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2010 Network Lead MeetingThe Network Lead Meeting is designed to provide professional development opportunities for network leads and those responsible for the day-to-day work of the networks. With ESEA reauthorization pending, the 2010 meeting will emphasize policy development. In addition to the network lead, we urge all networks to bring a policy representative—possibly your state education agency representative-- to a special policy focus day during the Network Lead Meeting. This may be your policy chair or a policy-focused partner.
The meeting will take place September 29 - October 1, 2010 at The Washington Hilton (1919 Connecticut Avenue NW) located in Washington, DC. Registration and hotel reservations should be made no later than Tuesday, August 31. To register to the meeting, please visit the Networks Only - Convenings section.
National Conference on Summer Learning
What: Summer Changes Everything, the only National Conference focused entirely on Summer Learning!
Where: The Marriott Downtown, Indianapolis, Indiana
When: November 9-10, with optional pre-conference trainings November 8
Conference Homepage: www.summerlearning.org/conference
Questions? Contact Conference Manager Ryan Rebarchick at nationalconference@summerlearning.org or 410-856-1370 ext 203
Governor Signs the Afterschool Youth Development Program Act into Law
Act will Increase Access to Afterschool Programs
The Illinois After-school Alliance and the ACT Now! campaign is proud to let you know that Governor Quinn has signed the Afterschool Youth Development Program Act into law. This law will create a framework for coordinating and strengthening afterschool services in Illinois and work to supply providers with much needed technical assistance, including capacity building and program evaluation.
The Illinois After-school Alliance is proud to be part of the ACT Now! (Afterschool for Children and Teens) campaign, which worked to pass this legislation and ultimately make it law. Thank you to all of the afterschool providers and advocates who helped to make this a reality. It could not have been done without you.
In addition to creating the statewide framework for afterschool programs, this law also creates the Illinois Youth Development Council which will coordinate and strengthen afterschool services throughout the state. It also establishes a demonstration program that will evaluate best practices, outcomes and cost of quality afterschool programs, while building up existing programs.
New York State Afterschool Network (NYSAN) releases a database and set of maps of all publicly-funded afterschool sites throughout the state
In collaboration with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, NYSAN is pleased to release a database and set of maps of all publicly-funded afterschool sites throughout New York State. Additional maps will follow showing sites by region. Click on the links below to access the database and maps.
Statewide Map
Bronx Map
Brooklyn Map
Manhatan Map
Queens Map
Staten Island Map
NYS Afterschool Database
2010 South Carolina After School Statewide Conference
The South Carolina After School Alliance is hosting their 2010 conference Soaring Beyond Expectations on September 23-24, 2010 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Their guest speaker is Soledad O'Brien, acclaimed Special Investigations Correspondent and Host of CNN's In America Documentaries.
The 2nd Annual Showcase Nevada: The Afterschool Experience Conference
The Nevada AfterSchool Network is hosting their 2nd annual conference on October 11-13, 2010 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Please click on the link for more information. www.nevadaafterschoolnetwork.org
School's Out Washington 2010 Afterschool Conference
On October 18 and 19, 2010, School's Out Washington will hold it's annual afterschool conference entittled Igniting Minds & Passions: The Bridge From School to Afterschool and Back. Each person has remarkable potential. Exposure and access to quality learning opportunities fuel individual passionas and ignite minds. As educational leaders, we are called to address multiple issues across complex systems, guide reofrm effortsand, most importantly, dismantle long-standing barriers that have prevented equality and success. Follow the links below to access the conference website and to register.
Conference Website
Conference Registration
Innovative Learning and Leadership
The Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence is hosting their annual conference Innovative Learning and Leadership on October 22, 2010 a the Killington Grand Resort.
Oregon Afterschool Conference: Ideas that Make a Difference
The Oregon Afterschool Network will host its annual conference on November 6, 2010 at the Crossler Middle School Salem. This full day conference provides training and opportunities to share ideas that make a difference for afterschool programs and professionals. Training will offer a wide variety of topics appropriate for staff working directly with children and supervisors of programs.
After the Bell: Improving Student Learning With After School Programs
A Symposium for Educators and Decision Makers
The Connecticut After School Network will host an exciting symposium to engage educators and key decision makers in a discussion about how afterschool programs can impact student learning. The Symposium will take place on October 14, 2010 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, CT from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Registration deadline is October 4, 2010.
The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance Annual Conference
The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is holding its 2nd annual State Conference on Afterschool Programs on October 17-18, 2010 in Laramie Wyoming at the Hilton Garden Inn. The 2010 theme is Afterschool Programs: More than Meets the Eye.
2010 Step Up High School Summit
The California Afterschool Network is excited to host the second annual High School Summit on November 2-4, 2010. Program administrators, high school principals, and high school after school practitioners and are encouraged to attend. The Summit will focus on successful strategies for high school after school programs. The event will be held at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego. Last year's summit received rave reviews from the over 400 statewide and national high school after school practitioners and stakeholders who were present. Attendees enjoyed a myriad of high quality workshop sessions, keynote addresses, and networking opportunities.
Registration is now open for the 2010 Step Up High School Summit
Based on the overwhelming response from last year's summit, available slots are likely to fill up quickly. Early bird rates will be available until July 1, 2010. Register Today to receive the early bird rate and make sure your high school team is part of this exciting event.
Indiana Afterschool Network's Upcoming Conferences
The Indiana Afterschool Network is collaborating with the National Center for Summer Learning to support its national conference on November 9-10 and with the Indiana Youth Institute, whose conference is on December 7-8, 2010.
Nevada Afterschool Network's Annual Conference
The Nevada Afterschool Network in collaboration with the Nevada Department of Education hosts their annual state conference for Nevada out-of-school time providers this fall. The 2010 theme is Showcase Nevada: The AfterSchool Experience
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence
The Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence will hold its annual conference on November 20, 2010 at the Phoenix Convention Center. The 2010 theme is using STEM as a valuable part of afterschool programs.
Connecticut After School Network to host its annual After School Conference
The conference will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at the Hartford Marriott Farmington in Farmington, CT.
New Jersey Announces Building Connections Conference
The New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition hosts its annual Building Connections conference on November 12th and 13th in Princeton, New Jersey. The 2010 conference will focus on the importance of introducing STEM into your afterschool programs!
Features
NGA and CCSSO Offer New Approaches to Strengthen Afterschool Opportunities for StudentsA new report by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers highlights the positive impact high-quality Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) have on student success and offers state leaders a blueprint to ensure ELO effectiveness. For more information, see the press release or download the full report.
Minnesota Out of School Time Funding Streams Report
The Minnesota Department of Education produced a report outlining the federal and state funding streams for out of school time in Minnesota. The report attempts to provide information about which funding streams are dedicated to afterschool and out of school time programs and which funding streams allow for these expenditures. A summary report is available at
Report Summary and the full report is available at:
Full Report
Quality Task Force
Youth Community Connections convened experts and key stakeholders to examine what systems-level supports were necessary to encourage and promote quality programming in afterschool, out-of-school time and summer. The University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development wrote a white paper identifying what systems-level supports were necessary to encourage and promote quality afterschool, out-of-school time and summer. The white paper is available at their website:
White Paper
Cost Study
Youth Community Connections (YCC) released the findings from the statewide cost study on afterschool programs in Minnesota. This study examined the full costs of providing afterschool programs in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state. An executive summary of the findings have been made available on YCC's webiste at:
Executive Summary of the Findings
Gaps Analysis Study
University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development released the Gap Analysis data, which examines perceptinos of parents and youth use of afterschool, out-of-school time and summer programming in Minnesota. The study is available at:
Gap Analysis Study
Maryland Out-of-School Time Programs' Quality Standards Framework
Published by the Maryland Out of School Time Network in July 2009, this report describes Maryland's quality framework structure. The report is broken into seven Foundational Areas (FA), which are essential elements of program quality improvement. Following each FA's are a series of Indicators that seek to provide further explanation of the FAs.
Quality Standards Framework
Maryland Out of School Time Network: Guidance on the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
On February 17, 2009 President Obama signed the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law bringing a much needed injection of dollars to the states. The ARRA provides a relatively proscribed framework for how the dollars should be used and how they flow from federal agencies to state agencies and down to local jurisdictions. Over the next two years, Maryland will recieve at least $3.8 billion dollars from the stimulus package for items like construction projects, education and workforce development. The most definitive resources for detailed information about how ARRA dollars are designated for use in the state of Maryland is
Guidance on ARRA
The Afterschool Investment Project
The Afterschool Investment Project, a collaboration with the Finance Project and the Child Care Bureau, has released a new strategy brief entitled, Promoting Health and Fitness in Afterschool Settings: Strategies for Program Leaders and Policymakers. Aimed at reducing childhood obesity through more active and nutritional programming at afterschool programs, the strategy brief also addresses how to fund these programs as well as increase policy support for this kind of programming. The Afterschool Investment Project is also unveiling a new web resource called FitSource which will be searchable by various phrases like, “games,” “information for parents” or “recipes.” Programs can use this resource as a way to easily incorporate new ideas into their programming, enhancing the fitness and nutrition of their programs. The emphasis will be on low-cost or no-cost ideas.
Visit their Web site to keep updated with the latest information.
Ohio's Core Knowledge & Competencies for afterschool professionals who work with children ages 5-12
This document provides a detailed description of Ohio's core knowledge and competencies. Core knowledge and competencies are what afterschool professionals need to understand and be able to do to assure that children have the best possible relationships, environments, and experiences in which to grow and learn.
Core Knowledge and Competencies
Rhode Island's Urban Education Task Force Report Released
To address the many challenges within the Rhode Island educational context, Governor Donald Carcier created the Urban Education Task Force in January of 2008 and charged the Task Force to work with multiple stakeholders to forge a plan to generate action and the political will needed to take the first steps towards implementation. In October of 2009, the results of the Task Force's work was published.
Rhode Island Urban Education Task Force Report
Rhode Island After School Plus Alliance: Program Cost Calculator
RIASPA has developed a cost calculator for afterschool programs in Rhode Island. The cost calculator formulates the cost of running an afterschool program based on information entered. The cost calculator was created by Augenblich, Palaich and Associates based on input from a professional judgment panel made up of afterschool program directors. This is a great tool for programs, not only as a way to project future costs but also to show potential funders the viability of your program. The cost calculator description and cost calculator can be downloaded from the RIASPA Web site.
The California AfterSchool Network's 2008-2009 Annual Report
Please follow the link below for access to the annual report:
Annual Report
The Oklahoma Afterschool Network's 2008-2009 Annual Report
Please follow the link below for access to the annual report:
Oklahoma Annual Report
The national network of statewide afterschool networks brings together established statewide afterschool networks in their collective mission to build partnerships and policies that are committed to the development and sustainability of quality afterschool programs.
These partnerships funded through the support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and other funders are focused on actively engaging key decisionmakers in support of school-based/school-linked afterschool programs, particularly in underserved communities. Currently 39 statewide afterschool networks are funded to coordinate and influence the systems that support the success of children and young people.
These partnerships funded through the support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and other funders are focused on actively engaging key decisionmakers in support of school-based/school-linked afterschool programs, particularly in underserved communities. Currently 39 statewide afterschool networks are funded to coordinate and influence the systems that support the success of children and young people.