Planning with Purpose
Summer Edition
A focused virtual workshop for youth program providers
who want a clear plan for summer.
Why attend Planning with Purpose?
Summer programs move fast. Between staffing, schedules, activities, and expectations, it can be difficult to step back and plan intentionally.
Planning with Purpose is designed to help youth program leaders organize their ideas and create a clear framework before summer begins.
By the end of the workshop, you will leave with a stronger direction and practical next steps.
Clarify what your program is trying to accomplish
Organize your summer structure
Create systems that make the program run smoothly
Convenient live virtual format
What We'll Work On
Define Goals
Clarify the purpose of your program and identify the outcomes you want youth to experience.
Make a Plan
Translate ideas into a clear summer structure with realistic timelines.
Build Your Systems
Develop simple systems that support organization, communication, and consistency.
Prepare for Summer
Leave with practical tools you can immediately apply to your program.
About the Workshop
Planning with Purpose – Summer Edition is a two hour working session designed for youth program providers and managers who want to strengthen their summer preparation.
Participants will move through a guided planning framework that helps turn ideas into a practical and organized program plan.
This session focuses on clarity, structure, and systems that support successful youth programming.
Length: 2 hours
Format: Interactive virtual workshop
Audience: Youth program providers and managers
Focus: Planning tools for summer programs
If you want your summer program to feel organized, intentional, and ready to launch, this workshop will help you get there.
Meet Your Facilitator
Jenice Lee
Jenice Lee is an educator and youth development consultant who has 2+ decades of experience serving youth in public schools and non-profit organizations.
She has developed and implemented innovative programming techniques that are consistent with best practices in out-of-school-time programming and social-emotional learning.
Through her youth development consulting business, School After Hours Consulting, Jenice has helped site directors and program providers create youth programs that increase student engagement, nurture community partnerships, and improve program logistics.
She continues to express her love of education and youth development through her podcast, School: After Hours, and her youth program, Podcasting Innovation for Youth.