Learning & Improvement Offerings

2025-2026 Offerings

  • Improvement Labs are learning-by-doing programs designed to build the capacity of network organizations to improve, together.

    Each Lab focuses on a topic the Network has identified as critical to equitable student outcomes. 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.

    ⭐️ Read about our 2024-25 Student-Adult Relationships Lab and Student Networks Lab.

    ⭐️ UPCOMING LABS

    • Building Student Networks — currently open

      • We’re relaunching a new cohort for our Building Student Networks Lab focused on strengthening students’ personal and professional networks.

      • Launch Date: October 2025

    • Strong Plans — currently open

      • A new lab we are launching focused on post-secondary career navigation.

      • Launch Date: October 2025

  • Communities of Practice are rooted in shared goals and challenges and the belief that Network members can bring important insights and questions to each other.

    ⭐️ UPCOMING COPs

    • Future9 Learning Collaborative

      • This is for youth-serving staff and leaders who want to deepen their work on building student competencies - defining competencies, aligning them with existing programming, and assessing and measuring growth.

      • Launch Date: October 2025

    • Data Pack

      • This is for the “data people” who often are teams of one in their organizations.

      • Launch Date: November 2025

Stand-Alone Sessions

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  • Improvement Skill Workshops break down continuous improvement into discrete tools and skills. Our goal is to strengthen practitioner and organizational improvement capacities.

  • Network Exchange is a network-driven space designed for leaders and practitioners to connect, discuss challenges, and share approaches. These monthly, virtual discussions are co-facilitated by Network Members. Read about past discussions on the Network Hub. 

Our upcoming learning opportunities reflect what we’ve heard from our Network. With NYC youth-serving professionals in mind, these offerings are built to sharpen skills, connect with peers and tackle shared challenges.

Our offerings fall into two broad categories based on the level of engagement required from participants — Network Cohorts and Stand-Alone Sessions, with the former being a longer-term commitment.

Learn more about our offerings for the 2025-26 academic year below!

Network Cohorts

If interested in any of our cohorts, learn more about how to get involved here.