After School Professionals Week

Celebrate Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week April 20-24!#heartofafterschool

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Sample Daily Checklist for School Age Programs

Are you currently open for school age child care during the COVID-19 outbreak? Thinking about opening? Take a look at this sample daily checklist from the YMCA. Click on the document to open both pages in a separate window where you can download it. Special thanks to our colleagues in Santa Clara County, California!

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Sample Checklist for After a COVID Case

In addition to the Sample Daily Checklist from the YMCA, they have also prepared a list of activities to consider after your program has a COVID case. Click on the document to open in a separate window where you can download it. Special thanks to our colleagues in Santa Clara County, California!

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After School Programs Contribute

 Resources to Brace for a Minion Rebellion Thanks to Carolyn Stearns for this abundance of resources. Do the walls seem a little closer? Has the family volume button been jacked to maximum? Is it impossible to find personal space? These unwelcome turn of events are all resulting from our precautions against the ravages of the […]

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The New Routine

We know children need structure and routine to feel safe in their constantly changing lives to help them organize their time, and to help them regulate their emotions and impulses.  My family and yours have just found our usual routine pulled out from under us.  My five children are home from elementary school, middle school, […]

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Occupying Time

From the Archives: Webinars from the Past can Inform Future Thinking When I first started at the Connecticut After School Network 13 years ago we did monthly webinars with guest speakers. At the time there was no Zoom, no streaming video chat, and YouTube was just gaining steam. One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has shown […]

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SEL for the Provider

Hello! My name is Mary and I am a part-time Professional Development Specialist with the Network. It’s day five of working from home and I have to say I’m going a little stir crazy. Even though there’s plenty to do, there’s something about suggesting social distance and discouraging in-person human interaction that has me going […]

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Resources for Connecticut

Ok, so now what?  You’ve still got hours to fill and work to do.  We’re working to gather all of the best resource banks to support young people or and keep your own mind sharp.  Check out this one from RESC Alliance in partnership with CTSDE.  It highlights all sorts of educational resources available online […]

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Resources from Afterschool Alliance

Got some time to work on that professional development hours backlog?  Always aspiring to improve yourself, just always got your hands full–except now?  Well check out the Afterschool Alliance website. They are not only sharing COVID-19 considerations for the field–including steps you can take to help–but they also have a wealth of webinars on a […]

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