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Visit our Training Page for the latest workshops and professional development opportunities including our new Staff Meeting Starters designed so you can conduct your own engaging staff meetings. 

Check out our Latest Research for all the newest articles, reports and research pertaining to after school. Our Local Resources page links to local after school alliances, State agencies and local non-profit links as well as all of the Connecticut After School Network publications.

   LATEST NEWS

NEW - Building Strong Alignment between School and Afterschool Webinar

Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Hosts: Holly Morehouse

Please join us for the latest in a series of webinars sponsored by the Northeast Networks Group, a collaboration between the Statewide Afterschool Networks (SANs) in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

This webinar will focus on building strong alignment between the afterschool program and the school. Research and good practice tell us that aligning our afterschool programs (e.g., policies, programming, etc.) with the school in a way that complements and reinforces the school day is important in supporting student success. However, figuring out how to best create and maintain that alignment is no easy task. In this webinar, Ph.D. candidate Tracy Bennett will share from her research identifying key elements needed to build strong school-afterschool alignment. Ken Anthony from the CT After School Network will contribute practical tips and examples on how to take the findings from the research and build better collaborations in our programs.



Registering for the webinar will give you access to the webinar online (you will receive an email with the web site information). Once you log into the webinar web site, you will also need to call into the following number to hear the audio portion.
Call in Information:
Conference dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
Participant access code: 343808
Please use *6 to mute your phone when you call in

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NEW - National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) Events

Free Webinars - Summer Learning: A Vital School Turnaround Strategy. Join us for free three webinar series on Summer learning loss and the achievement gap: Implications for education reform. In this first webinar, speakers will discuss recent lessons learned from successful summer learning programs, current research on summer learning, and implications for education reform.

Follow-up webinars in the series will include: School Improvement and Summer: A New Vision for Summer School and A Summer Learning Toolkit: Resources for Program and Community Success. 

The webinar will be moderated by our CEO, Gary Huggins, and speakers will include:



To learn more and to register for this webinar series. Please note: You'll need to sign up for the School Turnaround Learning Community to access the webinars. 

National Summer Learning Day, June 21, 2012


June 21 is Summer Learning Day—a national advocacy day offering an opportunity to showcase your community’s summer learning program, as well as spread the word about the importance of summer learning. Host an event during the week of June 21 or anytime during the summer!

During this national showcase, your summer program will want to highlight how you work to:
- Maintain and advance participants' academic and developmental growth
- Support working families
- Keep children safe and healthy
- Send young people back to school ready to learn

Are you having a Summer Learning Day event? Visit www.summerlearningdaymap.org and put it on the National Summer Learning Association’s event map to spread the word! Make sure your event is listed by June 21.

Programs can also plan to join in on Thursday, May 10, 2012 1-2:30 PM EDT for the FREE Celebrate Summer Learning with National Summer Learning Day Tools and Resources Webinar to get new event ideas, talking points, and resources.

Summer Learning National Conference, October 22 - 24, 2012


Join the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) for its 2012 Summer Changes Everything™ national conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 22-24, 2012. You’ll attend sessions designed to inform on a variety of current topics, from program planning to health and nutrition to STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering) to policy trends.

Summer Changes Everything™ is an excellent opportunity for summer learning practitioners and stakeholders across the country to take advantage of meaningful professional development, resources and networking opportunities to further enhance program quality and expand opportunities for the youth they serve.
Visit www.summerlearning.org/conference to learn more.

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"Celebrate After School" Poetry Contest

Thank you to all who submitted your poems, we will be announcing our winners soon!

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NEW - School-Age Resource

Click here to access, The Community Investment Collaborative for Kids Resource Guide; Creating Quality School-Aged Child Care Space (pdf)

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NEW - Nominations for New Network Board Members Sought

The Board of Directors of the Connecticut After School Network is accepting nominations of people passionate about afterschool. Please see the Board Member Job Description. Applications can be found here. The board meets monthly on a weekday morning for 90 minutes, along with occasional committee work. Parents, providers, and stakeholders of all ages, races, genders and experience are encouraged to apply, and we are especially seeking people with marketing, public relations, graphic design or law experience.

Please send completed applications to Tracey Madden-Hennessey, Governance Committee Chair at tmadhen@ywcanewbritain.org.

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State After School Grantee Meeting Presentation

Click to access Dr. Reyes presentation on Civic Engangement and Family Involvement plus UCONN's Evaluation Report and 2010-2011 End of Year Report

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Check this out!

Google Science Fair 2012- The Google Science Fair is an online science competition seeking curious minds from the four corners of the globe. Anybody and everybody between 13 and 18 can enter. All you need is an idea. Click here for more information on how to get involved!



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2011 Surveys

Youth, parents and providers we need your participation to inform statewide policy on after school and summer programs.

Click here for survey links and information.

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Grant Finder Tool from the Spark Foundation

It lets you search for Connecticut specific, or national grants available to after school programs.

Click here to access the tool!

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2011 Faces of After School Art Contest Winners and Finalists

Congratulations to all the students who participated!

Check out the artworks by clicking this link!

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The Connecticut After School Network is affiliated with the National AfterSchool Association.

NEW - 2012 NAA Convention Highlights, click here to access.