We’re one of the few spaces still hosting summer trainings, but we have to cancel this year if we don’t get moved into a new space in time!
We want to do the training, but we need help! Support our move at
https://nycagile.org/help-re-home-alc-nyc/
*** In light of the uncertainty about if we’ll have a space to host in by July, we are promising full refunds of registration payments for this year if we don’t have a space ready by mid-June. Thanks for staying agile with us! ***
Another summer training at ALC-NYC? Let’s go!
For the past 12 years, Agile Learning Facilitators have been changing conversations about education. Given how ALC-NYC was a hopeful and experimental microschool in East Harlem before becoming one of many in a vibrant global network, our staff here at the flagship feel particularly responsible for sharing our learning, nurturing new facilitators and partnerships between projects as best we can.
Join us for 3 days of workshops July 10 – 12 and optionally for Bonus School July 14 – 18 and 21 – 25!
This ALC-NYC Summer program is held in our East Harlem school. The experience will include workshops, practice, and reflection time, hosted by our local facilitators and some partners from other organizations that we’re excited to learn from alongside you!
Abby is also hosting a learning lab in Atlanta, Georgia June 25th – 27th! Register using this form!
Foundations and Skill-Up Sessions:
In previous years, we’ve run our first 3 days unconference-style, like we do school each day with the kids. This year, our facilitators have specific skills — mending, ASL, role-playing game facilitation, and such — that they want to learn from each other and facilitators from other organizations. We’ll still host reflection time and offer open space, but for this gathering we’re putting more workshops on the schedule up front than previously. Come learn with us!
Explore the City (or rest) (or go to the beach) over the weekend!
Practice at Bonus School:
Kids from the ALC-NYC community look forward to Bonus School each year! Facilitators, families, and friends gather to co-create our experience, as happens in ALCs around the world, with space to build on themes from the first three days of training or explore other topics… and the city! We’ll share resources, have adventures, play some games, and make cool things!
**If you’re interested in deeper practice, reach out to facilitators about volunteering in the fall!**
Details
When? July 10 – 12, with Bonus School Monday – Friday the following 2 weeks! Doors will be open by 9:00 am. We’ll begin on time at 9:30 am. Afternoons will vary, but we’ll aim to close by 4:00 pm.
Where? 115 E. 105 St. Floor 2, New York, NY 10029
How Much? Full program is sliding scale from $400 – $950, with additional tax deductible donations to the school itself always welcome. The 3 day program is $325 per person.
Meals: At ALC-NYC, people eat when they’re hungry. They pack lunches, buy delicious tacos from down the street, store groceries for making meals at school, or coordinate with friends to order bigger meals to share. This summer, we’ll do the same, with facilitators providing snacks, neighborhood recommendations, and coordination if the group decides to all order in one of the days.
Transportation: Our location on East 106th Street is accessible by the 6 train and M106 bus most easily. Folks also arrive on the Q, 2/3, M98, M101, M4 and several other buses. Finding street parking in the neighborhood is doable but not easy.
Childcare: Young people are welcome in the space, both in sessions and hanging out while the adults do what we’re doing. The space is set up for kids 6+ to self-direct in, so there’s plenty to explore. If you would like to bring a kid or kids and need a dedicated childcare person available on site for that to feel good, please let the facilitators know.
Accessibility Notes: We’re on the 2nd floor of a building with a basement entrance. There is an elevator from the basement to our floor, but there is a short and fairly steep staircase from the street to that elevator. Bathrooms are gender inclusive. We have a few window air conditioning units but no central air. Fidgets and a rest room will be available. Facilitators plan to maintain air filtration and good ventilation, with masking being optional. Should the transmission rates in the city change by program time in such a way that we feel the program can’t proceed without a change to procedures, we will give as much notice as we can.
We’re excited to be gathering again! Hope to see you there!
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