CLASP STEM Application open NOW. Apply today! 

Are you looking for an opportunity to explore and build comfort with sharing STEM learning as a regular part of your program? Are you a frontline educator and want to learn more about how to bring in cost-effective hands-on exploration of STEM ideas and how they connect with Social Emotional Learning skills.  Do you want […]

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This is What a Scientist Looks Like!

Did the picture fool you?  We all know that’s what we are thinking but below is a lot closer to what REAL scientists look like. Myria Perez Fossil Preparator Myria Perez is a fossil preparator. She cleans and repairs fossils to make them suitable for study and display. Myria started volunteering in the paleontology department […]

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Advancing to the Next STEM Step in After School

STEM CLASP Have you been reading our STEM blogs on the Engineering Mindset?  Are you motivated to do more STEM work with young people yet?  Maybe you’re interested but still could use a little more support? Check out our upcoming fall opportunities below to join us as we work on exploring more Science Technology Education […]

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MGM Resources for August

Celebrating National Aviation Day (August 19, 2021)  The below assets are free profile videos of IF/THEN Ambassadors. These can be used in marketing, presentations, social media, Videos: Adele Luta Long Profile and Adele Luta On-the-job Videos: Jasmine Sadler On-the-job and Jasmine Sadler STEM Journey Video: Mission Unstoppable: How Do Planes Stay in the Air? Video: […]

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Free Webinar on CDC Guidance for After School & Summer

The American Camp Association (ACA), the CDC, and the Association of Camp Nursing (ACN) have teamed together to answer your questions and deliver updated guidance from the CDC.

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You are Part of Something Bigger…

You are Part of Something Bigger: National Training Opportunities for the Spring

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After School Grant Program 2021 Funding

The 2021-23 State Department of Education After-School Grant Program for Grades K-12 Grant Competition Opening Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Our Kids are Stressed Out

I was looking through my email this morning and I caught site of a BOOST blog with the above title.  I have grandchildren and I’ve been using them as guinea pigs, along with the rest of the neighborhood children.  It’s fascinating to watch children grow and see the various effects on children by how parents…parent. […]

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Resources from National Geographic

National Geographic is again promoting their terrific, free resources to afterschool educators.

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Afterschool Matters

The Afterschool Matters Journal is a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship and consciousness in the field of afterschool education.

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