{"id":2652,"date":"2024-07-16T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/illinois\/?page_id=2652"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:10:37","slug":"descriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/illinois\/services\/descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Playworks Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #054f95;\"><b>TeamUp<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Playworks TeamUp, a Playworks expert collaborates across a cohort of schools each month to model and teach strategies, games, and systems to each school\u2019s recess team to develop and sustain a high-quality and sustainable recess program at your site.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"u-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/services\/consultative-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about TeamUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30705 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/service-elements-TU.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1042\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #1a2845;\"><b>Playworks PRO<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playworks PRO provides professional training and ongoing development to school staff, paraprofessionals, and community organization staff to create and maintain great recess and play environments. We offer multiple courses in our PRO program, including the Power of Play, Group Management, Recess Implementation, Indoor Recess Design, and more. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Recess Reboot:<\/strong>Playworks provides four days of on-site modeling and consulting with adults at your school to help improve the recess experience for everyone. Your team will learn to implement recess strategies, design an actionable plan to sustain a positive recess experience, and prepare to create and sustain a youth leadership program.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Recess Implementation: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playworks expert trainers will lead your team through a two-day training that introduces best practices around recess systems, teaches and models games and group management strategies, and leads your team through an action planning process to enable you to sustain a high-quality recess.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Group Management:<\/strong> Learn five proactive group management strategies adults can use to set youth up for successful group behavior in a half-day training.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Power of Play:<\/strong> Energize your team through play-based practices that lay the foundation for a safe, healthy play environment in a half-day training.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Youth Leadership:<\/strong> Playworks equips your staff with the tools to design and implement an effective Youth Leadership Program. You will leave the training with a plan to recruit, support and train student leaders on your recess playground and sustain a Youth Leadership Program.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Advanced Workshops:<\/strong> Choose from topics like Game Facilitation, Playworks in the Classroom, Indoor Recess, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Consultative Visit:<\/strong> Our experts observe recess or playtime and utilize our years of expertise to build an action plan with you. The strategies included will help you, alongside your school or organization\u2019s leadership and team, to identify and address opportunities for improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"u-arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/services\/playworks-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about Playworks PRO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/service-elements-Pro.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1042\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #4d4d4f;\"><strong>SparkPlay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SparkPlay is Playworks\u2019 subscription-based, online resource to support the continuous learning of safe and healthy play for school and youth development staff. It provides on-demand access to games, best practices, and professional guidance anytime, anywhere. 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