Mizzen Education

Strategic Innovations & Partnerships: The program focuses on cultivating alliances to expand the organization's high-quality digital learning resources available on the Mizzen platform and enhancing existing digital learning resources. The program works to coordinate with Mizzen's Engagement and Experiences program to design and deliver professional development resources for youth development professionals. Mizzen Education added six new content partners in 2023 which makes a total of 28 publishing partners. In 2023 we added 193 new learning resources, bringing the total pieces of content to 1,800 activities and 47 Pro Tips. Mizzen's virtual library and professional development supports impacted approximately 283,000 youth in 2023.

Platform development: At the center of Mizzen Education's program offering is the Mizzen platform, which serves a diverse community of educators throughout the country. Users range from individual educator accounts to accounts that feature various staff members of single organizations that join through our Mizzen for Teams cohort. The Mizzen Education platform/app runs on desktop computers, all tablets and mobile devices. The Organization hosts a rapidly growing library of 1800 individual activities for students of all ages and stages. The activities are searchable, and many are part of thematic collections. The Organization allows access to additional features including organizing their members into different groups, scheduling & sharing activities, sending messages within Mizzen, and more.

Educator Training + Development: A key element of Mizzen Education's mission has been its ability to equip youth development professionals to deliver high-quality learning experiences through a series of professional development experiences (virtually and in-person). This has accelerated the organization's growth, engagement, and brand awareness. These efforts have been promoted via activations and digital marketing and communication campaigns. The program expands Mizzen's standing as an innovative education organization through initiatives such as Mizzen's Beyond the Booth campaign (designing and curating of learning spaces), Mizzen Meets (an ongoing zoom webinar series promoting youth development experts in the field), and industry keynoting and conference presentations, town halls and expert speaker panels. Mizzen's Professional Development added 6,525 new educators to our free platform in 2023 through workshops, conventions and conferences which resulted in a total of 16,660 educators benefiting from our content. Mizzen Education engaged with 20 of the 50 official Afterschool State Networks through in-person and virtual conferences and workshops through December 31, 2023.