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PEAR: Partnerships in Education and Resilience

PEAR provides trainings and assessment tools that inform educators about program quality and youth social-emotional development and academic engagement.

PEAR: Partnerships in Education and Resilience works with schools, afterschool programs, and other youth-serving organizations to update educational practices by taking into account the critical tie between social-emotional development and health and life success. PEAR redevelops capacity of school systems to assess and address the challenges students face through: assessments, data analysis, prof

essional development, and school interventions. Dedicated to building resiliency in students, PEAR helps schools to know every child, strengthen school support teams, find student promotion, prevention and intervention opportunities, and use data to drive decision making in school planning. All educational settings can use these tools to better understand the non-academic picture of their students.

08/18/2026

🍎 Ready to equip yourself with actionable strategies for the upcoming school year?

As students head back to classrooms and youth programs, educators and support professionals face a critical question: how do we recognize what young people truly need and respond effectively when they struggle?

Join us for Clover Model of Development Workshop, an interactive 90-minute virtual workshop designed to give you practical, everyday strategies rooted in youth development.

What You'll Learn:
✅ Recognize varying developmental needs in real-time.
✅ Build environments that foster deep connection, reflection, active engagement, and agency.
✅ Respond to challenging behavior through a constructive, developmental lens.
✅ Apply practical, plug-and-play tools directly to your classroom or program settings.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Cost: $150 per person

Give yourself and your students the support needed to thrive this year.

🔗 Register now: https://pear-training.mykajabi.com/offers/XtgTvxaX/checkout

08/10/2026

📣 There's still time to register for our next Resilience Roundtable - Quality Matters: Planning for Summer Programming!

Summer programs can change a young person’s life, if they’re high-quality.

But what does "high-quality" actually look like across different youth programs? And how do you clear the barriers standing in your way?

Join PEAR and the National Summer Learning Association tomorrow for an interactive roundtable where we’ll be answering these questions and more!

Together, we’ll explore:
✅ What true program quality looks like in practice
✅ Why quality is the foundation of youth resilience
✅ How to identify and break down your program's biggest barriers to quality

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with peers, get practical insights, and elevate your program's impact!

🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KJAHz1npQNWJVRjs3BzQJA #/registration

📅 Date: Tomorrow - Tuesday, August 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
💲 Cost: Free to register
📍 Location: Virtual on Zoom

08/04/2026

Don't miss our next Resilience Roundtable - Quality Matters: Planning for Summer Program Quality with National Summer Learning Association!

As we enter the final weeks of summer programming, now is a great time to reflect on the impact these programs can have for positive youth development.

Summer programs play a vital role in helping youth build resilience, gain new skills, and foster meaningful connections with peers and caring adults. All children deserve these opportunities, and centering program quality is how we make it happen.

Join us for an interactive roundtable discussion where we'll discuss:
✅ Why quality is key to meeting young people’s learning and social needs
✅ How quality looks across different types of summer programs
✅ Practical steps to implement continuous improvement in your organization

Whether you’re a program director, educator, or youth advocate, this session will be filled with insights to help your youth thrive.

🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KJAHz1npQNWJVRjs3BzQJA #/registration
📅 Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
💲 Cost: Free to register
📍 Location: Virtual on Zoom

Quality

07/20/2026

✨ Join us Thursday, July 23rd, at 2:00pm ET for our next workshop: Developmental CBT for Educators: Early Response Strategies for Student Well-Being Workshop. ✨

In this hands-on and engaging training, we'll be reviewing the Developmental Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies that can help students overcome difficult moments in classrooms and out-of-school time settings. With these tools, educators can build calm, connected, and supportive classrooms without needing the advanced training of a clinician. Instead, you'll be equipped with knowledge that blends youth development models and mental health practices to create an evidence-based method for non-clinicians.

These methods will allow you to recognize early signs of stress and emotional dysregulation in students so small problems can be helped before they escalate into larger issues. You’ll also learn how to engage distracted or withdrawn young people and those who seem overly quiet or chronically sad. We'll also discuss when and how to involve professional clinicians for evaluation or treatment, ensuring that every young person gets the support they need at the right level of care.

💡 Session Highlights:
- Learning to recognize emotional and behavioral patterns that signal youth needs and strengths
- Understanding how to apply developmentally appropriate CBT-informed techniques to reduce stress and enhance coping
- Strengthening your own wellness and ability to stay calm and effective during challenges
- Leaving being able to foster resilience, reflection, and self-regulation among youth

‼️ Don't miss your chance to learn these key skills for overcoming the emotional and mental health challenges that students are facing!

📅 Date: July 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00pm ET - 4:00pm ET
🔗 Register Now: https://pear-training.mykajabi.com/offers/8NfQDCkL/checkout
💲 Cost: $200 per person

07/17/2026

☀️ Is your summer program heading toward its final weeks? ☀️

If you didn’t get a chance to run a pre-test at the start of the summer, you might think it's too late to capture meaningful data on youth growth and social-emotional learning.

✨ The good news? It isn’t! ✨

PEAR’s Retrospective Surveys are the perfect solution for summer programs approaching the end of their programming. Unlike traditional pretest-posttest methods that require two separate rounds of testing, retrospective surveys only require a single assessment time at the very end of your program.

Why Retrospective Surveys are Perfect for Summer Programs:
✅ You only need to survey youth once at the conclusion of your program, saving valuable staff time and reducing survey fatigue.
✅ No Pre-Test Necessary: Even if you didn't gather baseline data on day one, you can still capture high-quality data on youth growth.
✅ If students joined your program late, their growth can still be accurately measured.
✅ Youth answer questions at the end when they have a fully developed understanding of the social-emotional or STEM concepts they learned.

PEAR offers two distinct retrospective formats to fit your program's specific needs:
👉 Retrospective Self-Change (RSC): This quick, highly efficient format asks youth to directly rate how much they think or feel differently about themselves (e.g., "Much Less Now" to "Much More Now") as a result of your program.
👉 Retrospective Pre-Post (RPP): This format asks youth to reflect and rate themselves on "then" (start of program) vs. "now" (today) across various skills in a single, two-step sitting.

Don't let the summer end without capturing the powerful impact of your programming!

📍 Ready to measure your impact? Contact PEAR today by filling out this form: https://www.pearinc.org/contact to learn more about implementing RSC or RPP surveys for your organization.

06/22/2026

‼️ There's still time to join us this Thursday, June 25th! ‼️

Register now for an engaging, hands-on workshop about our Clover Model of Development, a youth development framework that brings developmental theory and practical application together to create dynamic youth programming and meet your youth's social and emotional needs.

In this session, you’ll learn to:
✔️ Organize social emotional development in four accessible dimensions
✔️ Apply the Clover Model to themselves and their youth work
✔️ Discover how to use the Clover Model as a tool for promoting social-emotional balance

Save your spot today!

📅 Date: Thursday June 25, 2026
⌚ Time: 2:00–3:30 PM ET
💲 Price: $150 per person
🌎 Location: Virtual on Zoom
🔗 Register Here: https://pear-training.mykajabi.com/offers/yBRHzE8F/checkout

06/08/2026

📣 There's still time to register! 📣

Durable skills, like adaptability, self-regulation, and collaboration, are the exact skills young people need right now to thrive in the future. These are traits that business leaders look for in the workforce and that are essential for building strong members of society.

As educators and youth professionals, we have the opportunity to develop these skills early on in out-of-school time (OST) and school settings.

Join our next free roundtable discussion featuring WOZ ED where we'll discuss:
✔️ How rapidly shifting workforce demands are reshaping what employers look for today.
✔️ Why durable skills like adaptability and collaboration are the ultimate currency for long-term career readiness.
✔️ How out-of-school time and STEM programs serve as the perfect launchpads for fostering future-ready competencies.
✔️ Different ways youth organizations can support the development of durable skills.

📅 Date: Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
⏰ Time: 3PM - 4PM ET
🔗 Register for free here: https://lnkd.in/eK8wB-Dy

Join us for an insightful conversation!

06/04/2026

📣 Don't miss out on the next DoS Cohort- register by June 18th! 📣

This summer, help your team identify, strengthen, and communicate the quality of informal and out-of-school time STEM learning.

Through PEAR’s Dimensions of Success (DoS) Certification Course, you’ll build the skills to recognize high-quality STEM programming, use a shared observation framework, and provide actionable feedback that supports stronger learning experiences for youth.

In this 12-week course, you’ll receive:
✔️ Self-paced online learning modules introducing the foundations of the DoS framework
✔️ A live 6-hour training session to deepen your understanding and practice using the tool
✔️ Personalized feedback on submitted observation notes and evidence
✔️ A one-on-one calibration call with a PEAR team member to review your use of the tool

✨ Successful completion of the course earns you certification as a DoS Certified Observer for 2 years and you get full access to PEAR’s DoS Learning Platform! ✨

🔗 Register here: https://share.hsforms.com/14aA11t-NRi6xq3dS7TzHDA4hx3z

Registration closes: June 18
Coursework begins: June 25
Live training: July 16, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM ET
Cost: $950 per person
Groups of 3 or more registered for the same cohort receive a 10% discount.

06/01/2026

✨ Don't miss the Clover Model of Development Workshop on June 25th! ✨

Join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop about our Clover Model of Development, a youth development framework that brings developmental theory and practical application together to create dynamic youth programming and meet your youth's social and emotional needs.

In this session, you’ll learn to:
✔️ Organize social emotional development in four accessible dimensions
✔️ Apply the Clover Model to themselves and their youth work
✔️ Discover how to use the Clover Model as a tool for promoting social-emotional balance

Save your spot today!

📅 Date: Thursday June 25, 2026
⌚ Time: 2:00–3:30 PM ET
💲 Price: $150 per person
🌎 Location: Virtual on Zoom
🔗 Register Here: https://pear-training.mykajabi.com/offers/yBRHzE8F/checkout

05/22/2026

✨ Don't miss our next Resilience Roundtable! ✨

In an era of rapid technological advancement, career training is only one piece of the puzzle. The skills that truly sustain long-term career growth such as critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability, and resilience are more important than ever. These skills are "durable skills."

Join our next free roundtable discussion featuring Woz ED where we'll discuss:
✔️ How rapidly shifting workforce demands are reshaping what employers look for today.
✔️ Why durable skills like adaptability and collaboration are the ultimate currency for long-term career readiness.
✔️ How out-of-school time and STEM programs serve as the perfect launchpads for fostering future-ready competencies.
✔️ Different ways youth organizations can support the development of durable skills.

📅 Date: Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
⏰ Time: 3PM - 4PM ET
🔗 Register for free here: https://lnkd.in/eK8wB-Dy

Join us for an insightful conversation!

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Cambridge, MA

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

(781) 226-1586

Website

http://www.pearinc.org/

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