OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAMS AND YOUTH
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Join us for the national pitch contest, open to students 5-12, across the nation! Complete the registration form for your class, afterschool or summer program to get updates and request any additional support you need!
The deadline is July 15th, for all contest details including prizes, rules and eligibility, and more! Click on the Contests Details. A free Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge Toolkit is available to help you prepare.
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YouthAstroNet is inviting educators, youth service providers, and their middle-school-age learners to join our Youth Astronomy Network - a national, online community of youth, educators, and scientists that aims to help youth gain confidence and identity as someone who can do science through personal participation in authentic inquiry, using our MicroObservatory online robotic telescope network.
If interested in participating, complete a brief application. If you are selected, stipends are available for participating educators!
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Millions of professionals and volunteers work with young people every day in the many settings where youth play, learn, and grow outside of the school day. Yet, we have little collective information about this essential workforce. We want to know more about those who are still in the youth fields and those who left, so that we can explore, define, and elevate this collective workforce and their work with youth. |
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Celebrate the 23rd Annual Lights On Afterschool October 20, 2022! |
Launched in October 2000, Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families, and communities. The effort has become a hallmark of the afterschool movement and generates media coverage across the country each year.
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Start planning early for your program’s Lights On Afterschool event in 2022!
Not sure where to start?
Check out these resources.
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Register Your Lights On Afterschool Event
When you register your event as an official Lights On Afterschool celebration, you’ll receive an event starter kit, which includes 10 free posters to help you promote your event, and make you eligible for cool prizes each week.
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Zoom Meeting Details
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
9-10:30am
Meeting ID: 814 5502 1956
Passcode: 580787
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Join Us to Discuss Policy Priorities for the 2023 Legislative Session! |
We look forward to having you join us for a virtual planning meeting on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022, from 9:00 am-10:30 am.
We look forward to meeting both old and new faces and discussing policy priorities for the upcoming 2023 Legislative Session. We are eager to connect and collaborate in advocating for the health of all of Nevada's children. Moreover, an update on the Children's Week at the Nevada Legislature 2023 event will be given.
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Regional Partnership Meetings |
Join NAN this August in Reno or Las Vegas for our first regional partnership meetings! Meetings will include time for networking with fellow OST programs, learning from STEM experts, and best of all - snacks!
Stay tuned for more details coming soon. We can't wait to see you there!
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National Summer Learning Association (NSLA): Summer Changes Everything Conference |
Join NSLA and leaders from across the country at the 2022 national conference: Summer Changes Everything™, October 24-26 in Washington, DC. More than 800 cross-sector leaders focused on summer will be attending, including:
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Upcoming OST Training with The Children's Cabinet |
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NAN has partnered with The Children's Cabinet to offer free opportunities for professional development to OST professionals in Nevada! We hope you will take advantage of the following workshops this month and learn how you can keep providing the highest quality afterschool & OST programming! |
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OST: Constructing Strong Relationships with Parents as Partners |
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Virtual -Wednesday, July 6th - 5:30pm |
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Inspiring Young Minds: The Scientist In All of Us |
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Virtual - Wednesday, July 13 - 5:30pm |
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Out of School Time: STEM Abilities |
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Virtual - Wednesday July, 20 - 5:30pm |
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With the ever-evolving nature of STEM education, STEMposiums are the key to navigating both today’s instructional needs and tomorrow’s new normal in the classroom.
Featuring premier speakers from across the United States, each STEMposium brings together the knowledge of on-the-ground experts and relevant topics that every classroom in America is facing right now.
Most importantly, STEMposiums are not product promotions—they’re offered to address issues affecting all students for a better tomorrow. Because together, we are stronger than we are apart.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NAN continues to look for ways to support your professional development needs. Please visit our page to find all training opportunities available to afterschool and OST professionals like you!
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Access the recording of past webinars here.
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Check out our upcoming training calendar here.
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The Million Girls Moonshot Toolkit is a collection of resources and tools for all 50 Mott Afterschool States Networks, their partners, and programs, to utilize for the Million Girls Moonshot Initiative. All transformative practice resources have been vetted using a culturally responsive and equity lens to foster inclusive STEM learning spaces for all youth, particularly girls.
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Resources for Helping Youth Cope after a Mass Shooting |
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In response to the Robb Elementary School (in Uvalde, Texas), supermarket (in Buffalo, New York), and other mass shootings, the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP) has compiled a list of resources to help youth, families, educators, and community members cope with and talk about community trauma, as well as provide psychological first aid.
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Students need to share how they feel, what they are thinking and feel safe in schools and afterschool programs. The time is now. We are all being impacted by these violent events but young people need to be taken care of. And we need to take care of their hearts, mental wellness and spirits. YOU can help here. These free kid-grit activities are modified from our curriculum style lessons. These activities are connective and provide safe spaces for students to open up and be seen.
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Putting Data to Work for Young People: A Framework for Measurement, Continuous Improvement, and Equitable Systems
This tool and guidebook can help people assess afterschool systems, the programs within them and youth outcomes—in the interest of informing system improvements.
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Nevada Out-Of-School Time Program Quality Toolkit |
We invite you to use this new Self-Assessment toolkit and reach back to us for Questions, comments, & suggestions. |
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Mizzen by Mott inspires, engages, and sparks learning in young people. With activities from premier organizations like Jazz at Lincoln Center and powerful management tools, this new app can help you strengthen your afterschool program.
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Curriculum Highlight:
Summer Sizzle
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Jazz at the Lincoln center has created learning experiences that meld music and arts with literacy, STEM, and social studies! Students in grades 3-6 will explore Space and Time, The Bees Knees, and The Blues: Lyrics & Chords. Instruments are not required so let's join in on the fun!
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Website: www.nevadaafterschool.org
Email: NAN@unlv.edu
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