Professional Development

The instructional coaching sessions will empower NAZA partners with essential strategies and techniques to enhance the quality of their programming. Each session focuses on a specific domain from the YPQA and SELPQA identified as needing improvement based on our assessments. Participating lets you gain actionable insights and tools to better support the youth you serve. Facilitator: Dr. Quanasha Starks.

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) is a suicide prevention training for participants to be able to recognize the warning signs of suicide and question, persuade, and refer people at risk for suicide for help. You will learn common causes of suicidal behavior, warning signs, and how to get help for someone in crisis. Facilitator: Megan Easterling, Tennessee Voices for Children. The ...

Learn about the Curiosity, Learning, and Growth Mindset, one of the Individual Growth Practices (IGP) identified in Nashville’s Vision for Holistic Youth Development, as an essential skill for youth to thrive in education, career, and life. Participants will learn how to implement and facilitate a curriculum centered on this Growth Practice within their programs and organizations to enrich their students’ ...

Learn about Identity and Self-Awareness, one of the Individual Growth Practices (IGP) identified in Nashville’s Vision for Holistic Youth Development, as an essential skill for youth to thrive in education, career, and life. Participants will learn how to implement and facilitate a curriculum centered on this Growth Practice within their programs and organizations to enrich their students’ learning experience.