Hello, friends of After School! Today is Lights On Afterschool, a day focused on nationwide advocacy and celebration of the after school field. We here at the CT After School Network were talking about how powerful the impact of our field can be, and our Executive Director, Michelle, told me this incredible story that really […]
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We are excited to share our newly developed 2015-16 Professional Development Catalog. This one stop resource lays out an entire year of professional development offerings for after school directors, supervisors, and front-line staff. In addition to some of our staples that include webinars and on-site training, several new additions have been added to meet your goals […]
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As you may know, the Network created a brand new Professional Development Catalog full of creative, exciting, and unusual learning activities for after school professionals. And today was our very first First Friday, Making Homework Time Work. We were expecting it to be fun, and it was even better than we’d hoped! We explored group […]
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REGISTER YOUR LIGHTS ON AFTERSCHOOL EVENT TODAY On October 22nd, communities across the country will come together for Lights on Afterschool, the only nationwide celebration of afterschool. If you are a program provider, a parent, a community member or a program participant, you know there is a lot to celebrate. Afterschool programs across the country […]
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The other day, I had a conversation with Ken Anthony, our Director of PD and Research. Ken is an expert in after school program quality, and challenges us all to think more creatively about how to engage children in learning. One of his central messages is that we need to start from the interests of […]
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INTRODUCING …to this Fall’s After School Conference….Leslie Beller, your INTERACTIVE keynote speaker and founder of MHA Labs. (Means and Measure of Human Achievement) You will find her engaging and insightful; a speaker who practices what she preaches. In her hands-on workshop you will work in teams to create skill-building activities that are directly related to […]
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The CT After School Network is so proud of our own Ken Anthony, who recently completed his Doctorate in Education at the University of Hartford. His innovative research explores school-afterschool partnerships and identified ways to increase collaboration that help support children’s learning experiences, and it’s already turning heads! In fact, Ken was recently featured in AERA […]
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Inspiring Greatness in Education Inspiring Greatness in Education describes the 21st Century Schools program (21C), a whole-school reform model developed by Edward Zigler over 20 years ago and since then has been in a constant state of testing, implementation, and scaling up.
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A celebration of after school programs featuring Imagine Dragons’ “Top of the World”. This video premiered at the 2015 National After-School Summit hosted at USC through the USC Schwarzenegger Institute. Watch this video on YouTube
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The deadline to vote for the 2015 NAA Board of Directors is quickly approaching. Voting closes Friday June 12th! With nine candidates running, your vote matters Connecticut! Take a few minutes today and vote for Tracey Lay. Having worked in the field for over 25 years and serving on multiple statewide boards and committees, she […]
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