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| Mark Your Calendars for October 25, 2018!
Join more than 8,000 communities and 1 million Americans in celebrating afterschool programs for this year's Lights On Afterschool! This nationwide event, organized by the Afterschool Alliance, calls attention to the importance of afterschool programs and the resources required to keep the lights on and the doors open. VPOST is proud to be a Lights On Afterschool partner.
Too many American children—19.4 million—are missing out on afterschool opportunities. Participate in Lights On Afterschool and help call attention to this important issue.
To learn more about Lights On Afterschool, register an event, access event planning tools, or to find out what’s going on in your area on October 25, 2018, visit afterschoolalliance.org. Those who register will receive free Lights On Afterschool posters to help promote their event, and their events will be promoted to media and the public by the Afterschool Alliance. Lights On Afterschool is a project of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to afterschool programs.
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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 Doug at dfarmer@cypherworx.com.
To learn more about our online professional development program, click below! |
| | | | | Just added to our Resource Exchange Site, get tips and tools for establishing partnerships with businesses and community organizations! Check it out here! |
| Have you successfully forged a business or community partnership in your program? Tell us about it, so we can highlight your success with your professional peers! Contact christine.jones-monaccio@v-post.org
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| | | LivingSideBySide® Professional Development for Teachers and Youth Workers: - Youth-Led Community Service: Friday October 26, 2018 Roanoke Higher Education Center, Roanoke, VA 9 am - 5 pm
- Facilitating Difficult Conversations: Everyday Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Friday, November 2 Richmond Center in Richmond, VA 9 am - 5 pm
Earn Professional Development Credit: These trainings will provide you 5 points
toward teacher re-certification in Virginia.
“Legacy's workshop at VPOST was one of my favorites! We need to really focus on training children to be good citizens. Some of our adults are not teaching these skills, and sometimes do not model them.” Latosha Brown-Davis, 21st CCLC Asst. District Coordinator, Hampton City Schools
For more information, contact: Marlene Ginsberg, Vice President marlene@legacyintl.org 540-297-6025 |
| | | The National Summer Learning Association's (NSLA) Summer Changes Everything™ conference on summer learning and afterschool will be held in Kansas City, Missouri from November 12-14, 2018. We hope you're as excited as we are for Summer Changes Everything™. Check out this year's amazing line-up of featured speakers, workshops, and exhibitors, and make new connections to grow your network.
You won't want to miss a single moment as NSLA celebrates its 25th anniversary! With just five weeks to go, seats are going fast. |
| | | | 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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| | | | Share Your Story... at the 8th Annual Ready by 21 National Meeting!
We hope you'll join us in Seattle, Washington for the Forum for Youth Investment's 8th annual Ready by 21 National Meeting.
We encourage you to submit a proposal to be included as a presenter at this event, and share your story with 500+ leaders who are working to improve outcomes for young people in communities and states across the country.
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| | | Early-Bird rates for BOOST registration are still available through October 31. Sign your team up today and save!
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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. |
| | | | | 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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