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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Parenting is often said to be both the toughest and the most rewarding job in the world. In the after school world, it’s easy to get so focused on what we need from parents that we sometimes forget to honor them for their hard work and dedication. What’s more, for parents who are struggling to […]
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Local voice matters…I recently looked over the signatories of a letter that is going to Congress about after school. As I looked down the list, after Arkansas and California’s large showing, I got to Connecticut. Only two organizations had signed on. According to the Afterschool Alliance blog, this letter was signed by more than 100 national and 560 […]
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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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Date: Oct 16, 2015 Location: New Britain YWCA, 19 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT (Free parking is available on premises) Time: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Waterbury Grantees 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM – APT overview New Britain Grantees 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Please make sure you choose your correct session during registration.
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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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Poison ivy, the plant we love to hate. How much do you know about it? Could you identify it? What makes it “poison”? What happens when you get the oil (urushiol) on you skin or clothes? How do you treat it? The effects of poison ivy go back ages but the first published records date […]
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