NIOST Summer Seminars provides hands-on learning opportunities for youth development professionals to enhance their summer and school year programs. Below is a summary of their offerings for 2015.
Partnering with Google to Enhance Your After School Program Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:30-12:30pm EST Webinar Description: Empowering all students to create with technology through free computer science clubs. Google…
Academic measures of progress are but one measure of student success. Research has shown the social and emotional impacts afterschool programs play in the healthy development children. One of the…
ARE YOU BREAKING THE LAW? Register NOW for January's After School Seminar Series Legal Issues in After School January 8, 2015, Hartford Our discussion will focus on the legal implications of after school…
Training New After School Staff: Welcome to the world of School-Age Care! is an easy-to-use tool for school-age program directors with limited time and resources to help new staff “get up and running quickly” with their responsibilities.
From making a monster mask to going on a bike photo safari, 365 Smart Afterschool Activities will let kids’ imaginations soar with terrifically fun things to do during those valuable afterschool hours and beyond.
Would you like to infuse a burst of fun in your program? Transform groups into cohesive and caring teams? Do it all while playing games! Great Group Games has over 175 Games to wipe out boredom.
Telling Your Afterschool Story: Strategies for Effective Advocacy at the Local, State and Federal Levels Thursday, December 11, 2014 1:00-2:00pm EST Webinar Description: Though often left off of after school…
It’s a window on a new destination—where children and young teens (grades 4-8) encounter engineering in a brand new way.
Throughmywindow.org is a multimedia educational website that grabs you by the hand and pulls you into a world filled with stories, mysteries, explorations, and adventures. It’s a place where engineering isn’t about building bridges—it’s about asking questions, thinking deeply, and building a community of learners. (more…)