Twenty groups signed up for the CT NASA Space Grants Consortium/CT After School Network STEM mini-grants. We were so impressed! It was a slow start but we had a great turnout and hope to offer this again in the future. You are encouraged to send us information and suggestions in an effort to build an […]
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I came across an article at Edutopia.com on building a positive staff culture. I thought back over my work lifetime and realized, as many people do, that there were some great teams I worked with but far more bad ones than good ones. I know I am not alone. Here at the Network we have […]
Read More The Connecticut After School Network, in collaboration with the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium is offering mini-grants of $1000 each to fund five after school programs across Connecticut in an effort to expand STEM learning in an experiential way.
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We are currently accepting Request for Presenter applications for the Connecticut After School Network’s 2018 Annual Fall Conference.
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Call for Contractors and Volunteers The Connecticut After School Network is taking a deeper dive into content areas in the coming year.
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New Working Group Forming First meeting June 8th Interested in how afterschool and summer programs can better help kids and families in terms of social and emotional learning and behavioral health? The Connecticut After School Network is forming a new working group to help us implement a new grant to expand our trainings and resources […]
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If you are an 80’s baby, you probably played with a toy kitchen set. I did. When I was four years old, Santa brought me a kitchen set for Christmas. With a big grin on my face, I served my family plastic chicken drumsticks and fake pieces of yellow corn on the cob. My mom […]
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The Office for Early Childhood which oversees child care centers including after school programs has two different, but both vitally important, opportunities for you to provide feedback: Draft Licensing Regulations: Some big changes on these including to head teacher certification https://surveyentrance.com/run/oc/p2203g/start Child Care Development Fund Plan 2019-2021: Concerns Care4Kids and also state investment in quality […]
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In honor of Science Friday I thought I would share with you some pictures that I received through email. The pictures honor the diversity of nature and man. Some things that we will never see or even never thought about. Check out the blowhole of the Blue whale picture and tell me what you see. […]
Read More The first ever mural contest for after school programs was held earlier this year and we are pleased to announce the following winners: K – 2nd: Tender Care Learning Center, Avon “Reach for the Stars” 3rd – 5th: Co-Winners Every Kid Counts After School Program, New Britain “After School Makes You Grow” Manchester Early Learning […]
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