Train your team.

Transform your program.

Two flagship offerings — a powerful one-day training and a two-year professional residency — built to elevate the quality of out-of-school time programs.

Training Solutions — Good Work
Flagship Training
Habits of the Classroom
6 essential habits for every youth development professional. A full-day, accessible training built for the direct-service staff who are the heartbeat of your program.
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Identity shift
We start by redefining the problem. If your team thinks their job is making sure kids have somewhere to be from 3 to 6, they'll build a program with that small thinking. If they understand the real problem — kids falling behind, feeling invisible, disconnecting from school — they'll build something that changes lives. This is the move from babysitter to youth development professional, and everything else depends on it.
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The 6 habits
Six daily habits that are observable, research-grounded, and tied to a nationally validated quality framework. If your staff do these six things consistently, they will be more effective than the vast majority of youth workers in this space.
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Youth Work Methods training
Once your team knows who they are and what habits define that, we equip them with the practical tools to execute. Concrete, practiced, and immediately usable.
The 6 habits
01 Warm Welcome I greet every child, every day, by name
02 Skill-Building I know what I want you to learn today
03 Curiosity I swap "good job" for a question
04 Belonging I facilitate community building every day
05 Planning I create space for you to think before you do
06 Reflection I help you make meaning
Flat day rate
$2,000
up to ~30 staff · 1 day
  • Full-day identity, habits & methods training
  • Habit cards for every staff member
  • Supervisor implementation guide
  • Certified facilitator
  • Larger teams? Contact us for a custom quote
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Two-Year Program
Quality OST Residency Program
A structured two-year professional development residency for out-of-school time youth instructors — built around certified PQA assessment, 1-on-1 coaching, peer observation, and professional modeling. Designed to retain staff, raise quality, and produce measurable outcomes for young people.

The OST field loses an estimated $2,000 for every part-time staff exit — covering recruitment, onboarding, training, and lost continuity. Programs with 10+ exits per year are spending $20,000 or more annually just to stand still. The Residency is a direct investment in solving that problem.

The Quality OST Residency gives each instructor a structured two-year arc — formal observations, 1-on-1 coaching, peer learning, and professional modeling — rooted in the Habits of the Classroom framework introduced at program kickoff.

Expected outcomes
Staff retention
Job satisfaction
Program quality
Youth outcomes
4 Certified PQA assessments per resident over 2 years — growth you can measure
2yr Intentional role term with a defined career pathway for every resident
1:1 Coaching sessions where the resident owns their own growth plan
$2K Estimated cost per staff exit — the residency is your retention strategy
2 Professional modeling sessions — see quality in action in your own program
2 Peer observations with calibration debrief — building quality fluency from within
Residency Investment Calculator
Includes Habits of the Classroom as a program kickoff. Adjust the sliders to see the annual cost for your team.
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Each resident receives 2 YPQA observations, 2 coaching sessions, and 1 modeling session per year
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2 trainings included in base fee. Add more at $950 each — recommended 1 additional per semester
2-year commitment Save 5% Lock in the annual rate for both years
2-year commitment discount applied — 5% off your annual investment
Base program fee
$4,000
Kickoff + mid-year training + materials
Resident services
$10,000
5 residents × $2,000
Additional trainings
$0
0 trainings × $950
Base $4,000 + residents $10,000
= $14,000 before any discount
Annual investment
$14,000
$2,800 per resident
Base fee includes

Habits of the Classroom kickoff training for all staff · mid-year Youth Work Methods training · 2-year resident roadmap for every participant · habit cards · supervisor guide

Per resident includes

2 formal YPQA observations by a certified assessor · 2 coaching sessions · 1 modeling session with a master practitioner · peer observation experience · growth portfolio

Ready to invest in your people?

Let's talk about what the right program looks like for your organization.

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