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| | | Get Our Post-Conference Rate!
Individual rates are now reduced from $75.00 to $52.00, with discounted rates for groups of 20 or more! For this limited offer, contact Steve at sstookey@cypherworx.com
To learn more about our online professional development program, click below! |
| | | | | Just added: Youth Development!
We've updated the Resource Exchange to add information on Youth Development. We are asking out-of-school time practitioners to send us resources or success stories, to share with the larger community. This could look like: -Lesson plans from character development programs, service learning, etc. -Ice breaker activities -Recognition tools (certificates, awards) -Success stories that spotlight cultivating positive youth assets
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| | | To help afterschool professionals bring meaningful, digital learning to their programs, the National AfterSchool Association with support from Google created the Afterschool Tech Toolkit.
Since the Toolkit was released in spring 2018, more than 11,000 of your afterschool colleagues have accessed the free resources and became more empowered to create high-quality, digital learning opportunities.
NEW FOR YOU!
New, interactive, self-guided training modules are now available! These new modules make it easier than ever to integrate digital learning into your program.
Visit afterschooltechtoolkit.org today to get started on your technology journey.
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| | | Afterschool Professionals have been identified as informal educators who may be interested in teaching about environmental science topics. The University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education is interested in knowing what type of science programs the organization you work for might be providing and what additional resources your organization would like to access.
This survey should take 15 minutes. The survey deadline has been extended to December 1, 2018. Click on the link below to begin the survey.
https://www.research.net/r/scienceprogramsurvey
You may enter a drawing at the end of the survey for a $100 Visa gift card. The drawing winner will be notified by email on December 31, 2018.
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| | | | Come to Atlanta, Georgia and connect with a network of over 2,000 educators from around the country! Participate in professional development through hands-on workshops, innovative exhibits, and powerful keynote speakers!
This year’s conference covers topics ranging from Trauma-Informed Practice, Grade-Level Reading, STEM and Project-Based Learning, Community Engagement, Character Development, Data-Based Decision Making – and more.
Register now! See you in Atlanta!
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| | | Join 2,000 members of our community for 4 days of networking, learning and inspiration! You'll enjoy special events, educational sessions, daily keynotes and an interactive Learning Expo—all designed to meet the needs of the developing professionals and leaders of afterschool. Register today!
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| | | Every year, the Ready by 21 National Meeting brings together hundreds of leaders from around the country who are working to get all young people ready by 21 – for college, work and life. These leaders have dedicated themselves to improving the odds for children and youth through collective impact initiatives, policy alignment and program quality improvement.
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| | | | | Click2Science is an interactive, professional development site for trainers, coaches, site directors and frontline staff/volunteers working in out-of-school time STEM programs, serving children and youth. |
| | | Looking for resources on how to run a high-quality program? SEDL, an affiliate of the American Institutes for Research, has no-cost resources on lesson plans, practitioners' guides, and training toolkits. Visit the National Center for Quality Afterschool here. |
| | | | What Will You Do to Save the Planet? Take the #GeoChallenge!
Did you know that 500 million plastic straws are used every day? Eight million tons of plastic flow into the ocean every year? We need creative and actionable ideas from young people to literally save the planet. Afterschool programs are invited to take on the 2018-19 GeoChallenge—Tackling Plastic! Teams of students (grades 5-8) will investigate the urgent issue of plastic pollution in our waterways. If your team is ready, you can submit your solutions by January 15th to join the national competition.
The GeoChallenge is free to register and download all of the activities you will need to help your kids engage, think, act, and impact! Students gain skills in research and storytelling, collaboration, videography, innovative design, and mapmaking. Empower your students to change the world! Register here: NatGeoEd.org/geochallenge.
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| | | Back by popular demand, the World of 7 Billion student video contest helps you bring technology and creativity into your middle and high school classes. The contest challenges students to create a short video connecting world population growth to one of three global challenges: preserving biodiversity, sustainable resource use, or human rights. Students can win cash prizes (featuring 80+ new prizes this year!), and participating teachers will receive free curriculum resources. The deadline for submissions is February 28th, 2019 – use this lesson plan to get started now! Full contest guidelines, resources for research, past winners, and more can be found here.
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| | | The American Society of Naval Engineers gives schools and organizations up to $1,000 to help them implement the free resources in their FLEET curriculum. FLEET is an engineering video game that allows students to design ships, experience forces, and work with a 100% accurate physics simulator. The grant window is open from 10/20-12/31. Grant moneys can support anything an organization needs to use these materials (e.g., technology, materials, professional-development time). The one-page application is available at here. |
| | If you’re eager to establish a digital learning center, IGT is interested in helping your program thrive! IGT requests applications for its After School Advantage (ASA) Program. The program seeks to close the digital divide for disadvantaged children who get left behind because they do not have the means to access computers in today's increasingly digital society.
- Deadline: Rolling
- Funds: Are dependent on the design of the each program's individual digital learning center.
- Eligibility: Nonprofit Community Agencies and Public Schools
- More Details and How to Apply: Click here
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| | | Youth.Gov is a U.S. government website that gives helpful facts about youth transitioning to adulthood. The site also provides funding information, government resources, evidenced-based programs, youth-related news and much more. Click here for more information. |
| | | The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship encourages talented STEM majors and professionals to become K-12 Math and Science teachers. in high-need local educational agencies. Opportunities include Teacher Scholarships and Stipends, Teaching Fellowships, NSF Master Teaching Fellowships, and Research. Capacity Building proposals are also welcomed. Click here for more information. $75,000 to $3.2M |
| | | The Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time (VPOST) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. All contributions are tax-deductible. Alternative's Inc. serves as fiscal sponsor for VPOST. |
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Contact us: www.v-post.org
1-804-761-4173
359 Fenwick Road, Building 263,Fort Monroe, Hampton, VA 23651 |
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