The goal of Prime Time Palm Beach County’s Professional Development Department is to empower out-of-school time (OST) practitioners to create safe, supportive and welcoming environments, encourage positive social interactions and engage youth through providing them with professional development trainings, incentives and scholarships for continuing education to gain certificates and degrees. Prime Time works towards this goal by supporting the development, administration and delivery of professional development trainings serving afterschool practitioners, assistant directors, directors and other staff. In addition, Prime Time offers career advising to help practitioners navigate credit or non-credit pathways at Palm Beach State College, as well as scholarships and incentives as they progress.
The mission of Prime Time’s Professional Development Department is to develop and deliver the highest quality continuing education professional development trainings to out-of-school time staff.
All trainings offered by Prime Time Palm Beach County are completely voluntary.
Prime Time is happy to announce the availability of language translation support during virtual Zoom trainings via captions (also called subtitles).
Zoom translated captions enable users to have the speech in a meeting or webinar automatically translated in real-time to captions in another language. For example, if a meeting participant is speaking in English, other participants can view captions in Spanish, French, Japanese, etc.
You can request support with enabling these captions during virtual trainings.
PRIME TIME OFFERS CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training certifies that Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. has complied with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.
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NEW YEAR - NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
Professional Development Themes and Offerings
Prime Time continues to be committed to supporting you through high quality professional development experiences. Prime Time’s newly designed training calendar now provides professional learning targeted to address specific needs that may arise as you progress through the regular school year and into your summer programming.
We are now offering four training themes throughout the 2024-2025 training season with learning opportunities that are aligned to each quarterly theme.
Quarterly Training Themes
- August - October: Launching a New School Year
- November - January: Expanding Opportunities for Your Program
- February - April: Finishing the Year Strong
- May - July:Â Soaring Into Summer
**Our training calendar below features a new tab for the current theme.
Site Based Trainings
We will come to you! Before making a request, please review our list of already scheduled online and in-person training sessions. If your desired training is offered on the main calendar, encourage all your staff to attend. If you would like our professional development specialists to come to your program site and provide a specialized learning experience, program directors can choose from our catalog of learning progressions or a training series.
Learning Progressions
- Planning Learning Progression (2 sessions)
- Reflection Learning Progression (2 sessions)
- Planning and Reflection Progression (4 sessions)
- Cooperative Learning Progression (3 sessions)
Training Series
- Restorative Practices (4 sessions)
In between sessions, participants must complete and submit a homework assignment or a training artifact. A site visit and/or coaching session may also be required.
Regional Trainings
Regional trainings are monthly in-person trainings hosted at a specific program site in Pam Beach County. A list of training themes has been chosen to enhance experiential and participatory learning, such as Managing Emotions, Cultivating Empathy, Power of the Arts, Growth Mindset, and more.
NEXT UP:
November 15, 2024 - Managing Emotions in OST
Location: Loxahatchee Groves Elementary Afterschool
NEW! Connecting the DOTS
Trainings that provide targeted support to both new and seasoned afterschool directors. These quarterly training sessions will touch on leadership techniques and tips that will help directors expand their impact in support of best practices for their programs.
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Resiliency and Life Skills Basics Onboarding – SELF-PACED
Tue, December 03, 2024Â |Â All Day
Youth Planning: Level Up – VIRTUAL
Tue, December 10, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Asking Purposeful Questions – VIRTUAL
Wed, December 11, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Learning Lab: Free Degree and Financial Incentives – VIRTUAL
Thu, December 12, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 10:00 am
The Power of Circles in OST – IN-PERSON
Thu, December 12, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Reframing Behavior Management Part 2 – VIRTUAL
Tue, December 17, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Prime Time Out-of-School Time Registry Orientation – VIRTUAL
Tue, December 17, 2024Â |Â 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Encouraging Youth for Success – VIRTUAL
Wed, December 18, 2024Â |Â 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Resiliency and Life Skills Basics Onboarding – SELF-PACED
Tue, January 07, 2025Â |Â All Day
Tue, January 07, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Tue, January 07, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Provide Youth Leadership Opportunities – VIRTUAL
Wed, January 08, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 1 – VIRTUAL
Tue, February 04, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 2 – VIRTUAL
Tue, February 11, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 3 – IN-PERSON
Tue, February 18, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 4 – VIRTUAL
Tue, February 25, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 5 – VIRTUAL
Tue, March 11, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 6 – VIRTUAL
Tue, March 18, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 7 – VIRTUAL
Tue, April 01, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Well-being and Life Skills Initiative: Part 8 – IN-PERSON
Tue, April 08, 2025Â |Â 9:00 am - 11:00 am