Posted in Advocacy, General, Resources, tagged afterschool, arizona, linkedin on October 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The Afterschool Alliance just released state data from their America After 3PM national survey.
The AZ After 3PM Fact Sheet, news release, and a Top Ten report can be found here: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/AA3PM_states.cfm?state_abbr=AZ&level=1
Posted in Advocacy, Funding Opportunities, General on September 24, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Sponsor: Prudential Financial, Inc.
Deadline: 11/2/2009
Amount: $1,000
Type: Education, Social & Economic, Arts & Culture
Description: Sponsored by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honor outstanding community service by young people in grades 5 – 12 at the local, state, and national level.
Young volunteers must complete their applications by November 2, 2009, and then submit them to a middle or high school principal, Girl Scout council, county 4-H agent, American Red Cross chapter, YMCA, or affiliate of HandsOn Network.
Participating schools and local organizations will select local honorees in early November and present them with certificates of achievement. All local honorees are then reviewed by a state-level judging committee, which will name the top two candidates from each state and the District of Columbia – one high school student and one middle level student – as state honorees in February 2010. State honorees will receive $1,000, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip with a parent to Washington, D.C., for four days of recognition events, May 1-4, 2010.
In Washington, a national selection committee will name ten of the 102 state honorees as America’s top youth volunteers of the year. National honorees will receive an additional award of $5,000, a gold medallion, a crystal trophy for their nominating school or organization, and a $5,000 grant from the Prudential Foundation for the nonprofit charitable organization of their choice.
Visit the Prudential Web site for complete program guidelines and an application form.
Website: Link to RFP
Posted in Advocacy, Events, General, Professional Development and Training on September 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The School-Age Notes Foundation is seeking nominations for the Quest for Excellence Award to be presented at the 2010 NAA conference in Washington, D.C. This award is exclusively for front line staff members who work directly with children daily in an after-school program.
Nominees must have been employed in the program for at least two years and work a minimum of 10 hours a week for a school-age care program that meets five days a week. The nominee must be available to attend the award ceremony at the conference.
The application must be submitted by a supervisor, parent, board member or fellow teacher.
To down load a nomination form, go to:
Posted in General on August 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Need for day care ebbs, flows with parents’ jobs
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An article in the Sunday, August 16 Arizona Republic about the impact of the economy on afterschool programs in the Phoenix area.
Posted in Advocacy, General on August 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Beginning July 1, complaints about possible infractions of licensing rules and statutes will be required to be made in writing, via either hand delivery, mail, e-mail, or fax. The purpose of this change is to reduce frivolous complaints which can be very time-consuming for surveyors to investigate. The Division of Licensing Services policy requires investigation of every complaint.
A complaint form is provided on the OCCL website to help individuals provide sufficient information required for surveyors to do an adequate investigation, but complaints in any written format will be accepted.
Posted in General on July 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Posted in General on June 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Lexington: The underworked American | The Economist
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the Economist notes that American schools have one of the shortest school years (180) compared to OECD countries that have an average of 195, an 200 days for East Asian countries. And because of our 6 ½ hour school days, American kids are only getting about 32 hours of school a week compared to 37 hours in Luxembourg, 44 in Belgium, 53 in Denmark and 60 in Sweden.
Posted in Advocacy, General on June 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“What began as a good idea became an eventual success,” said Millicent Williams, president and CEO of the DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, when asking: “How would you describe the Trust over the past 10 years?”
The Trust, or CYITC, is a public-private partnership chartered by a wide array of District stakeholders, including those from youth development, philanthropic, government, and education sectors, working towards the common goal of improving the quality, quantity, and accessibility of services and opportunities for youths in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Since its inception in June 1999, the Trust has provided grants, technical assistance, training, capacity building, and policy support to community-based organizations (CBOs) around the District and greater Washington. These CBOs offer early childhood development, workforce programs, parenting and life skills classes, charter schools, as well as a host of other services.
Posted in General, tagged 21st century education, linkedin on June 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This video sums up the need for all of us to model and motivate life long learning in our children. Take a look….
Posted in General, Research on May 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The Afterschool Matters Journal is produced at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College. We are currently seeking articles for the Spring 2010 issue. Please consider submitting an article
and please pass the attached Call for Papers on to your colleagues in the education and child and youth development fields. For latest issues check out journal at http://www.niost.org. See attached Call for Papers.
Georgia Hall, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
National Institute on Out-of-School Time, http://www.niost.org
Wellesley Centers for Women
www.wcwonline.org
e-mail: ghall@wellesley.edu phone: 781-283-2530 fax: 781-283-3657
Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
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