Virtual PD

Have you or your team members been searching for new professional growth opportunities--something different and maybe even a little fun? Look no further than NAA's latest virtual professional development offerings! NAA offers a variety of opportunities for professional development (PD) through meaningful content, conversations and connections. No matter your experience or level of expertise, you and other members are sure to find a virtual offering to suit your professional development needs.

Coaching Conversations are monthly personal development workshops that include expert advice and peer coaching to support professional growth. Come engage in real-time discussions with Gina Warner, NAA President and Certified Executive Coach.

Let’s Talk the Future of Afterschool are quarterly interactive conversations that provide timely updates and resources to the NAA membership and inform policymakers, funders, and other decision-makers about the efforts and needs of the afterschool field and its workforce.

Podcast Club is PD designed for busy professionals interested in gleaning ideas and inspiration from group discussions about our favorite podcasts. It’s like a book club without the time commitment! Participants listen to a selected podcast and come prepared to connect in community and conversation with NAA’s Pod Squad, led by Heidi Ham, NAA VP of Programs and Strategy. Join us monthly for an interactive exchange and discussion about what you heard, what you learned and how you’ll apply it.

Strategies for Site Level Success provides virtual PD focused on the site level professional. Monthly virtual sessions will address topical issues and ideas that specifically apply to site-level efforts. Participants will gain valuable resources and knowledge by discussing strategies for success with facilitators and fellow Executive members in each session. Site-level challenges, needs, and opportunities are unique—Strategies for Site Level Success sessions are designed to build skills, knowledge, and confidence of afterschool professionals who work most closely with young people.

With content and connections for site level professionals to mastery level leaders, this PD lineup will pique your curiosity, help you grow professionally and strengthen the field of afterschool.

To see what NAA virtual PD opportunities are currently available, click here.

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.

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).

Do you have insight related to literacy development in out-of-school time?

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

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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

Recently, NAA sat down with Sandy Slade, president of Skillastics, to talk about how the pandemic has affected how she serves her clients.

Early Lessons from Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs Implementing Social and Emotional Learning presents findings from the first two years of the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative (PSELI), a multiyear effort exploring whether and how children can benefit from partnerships between schools and OST programs focused on building social and emotional skills.

Elementary schools are in a great position to bring afterschool programming that breaks the inequities of youth sports, while also increasing academic achievement for our youth.

As the end of the school year swiftly approaches, summer programming is top of mind. On April 24, 2021, the CDC released updated guidance for operating youth and summer camps during the pandemic.

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