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FRIDAY FORECAST
Prime Time's Weekly OST E-Newsletter
January 18, 2019
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Have You Registered for the 2019 Resource Fair?
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The 2019 Resource Fair offers valuable ideas and opportunities to make great connections with other out-of-school time professionals and best of all, it's free!
Take back as many ideas as you can carry and be sure to enter to win prizes. Don’t forget your calendar to schedule bookings. A complimentary light breakfast will be available for a limited time.
To learn more about the workshops that will be offered,
click here.
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SUPPORTING OST PROFESSIONALS
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Congratulations Graduates
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Prime Time would like to congratulate Tracyann Laing and Cheri Rosen for graduating in December 2018 with their bachelor degrees in Supervision and Management from Palm Beach State College. Tracyann and Cheri utilized Prime Time’s scholarship program and career advising services to assist them in completing this milestone. We are so proud of the hard work and dedication that you have put toward your education and couldn't be happier to see you achieve your goals!
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Tracyann Laing
New Horizons Elementary
Afterschool Program
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Cheri Rosen
Freedom Shores Elementary Afterschool Program
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Register Now for Your 40 Hour School-Age Certification
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The 40-Hour School Age Certification program prepares students who work with children five years and older in a licensed afterschool program.
Part I includes topics covering local rules and regulations; identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect; health, safety and nutrition; and school age appropriate practices.
Part II will introduce the participant to a specialized school age curriculum focused on the stages of development for children ages 5 and older.
Scholarships are available through Prime Time.
Contact
Elisa Moro,
Career Advisor
561-600-9528
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ACHIEVE Out-of-School Time Incentive
Award Program
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February 15, 2019, is the last day to submit an ACHIEVE Out-of-School Time (OST) application for the next supplement in March 2019
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Do not submit an application if you received an ACHIEVE OST incentive in December 2018.
ACHIEVE OST is a tiered incentive award program that is offered to members of Prime Time's Quality Improvement System that rewards practitioners for participating in trainings and earning certificates and degrees, with an emphasis on best practices in youth development. ACHIEVE OST is designed to increase afterschool program stability and improve program quality by reducing staff turnover and encouraging afterschool practitioners to continue their training and education. Children and youth benefit from continuous care from practitioners who are specialists in the out-of-school-time field, understand best practices in youth development and are sensitive to their needs.
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Professional Development Trainings
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High quality professional development is essential to increase practitioners’ knowledge, skills and abilities so that they may positively affect the quality of programming that is delivered in the afterschool hours. Pick from a calendar of trainings that are tailored to fit your needs
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Ask-Listen-Encourage
1.25.19
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Reframing Behavior Management - Part 2 (SERIES)
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The 2019 Race to Equity Summit
February 20-21, 2019
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My Brother’s Keeper Network (MBK), in partnership with Birth to 22: United for Brighter Futures, is hosting the
2019 Race to Equity Summit: Facing, Embracing and Leading with Equity.
As a community, Palm Beach County recognizes the vital importance of collective convening, connecting and collaborating to address the systemic barriers that limit opportunity for communities of color. This work falls naturally within the scope of MBK and Birth to 22, two of Palm Beach County’s flagship initiatives dedicated to advancing equity. Together, we know that advancing equity is the surest path to ensuring
ALL
of Palm Beach County’s children and youth reach their optimal development and can fully contribute to the health and wealth of our community.
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Ready by 21 National Meeting
April 23-25, 2019
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Every year, the Ready by 21 National Meeting brings together more than 500 local, state and national leaders who like you are committed to improving partnerships, policies and practices for children and youth. These leaders manage change at all levels - from state policy coordination and community-wide cradle-to-career efforts to out-of-school time systems, single-issue coalitions and neighborhood-based initiatives. They come from business, nonprofits, education, policy, philanthropy and intermediaries at the national, state and local levels.
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SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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Spotlight on Prime Time
Expanded Learning Opportunity
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Prime Time strives to provide children and youth with a wide range of hands-on learning experiences. In partnership with local content expert organizations, Prime Time makes available expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) to eligible afterschool and summer programs.
This week, Prime Time is highlighting Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).
NFTE is engaging children this summer through the Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Challenge
by turning their hobbies, interests and dreams into viable businesses and opportunities for the future. Children in grades fourth and fifth are trained how to think and act like entrepreneurs. The program includes project-based learning, guest speakers and field trips to keep participants engaged and provide real-life context to their entrepreneurial journeys.
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Contact:
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Jeannine Schloss, Senior Regional Director
3350 SW 148
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Ave, Suite 110, Miramar, FL 3302
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When I Grow Up, I Hope...
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As an OST professional, you play a vital role in encouraging your children and youth to let their imagination run wild. With this year's Doodle for Google Contest, Google is asking children to unleash their full creativity through a creative, inspirational doodle.
This year's Theme is "When I grow up I Hope..." This theme invites youth to draw upon their dreams and imagine the ways the world could be better. Food for everyone? Shoes that can fly? An Earth-cooling fan? Its entirely up to the contestants to create their own artistic interpretation of this theme.
A total of 53 youth will be named winners of their state or territory.
Five finalists will be flown to Google's mountain view headquarters.
The finalists who are not selected as the winner will receive a $5,000 college scholarship.
The top winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 Google for Education technology package for his/her school and the artwork placed on the Google home page for a day.
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The New York Life Foundation's Aim High
Grant Period is Open
RFP is due January 25, 2019
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The New York Life Foundation is seeking applicants for its
Aim High
local grant program to support afterschool, summer or expanded learning programs serving middle schoolers. A total of 26 grant awards will be made nationwide in May 2019.
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SUPPORTING the OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME FIELD
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OST Workforce Survey Needs Your Voice
by January 23, 2019
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NIOST is conducting a study to better understand the experiences of out-of-school-time (OST) workers and their careers. Let your voice be heard by taking its short survey and be eligible to win an Amazon gift certificate.
As a thank you for participating in the survey, you will be entered into a drawing to win one of five Amazon gift certificates!
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Social and Emotional Learning
in Science Class
By: Sarah Ketsy, January 3, 2019
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Group activities don't always go as planned. You've probably noticed youth in groups struggling to cooperate. One child may participate very little while others take on too much. The ability to collaborate is an important skill but often challenging to promote. However, science and engineering projects offer key opportunities, according to this article by special education teacher, Sarah Kesty. By anticipating the unique abilities and needs of your youth, for example, you can help them develop social and emotional skills as they work together to solve problems, follow steps or build complex structures. Allowing students to have individualized roles in their group can help youth coordinate their goals and finish the project as a group. The article, published in Edutopia, offers step-by-step guidance for planning STEAM activities that strengthen social and emotional skills. Sarah is also the author of the children’s book
Everyone Has Something: Together We Can
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