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Creating Culture in a Cafeteria Classroom – Staying Positive and Negative during a Pandemic

Post author:Chaelyn Lombardo
Post published:November 9, 2020
Post category:Featured General Interest Leadership Quality Resources
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Week 1

There is no denying that the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected afterschool in a variety of ways; from scheduling and numbers to safety protocols to activities and interactions. It is very easy to focus on the negative effects, as COVID has seemingly thrown a big old virus-y wrench into the gears of the well-oiled machines that are our afterschool programs. Unfortunately, the coronavirus is here and it clearly doesn’t care if it makes things difficult for anyone, including afterschool educators.

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STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 3

Post author:Khadija Bshara
Post published:October 27, 2020
Post category:Featured General Interest Inspiration Leadership Professional Development Quality Research STEM
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Engineering Mindset #3: Children investigate the properties and uses of materials Exploring the Properties and Uses of Materials Our lives are filled with all sorts of lovely inventions that meet…

Million Girls Moonshot Blog 2

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:October 21, 2020
Post category:Featured General Interest Inspiration Leadership Professional Development Research Resources STEM

Technovation Online Design Challenges Over three hour-long sessions this fall with Technovation, you’ll become an expert in leading engineering design challenges online that help students develop engineering mindsets: 1) use…

STEM Beyond the School Day Series – Engineering Mindset 2

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:October 20, 2020
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How Do You Solve a Problem? Engineering Mindset #2: Children use a specific problem-solving process: Our lives are filled with all sorts of lovely inventions that meet our needs with…

Million Girls Moonshot Blog 1

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:September 21, 2020
Post category:Featured Inspiration Leadership Quality Resources STEM Webinar

A three-part webinar series presented by Dr. Christine Cunningham & Shannon McManus

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Creating Culture in a Cafeteria Classroom – A COVID19 Consideration

Post author:Chaelyn Lombardo
Post published:September 8, 2020
Post category:Featured General Interest Health Inspiration Leadership Programming Quality Resources
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Mask Break Bags

As the 20/21 school year started, I reflected on our 2020 summer program. I am thankful that I made it through camp without showing any COVID19 symptoms. You could say it was a matter of luck because (unfortunately) several summer programs we heard about in the news were not as lucky, but I think it was much more than that.

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Unsung Heroes: Highlighting the New Britain YWCA

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:August 15, 2020
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I’m probably preaching to the choir, but there are some unsung heroes in our midst that deserve some recognition. In March when Connecticut went virtual, some afterschool professionals among us…

Unsung Heroes: Highlighting the Middlesex YMCA

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:July 24, 2020
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I’m probably preaching to the choir, but there are some unsung heroes in our midst that deserve some recognition. In March when Connecticut went virtual, some afterschool professionals among us…

COORDINATING WITH SCHOOLS TO PREPARE TO RE-OPEN

Post author:Michelle Cunningham
Post published:June 29, 2020
Post category:Advocacy Featured Leadership

*** SEE NEW GRAPHIC BELOW *** The State of Connecticut has just issued its 50 page guidance document to help communities prepare to re-open schools in the fall. Right now…

2020 Summer Planning Tools

Post author:CTAfterSchoolNetwork
Post published:June 12, 2020
Post category:Featured Health Leadership Professional Development Programming Quality Summer Learning

Summer program and camp providers are entering an unprecedented summer as they prepare to provide a safe, enriching, and fun summer experience while managing changing safety protocols and challenges amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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