Virtual PD

From professional development and curriculum planning to supply purchasing and equipment upgrades, there’s a lot to consider when starting a new school year. 

In this guide, you’ll find top picks from NAA, our Advocate members and valued partners to make it an amazing year!

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE

 
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | 1:00 - 1:45 PM ET (12 PM CT, 11 AM MT, 10 AM PT)
Sponsored by:

The Walking Classroom is a simple, effective, and engaging program that is easily implemented in afterschool for in-person, virtual and hybrid learning environments. Kids listen to fun, educational podcasts that align with content standards while they take a brisk walk. Every podcast is supported by a lesson plan and tons of supplemental resources.

The program naturally allows for physical distancing between students as they walk—either at school, afterschool or at home. The mobile app brings the program to any mobile device, while the preloaded WalkKit audio players are great for students with no internet or mobile devices.

The free, live webinar will offer NAA members:

• Ideas for combining physical activity with learning
• Ideas for introducing and incorporating social-emotional skills
• Ideas for using the podcast topic library as a starting point for building a rich afterschool curriculum

BONUS OFFERS!

Each attendee will receive a free copy of our electronic Teacher’s Guide full of lesson plans and program guidance (a $100 value)
Attendee may also request a certificate for 1 hour of Professional Development from The Walking Classroom

Presenter: Laura Fenn, Founder and CEO, The Walking Classroom

REGISTER 

Sponsored by:

As OST providers plan for the new school year, many are looking to social-emotional learning (SEL) to respond to the needs of children, staff and the communities they serve. 

In this webinar we'll explore:

• How the traumatic events of recent years have affected kids and how SEL can help
• The concept of holistic SEL and how it relates to the importance of SEL in OST environments
• The Weikart Center’s SEL Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA) as a resource to strengthen your program
• Second Step® Out-of-School Time, a practical, research-based SEL program from Committee for Children that helps support K–5 children in your community

REGISTER

Committee for Children is a global nonprofit dedicated to helping children thrive. Our Second Step® family of programs creates brighter futures for kids everywhere through a holistic approach to social-emotional learning (SEL). For more than 40 years, our research-based, teacher-informed, and classroom-tested SEL curricula have helped transform schools into empowering, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to support every child. We’ve recently expanded our curricula to include digital programs for Grades K–8 as well as new programs for out-of-school time and adult SEL to help strengthen learning communities across the globe.

For LGBTQ folks, June is an important month of celebration and awareness. While commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York, Pride also serves as a reminder of the fearless existence of LGBTQ people.

NAA's "Stories That Shape Us" series shines a spotlight on the authentic stories and varying career paths of the afterschool profession. Told from the perspectives of NAA members themselves, each story is unique and highlights the differences but also the commonalities of the dedicated professionals serving youth around the country in out-of-school time today.

With so much changing so fast, the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For youth to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical "currencies" that will serve them well, whatever their future holds.

Early Lessons from Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs Implementing Social and Emotional Learning, a report by the RAND Corporation, offers early lessons for schools and out-of-school-time programs on how to carry out high-quality social and emotional learning instruction.

[graphic goes here]

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 1:00 - 1:45 PM ET (12 PM CT, 11 AM MT, 10 AM PT)
Sponsored by:

In an environment of continued high community spread, and where children under 12 are not yet eligible to be fully vaccinated, regular testing can help create a space that is safe for children and adults to help return to the educational mission.

In this webinar, we’ll highlight the latest CDC guidance for schools and camps and how program directors can think about the role of testing to meet state and federal guidance. We will share how COVID-19 pooled testing has been used within the State of Massachusetts to safely return children back to school and how CIC Health has created a testing program that allows youth programs large and small to regularly test their community in a low cost and efficient manner.

This webinar is designed to:

• Demystify the process of setting up and scaling testing for afterschool programs
• Share real results from our work with more than 500 Massachusetts public schools in a statewide testing initiative
• Detail the experience of one of our partner schools through a guest speaker
• Show you how CIC Health, the largest testing services provider to schools in New England and a leading provider nationwide, can support you with providing operational management, consultation on the latest CDC guidelines, and help guide your programs COVID-19 reopening plan.
• Give you the opportunity to get your questions answered

REGISTER

About CIC Health
CIC Health offers comprehensive COVID-19 testing and vaccination services that are accessible, fast, and easy. The health tech company operates dozens of public testing sites, provides testing services — including pooled testing — to more than 600 schools and 375 organizations, and runs three mass vaccination sites: Gillette Stadium, Hynes Convention Center, and Reggie Lewis Center. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the company facilitated more than 1.6 million PCR tests in its first eight months and over 750,000 vaccine doses in just three months.

CIC Health collaborates with private and public entities like CLIA-certified labs, physician networks, health care institutions, and state and municipal governments to streamline and expedite operations to meet public health challenges. It is a Tech Top 50 Company in Massachusetts and a subsidiary of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC).

CIC Health was co-founded by Tim Rowe and Atul Guwande, Surgeon, Writer, and Public Health Researcher.

Website: cic-health.com
Contact: afterschool-testing@cic-health.com

NAA's "Stories That Shape Us" series shines a spotlight on the authentic stories and varying career paths of the afterschool profession. Told from the perspectives of NAA members themselves, each story is unique and highlights the differences but also the commonalities of the dedicated professionals serving youth around the country in out-of-school time today.

The new podcast series by The Wallace Foundation shares findings and early lessons from a RAND Corporation study of our Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative (PSELI).