Build Capacity for

Postsecondary Success

Join fellow New York educators for professional development workshops to support your students in reaching their postsecondary aspirations! Our workshops—designed for all educators, whether you’re working in a school/district or a community-based organization—elevate innovative solutions, create community, and lean into data to ensure all students have the power to define their own future.

Sessions, timed at two hours and facilitated virtually, are priced at $50 per person. Choose the workshop(s) that interest you most! Ahead of each session you’ll receive all materials, including resources and tools for your immediate use.

Workshops Offered

Looking Inward in the Postsecondary Planning Process

We’ll share exercises and activities that help students explore their strengths, passions, values, and aspirations to maximize their postsecondary goal-setting and planning.

Session Date:

  • January 9 – 4pm to 6pm

Cost: $50 per participant

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Making Quality Decisions in Enrollment

We’ll explore our “Quality Enrollment” framework and reflect on strategies to support students in making informed decisions about their postsecondary path.

Session Dates (Pick One):

  • December 11 – 3:30pm to 5:30pm
  • April 8 – 4pm to 6pm

Cost: $50 per participant

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Navigating Mental Health Supports

We’ll create space for educators to share perspectives on mental health and well-being, learn from other practitioners’ experiences and strategies, and hear about accessible, free or low-cost resources and tools designed for both students and staff.

Session Date:

  • April 8 – 9:30am to 11:30am

Cost: $50 per participant

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Failing Forward

 

Participants will reflect on the value of failure and explore how to re-frame adversity when students are confronted with mistakes or obstacles.

Session Dates (Pick One):

  • November 14 – 4pm to 6pm
  • March 11 – 9:30am to 11:30am

Cost: $50 per participant

 

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Connecting the Dots on Students’ Networks

Participants will explore the importance of networking skills for students and learn more about a four-part framework developed by the Christensen Institute that highlights the key components of strong networks.

Session Dates (Pick One):

  • December 11 – 9:30am to 11:30am
  • March 13 – 4pm to 6pm

Cost: $50 per participant

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Building Connections from Classes to Careers

We’ll share the activity toolkit for “Build Connections,” an activity OneGoal created in collaboration with Character Lab to empower students to make meaning in their learning.

Session Dates (Pick One):

  • December 6 – 4pm to 6pm
  • March 14 – 9:30am to 11:30am

Cost: $50 per participant

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For more information on sessions and registration, view our workshop catalog.

What We’ve Heard

Over 95 educators have engaged in Build Capacity for Postsecondary Success workshops to date! Here is the feedback we’ve received from some of our participants.

About the Facilitator

 

 

Rebecca Forbes is Director of Partner Engagement at OneGoal. Rebecca has held key roles in nonprofits, working in both education and veterans engagement in NYC and across the Northeast.

Contact Us

Want to learn more? Contact Rebecca Forbes, Director of Partner Engagement, at rebecca.forbes@onegoalgraduation.org.