountability.
Use Action Plans to frame discussions about how sites are doing.
Does the Action Plan need to be revised?
Provide information that shows you, too, have thought about barriers.
Remind them to start where they can; you are not looking to “fix” everything at once.
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55. Accountability activity
INSTRUCTIONS:
List out the responsibilities that you think occur in the first three steps involved in a Site Director’s role in Accountability.
Select a spokesperson and a timekeeper.
Teams have 10 min to discuss and generate the responsibilities for each step.
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56. Accountability site director & TEAM step 1: communication
Directly and clearly state to your staff that implementation is happening.
Follow up and follow through using staff meetings, , or casual conversation. Your behavior reinforces that this is important.
Remember if some staff are experiencing difficulty, check in with them to learn more.
Remember if implementation is not important to to staff and there are no consequences for lack of progress, you can expect low results.
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57. Accountability site director & TEAM step 2
Be specific about what you want all staff to do regarding implementation.
Praise staff for role modeling healthy behaviors.
Train new staff on the importance of the YMCA Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards.
Frequently Ask staff how they think the site is doing.
Conduct the A+ Assessment a few times a year to monitor progress, and share results at staff meetings.
Have a system in place to recognize backsliding and address it right away.
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58. Accountability site director & TEAM step 3
Let others know how things are going.
Share with your Program Director a recent experience
“Manage Up”, meaning talk about your progress
When facing a barrier, be pro-active.
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59. a+ Process
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60. achievement

61. achievement PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Continuously monitor quality two-three times a year.
Limit screen time to homework or games that promote activity.
All children receive equal access to fun, physical activity.
Have healthy eating and fun physical activity posters without marketing messages.
Build healthy relationships with kids and parents/caregivers.
Everyone has a role.
Address forward momentum of the action plan.
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62. achievement HEALTHY EATING
Continuously monitor snack menus 2 to 3 times per year.
Build healthy relationships with all kids.
Everyone has a role.
Address forward momentum of the action plan.
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63. What fosters achievement
Use Food and Fun Afterschool Curriculum to support activities and to engage parents.
Organize a Parent Advisory Council to help maintain success.
Host Night Out Events for parents.
Staff are positively recognized for modeling healthy behaviors.
Sites are rewarded for providing a healthy environment.
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64. Achievement: program directors
Recognize sites during staff meetings for making positive changes.
Praise positive progress.
Share your own experiences when you saw kids being physically active and eating healthy.
Remind staff, often, that those who work to solve problems are more highly valued than those who merely label them. (Mager & Pipe, 1997)
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65. Achievement: site directors & tEAM
Recognize staff during meetings for making positive changes.
Praise positive progress in after action reviews.
Mention your own experiences in creating a healthy environment.
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66. Good to know throughout A+
Share your experiences in seeing implementation of HEPA Standards in your program.
Sites are less likely to achieve success if implementing the Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards doesn’t matter to the staff.
Knowing there are consequences for lack of action increases likelihood that work will get done.
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67. A+ Keys to success Programs that will benefit from A+
Want or need a guided process for health promotion designed for your program.
Strong and supportive executive leadership as well as a champion.
Effective support team tasked with coordinating A+.
Commitment and support for A+ and for health promotion among staff across your site.
Teamwork promotes program improvement when the process is inclusive, non-blaming and teams are open to new ideas.
Critical to reducing obesity and chronic disease in the US.
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68. A+ time commitment and tools
HEALTHY EATING
Assessment
Review a menu from a previous month
15–30 min
Action Planning
Meet with Program Director
30–60 min
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Assessment
Observe activities 5 min for 5 days
15–30 min
Action Planning
Meet with Program Director
30–60 min
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69. Wrap up activity INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer the question: “What is one thing that you are excited about bringing back to your program?”
Write to a few key things you can do
Starting this week
This Quarter
By the end of the school year
You will have 10 minutes
Share your “next-step” plans
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70. Wrap up Refer back to your reflective writing entries
Check your well-being
Your ownership of the cause at the Y
Review your role balance inventory sheet
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71. Thank You Scott Umbel Senior Program Director, Youth Programs Rye YMCAPH