Virtual PD
NAA offers a variety of opportunities for professional development through meaningful content, conversations, and connections. These opportunities are designed to strengthen the afterschool workforce and youth program quality by ensuring afterschool professionals and leaders are equipped to support young people, families, and communities.
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The Afterschool Guide to Making Slime
It’s gooey and oozy. It stretches and squishes. It’s slime! The National Afterschool Association designed this afterschool guide, along with youth support, to be all about slime. It is a compilation of a variety of slime and putty recipes to create with youth that are not only fun to make and manipulate, but engage STEM skills. The following information provides tips to maximize youth engagement and learning as they mix up these recipes.
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Content Marketing Best Practices
Content marketing is a popular buzz phrase these days and for good reason. As traditional marketing becomes less and less effective, organizations must focus on creating and distributing content that attracts and retains audiences.
NAA Releases Afterschool Tech Toolkit to Support Digital Learning and Technology Access in Afterschool
Washington, DC, May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AfterSchool Association (NAA) released today a free, online Afterschool Tech Toolkit to guide the effective integration of technology in afterschool learning programs.
Webinar: Recognizing the Benefits of Cloud-based Childcare Software
Utilizing web-based software helps afterschool programs increase parent involvement, empowers staff and streamlines operations.
If you’ve considered switching to a web-based software you won’t want to miss this informative webinar!
Participants will…
- Learn about the changing landscape of technology in education.
- Discover the value of time and money savings by converting to an online solution.
- Get a live demo of EZChildTrack – a leading childcare management software solution.
EZChildTrack is brought to you by the team at ThomasKelly Software Associates. TKSA has been the nation’s leading afterschool and childcare software provider for over 15 years. TKSA serves 7 state DOEs and over 5,000 schools nationwide.
HEPA Standards 2.0
Studies show that healthy, active children learn better, perform better academically and experience fewer behavioral problems. But many children are not getting the healthy food and physical activity they need each day. Afterschool and summer learning programs are well positioned to be key partners in a comprehensive effort to help children grow up healthy.
A coalition of individuals from the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and the YMCA of the USA collaborated as the Healthy Out-of-School Time (HOST) Coalition to develop standards on healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) in Out-of-School time (OST). The Standards were adopted by the National AfterSchool Association and named the NAA HEPA Standards for Out-of-School Time.
In 2018, the HOST Coalition Leadership Team, including newer members the National Recreation and Park Association and the Afterschool Alliance, completed an extensive refresh of the standards. In version 2.0 you will find a streamlined, user-friendly version of the Standards. NAA invites you to download the standards and encourages you to tailor them to your program's specific needs as you strive to be a high-quality program that promotes healthy behaviors.
Download the HEPA Standards 2 0
DOWNLOAD THE HEPA STANDARDS 2.0 ASSESSMENT TOOL
© National AfterSchool Association 2018
Calling All Afterschool Digital Learning Champions!
We're looking for professionals who are passionate about integrating technology into their program to become an official Afterschool Digital Learning Champion. Digital Learning Champions will be entered into a drawing to win a VISA gift card and will receive a unique digital champion badge.
Here’s what it takes to be an Afterschool Digital Learning Champion:
Take the entry survey immediately. This survey will help us learn more about who is using the Toolkit and why. Take Entry Survey
Complete the exit surveys at the end of EACH module.
We are Bold. We are Brave. We are Brilliant.
This is a transcript of the keynote address delivered in March 2018 by NAA President, Gina Warner, in recognition and celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the National Afterschool Association. The theme of NAA's 30th Anniversary Convention was "Leading the Charge: Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Brilliant"
5 Ways to Get the Word Out About Your Summer Programs
Those end-of-year events are sneaking up on schools with AP exams, proms and graduation right around the corner. What's next? Summer programs!
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Beacon House’s digital learning vision is: “Through its technology-enabled afterschool programs, Beacon House will empower learners to have the confidence to innovate and creatively solve problems in school, work, and life.” For over 25 years, Beacon House has served children and youth in northeast Washington, DC, by providing academic support and enrichment opportunities as well as a safe and nurturing location. Beacon House has made great strides in increasing high school graduation rates in the community. Last year, Beacon House decided to provide students with 21st Century skills and infuse technology into their programming in an intentional way. Beacon House is a place-based organization located in the Edgewood Commons affordable housing community. Because of this, Beacon House knew it was critical that the community become involved in providing meaningful input to help create a digital learning vision for their program. Beacon House included students, all staff, and board members in the process. The National Cable and Television Association awarded Beacon House a grant to integrate technology into their program. This enabled them to hire a consultant to help guide their visioning process. Beacon House launched this process with a Visioning Summit. The agenda for the Visioning Summit ensured staff input and allowed families and students to share ideas about their needs and interests. The Visioning Summit yielded the initial vision statement and helped Beacon House identify key skills families wanted students to gain. Then, staff provided feedback and developed a theory of action. Next, Beacon House interviewed peer organizations with a focus on technology and used the findings to create a more refined version of the vision statement. Beacon House used surveys and group discussions to facilitate a second convening during which families and students provided feedback on the new vision and technology-driven program offerings. This helped Beacon House gauge the level of excitement and interest and solidify new programming. The input gathered from families, students, and staff was compiled, and Beacon House developed an implementation plan with a focus on piloting technology-focused program offerings aligned with the needs and interests of the community. |
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