Staffing Summit Strategy Sharing Recruitment, Hiring and Retention option 1 Need Staff? Together We Can Tackle Today’s Staffing Challenges The struggle to hire staff for 2021 (and have them show up and stay) was painfully felt in camps across the board. We worked together to navigate pandemic challenges; we can do the same for the…
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New Peer Group for OST Leaders – Join us on Tue Mar 1 For networking, updates, information sharing and more, join our new Peer Group for OST leaders by OST leaders starting March 1st! Hosted for NJSACC by Lauren Baretin with Quality Coach Arlyn Jimenez as staff liaison Come from 10 -11am to network and share! registration link…
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The Million Girls Moonshot: February Quality Trainings and Transformative Practices The Moonshot will be active in out-of-school programs in all 50 states, leveraging the Mott-funded 50 State Afterschool Network, which has access to more than 10 million youth and 100,000 afterschool programs across the country. Over the course of the new year NJSACC’s STEM Specialist…
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Understanding and Applying for Child Care Stabilization Grants – Advocates for Children of New Jersey Center-Based and Family Child Care Providers (School-Age Applicants too!) Are you planning on applying for a child care stabilization grant? Get technical assistance to better understand the grant and how to apply. Sign up for one of two webinars: TUESDAY,…
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Spring into Healthy Afterschool: Energizers, Snacks & Family Fun This interactive workshop will feature simple activities to support children’s physical and social-emotional health. Attendees will learn (and practice) energizers to encourage physical activity and mindfulness. The session will include an inexpensive snack demo, and we’ll share free resources and strategies to engage the whole family…
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SEL4NJ Publishes NJ Mental Health Resource Guide The New Jersey Department of Education last week released an incredibly valuable resource, The New Jersey Mental Health Resource Guide. They shared the following information: “This comprehensive Guide is designed to support school districts to develop, implement, and evaluate mental health supports and services using a multi-tiered system of supports. While the Guide is…
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Join us on Thu Feb 17 11am – 12:30pm with special guests from NJ Division of Family Development (DFD) + more! Q & A with NJ Division of Family Development (DFD) and Cultural Competency Specialist Randy Miller on using Black History Month Resources in OST Please join us for a very special Afterschool Conversations this…
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Now’s the Time to Celebrate the E in STEM National Engineers Week is February 20 – 26, 2022. is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. It’s a perfect time for afterschool to celebrate the E in STEM! Use these 10…
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This Valentine’s season, share why you love your afterschool program! There are millions of reasons to love afterschool. Afterschool programs keep kids safe, inspire learning, and help working families. Tell the world why you, your students, and your community love your afterschool program! Elevate youth voices In addition to the inspiring stories we hear from…
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Supporting Youth Learning and Development With Engaging Afterschool Programs Join national and state leaders to explore ways to support out-of-school time programs by creating strong and collaborative partnerships between school leaders and program providers. click here to download the full announcement (PDF) Best Practices in Afterschool and Summer Learning: Workshops Symposium on Evidence-Based Practices in…
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