OST Mini Conference Recordings

2020 mini conference based on safety and well being of after school staff

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Free masks for essential businesses

Governor Lamont partners with CBIA and CONNSTEP to distribute free face coverings for small businesses Governor Lamont today announced that his administration is partnering with the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) and its affiliate CONNSTEP on an initiative to distribute free face coverings to eligible, essential small businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Eligible […]

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Transitions are Hard

Transitions Are Hard Anyone who works with children or has children in their life knows transitions can be hard for them.   But let’s be honest transitions can be hard for adults as well.   We are in the middle of a worldwide transition, major pieces of our lives are in flux and we are all finding […]

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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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