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Now Hiring for Fall Program Staff!

BEACONS IS HIRING for program staff and Unit Lead!

Program will be starting OCTOBER 7th!

Program staff are the heart of our Beacon.

Youth workers are mentors, role models, allies and educators.

They run the groups and keep the youth engaged and having fun. 

We encourage people to apply who have specialized skills that they can teach the youth (like dance, music, computer skills, art...you name it)!  You don't have to have a special skill to work with us, as long as you are invested the success of young people, Beacons could be the place for you!  Our groups are split between two units: K-2nd grade and 3-5th grade.  Current positions are for Kindergarten-2^nd grade & 3^rd through 5^th grade! 

Here are some of the primary responsibilities:

1. Plan and run your own group of 10-15 kids during program (Monday-Thursday, 1-5pm)  16-20 hours a week

2. Answer telephone and answer questions or take messages.

3. Interact and maintain positive relationships with community partners, volunteers, Beacons staff, families, youth, school and district staff.

4. Deliver programming based on positive youth development principles and the YMCA's Four Core Values (Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility)

5. Make sure that the center is kept clean and organized.

6. Be a part of an ongoing process with youth and your colleagues to build and develop your skills as a youth worker.

7. Work as a team with your unit and center cohesively.

8. Implement a curriculum (as an individual / assigned) with an objective for young people.

9. Support program with general administrative responsibilities like taking attendance, giving surveys and some data entry.

10. Provide a fun and safe enjoyable experience to all program participants and partners/staff.

Click Here for the YMCA Job Description

Click Here to apply for Program Staff Position


Unit Lead Staff             
School Success Lead Staff
(Part Time 20-30 hrs per week. Sample Schedule: M-Th 11am-5pm, F 11am-3pm)

The Unit lead wears many hats at our Beacon.  They are a coach and mentor to youth workers, they are a resource for youth, and a representative of our Beacon to families, school and community members.  Unit leads keep the program running smoothly by helping prepare schedules, maintaining group rosters, supporting youth workers with ideas, resources and behavior support.  Unit leads must be flexible, organized, creative and a good leader.  Each Unit Lead is responsible for a different age Unit: K-2nd grade, 3-5th grade, and Leadership Lead.

Here are some of the primary responsibilities:

1. Create, distribute and file youth registration forms.

2. General clerical responsiblities, including but not limited to faxing, filing, copying, and data entry.

3. Help keep the office space neat and tidy.

4. Partner with community partners, Beacons staff and school staff to support events and daily program needs.

6. Answer telephone and answer questions or take messages.

5. Interact and maintain positive relationships with community partners, volunteers, Beacons staff, families, youth, school and district staff.

7. Create and modify documents using Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, Publisher)

8. Run weekly meetings with Unit team to provide updates, plan events, troubleshoot issues, and maintain a supportive network of staff.

9. Support Program staff with behavior issues, planning and projects.

10. Act as a coach to Program staff and youth staff members.

11. Other duties as assigned.

Click Here for the YMCA Job Description

Click Here to apply for Unit Lead Position

Questions?  Call the Sheridan Beacons office 612-331-9160

Summer fun at Northeast Middle School

Sheridan Beacons Center is located at Northeast Middle School for the summer. This summer we offered math support with Mr. Ryan, Kids in the Kitchen with Mr. Lavelle and Oh You Fancy with Karalina and Marcelette. We had the opportunity to work closely with Edison Beacons Center high school leaders, in which they help lead games and activities. You probably recognize a few of them! Our High School Leader team consists of Tanora, Jerica, Destiny and Taechrisdae! We all have been busy being fancy with the middle school girls, learning new math skills, cooking up a storm and singing happily everyday. As we are wrapping up summer we recall some awesome moments that we would like to share with you.

 Tanora & Jerica taking some time off from making feathered clips to pose for us.

 Karalina, Marcelette and the girls looking fresh with their nails polished.

Mr. Lavelle having the kids make chicken fajitas for lunch.

Beacons Leadership Camp

 Leadership Camp!    

The second week of October, 17 of Sheridan’s students attended Beacons Leadership Camp at YMCA Camp Ihduhapi! Other Beacon sites in attendance include Nelly Stone Johnson, Anne Sullivan/ Anishinabe, and Lucey Laney.  These students built their leadership skills, met leaders from other Beacons schools and built upon their strengths along with learned news skills that they brought back to Sheridan and their community. 

Highlights include winning the AMAZING RACE,  Cleanest Cabin award and I Was Here award. 

                                                           Smiling faces at camp! 

                                                       Tobaggon Hill.  What a BEAUTIFUL fall day!

Beacons goes GOPHERS!

Before fall session we had the opportunity to take some lucky young people attend the University of MN Gopher Football game! YMCA Beacon sites Nelly Stone Johnson, Anne Sullivan/ Anishinabe, and Sheridan visited the U of MN (Twin Cities) YMCA. All the young people got chance to meet Minnesota YMCA President and CEO Harold Mezile, Beacons Network Director Jenny Collins, TurningProCareers President and CEO Robert Velasco, Firefighter Captain Derek and numerous inspirational adults. The youths were excited to meet all these amazing adults who came from all over the United States to make this happen.
After fun ice breakers, the young people had the chance to "speed network" during their yummy lunch. During the end of the interview, all the youths were given a mathemathematical question to answer, and in exchange for their answer they recieved a gift from Rob, and got a Gopehers t-shirt to show their spirit. Pumped and ready to go, everyone helped cleaned.

Some fun with the fraternities and sororities.

Going into the crowd with almost 50,000 attendees!

The marching band and cherleaders entertained us with the opening.

Enjoying the game and rooting for the GOPHERS!

Out to get some refreshments.

Back at the University YMCA and ready to go home.

Beacons Talent Show 2011

Hello Blog friends!

Thursday, May 12th was the Sheridan Beacons Talent Show!!
For those of you who couldn't make it, here are some of our photos from the night.

Shane & Marcelette welcomed people to the show. We had a big turnout! There were lots of families, friends and supporters of our Beacons youth.

While the crowd walked in to take their seats, our youth performers waited anxiously. Here are some of them waiting for the show to start.

Then it was time to start the show. Our lovely hosts Hamza & Queen kept the show moving.

John performed a song by Big Time Rush

Lisa sang a song by Faith Hill

Chayla, Jamirah & Chalon sang and danced to Justin Bieber

Deja sang some Taylor Swift

Brenda & Yajaira sang to Bruno Mars

Youa played "My Heart Will Go On"

Solar showed their smooth dancing skills

Who even knows what these goofballs are up to...

The Sesame Street Crew

Bertrand closed out the show singing Justin Bieber. The crowd LOVED it!

After the show, some of the little kids got on the stage to show off their moves.

Families got a chance to learn about Day Camp and Overnight Camp options for the summer.

Here are some photos of everyone hanging out after the show

Then, it was time to clean up. We took down all the decorations and packed up all the supplies.

Shout out to Ron the engineer for helping us get everything prepared and cleaned up!

So that's it for the SBC Talent Show 2011. We'll see you all there next year!!

Getting Ready for Beacons Winter Session

Hello Beacons friends!! Yesterday, Sheridan Beacons hosted our fellow Beacons centers for training. Our friends came from the Sullivan/Anishinabe Beacon and the Nellie Stone Johnson Beacon.

Here are some of the things we did...

We played Minute to Win It, where participants are given a challenge and they have to complete it within 60 seconds to earn a point. Some of the challenges were:

The Chocolate Unicorn - stack 7 snack cakes on your forehead with only one hand!


Noodling Around - pick up 5 penne pasta noodles with one dry spaghetti noodle...using only your mouth.


Hanky Panky - pull out every single kleenex out of a box, using only one hand.
We had some very talented teams, so the competition ended in a tie breaker. So we decided to settle the score with a good old fashioned napkin eating contest.
Our groups also took a photographic tour of sheridan..

They stopped in the gym to warm up for greatness:



Then they stopped in the auditorium for a little dance party:


After that, they stopped in at the fireplace backdrop for a family picture:



Finally, the group got to take a picture however they wanted in the castle. Here's what they came up with:




We are so excited for Winter Session!!

See you all soon!

-Beacons