After School Tea Time – Week of 2/8/2022

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your teacups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions!  Question from Middlesex County- In our program the children take turns reading every day from a book that […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 2/1/2022

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions!  Question from Fairfield County – There was recently an incident in our program where a child made […]

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The American Institutes for Research Needs Your Help

Calling program leaders and staff! The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is developing a readiness survey and reflection toolkit that will help afterschool, summer, and other out-of-school time (OST) program leaders and staff understand how ready they are for new initiatives or changes. AIR is currently piloting the survey with a focus on social and […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 1/25/2022

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions!  Question from New Haven County – Recently in our program we had a situation where a child […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 1/18/2022

Welcome back to After School Tea Time! Keep those questions coming because you never know who you could be helping. Grab a seat and get your teacups ready for this week’s question! Question from Fairfield County – In our program there has recently been an increase of children who are feeling upset and anxious about […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 1/11/2022

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Teatime! We’ve been receiving many questions about pandemic-related situations, and we want to let you know we are here to support you with advice in any way we can! Keep those questions coming in because you never know who else you might be helping out by […]

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After School Tea Time – Week of 1/4/2022

Welcome back to After School Tea Time! We hope that you had an amazing holiday break. We are looking forward to spilling more tea with you this year and getting your questions answered. Get your teacups ready because you won’t want to miss out!  Question from Fairfield County – “My child’s program just went virtual […]

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January Mentoring Month Event

In support of January Mentoring Month, Million Women Mentors-CT & The Connecticut Afterschool Alliance invite you to attend this Virtual Coffee event about STEM Pathways. Virtual Coffee about STEM PathwaysWed. Jan. 12, 9:3010:30 am Learn about current and upcoming statewide programs for increasing career path awareness and exposure to STEM futures. Moderated by MWM CT […]

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STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 7

Engineering Mindset 7 : Children evaluate designs and make improvements By Christine Cunningham As mentioned earlier, reflection and evaluation of ideas is critical to the engineering mindset. Children are rarely asked to evaluate their own work, and engineering provides a rich arena in which to practice these skills. Engineering designs can be tested to see […]

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IT’S TIME to SPILL THE TEA

HEY! EVERYONE! Get your teacups ready because it’s time to “spill the tea” on all things after school!

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