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Professional Development
Are you looking for a conference or training that will build your skills as an afterschool, provider, or director? Are you looking for ways to connect to other frontline staff working in an out-of-school-time setting? A range of professional development opportunities exisit from local or distance learning in communities across the globe and national and global conferences on out-of-school time, to white papers on youth themes and research reports on afterschool. The sources of these resources include domestic and global universities, foundations, governments, community based organizations or non-profits, and corporations.
If you have suggestions for professional development resources to post on this site, please contact us at ppas@aed.org.
Conferences/Trainings
November 5-6, 2008 Booster High School Summit, Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA. Join national leaders in a retreat-like setting to learn about topics affecting today's high school programs including: Academic Achievement; Promotions; Risk Behavior Prevention; Program Models; Youth Culture; Career Development; College Readiness; Youth Development; and Participation Retention. November 7-8, 2008 North Carolina AfterSchool Coalition 19th annual conference , with a preconference on November 6th. Both events will be held Embassy Suites and Convention Center in Concord, NC. For more information, Click here and for a registration form, Click here.
November 14th and 15th, 2008 NJ's Annual Afterschool Conference : Outdoors In The Garden State click here for more information.
December 9-10, 2008 SEDL National Center for Quality Afterschool, Using the Afterschool Training Toolkit for Professional Development and Academic Enrichment. Location: SEDL HQ, Austin, TX. Click here for more information.
March 18 -21, 2009 20th Annual National Service Learning Conference, Nashville, TN. Click here to register and for more information.
Resources
LEARNS team is pleased to offer a new online course for tutoring, mentoring, out-of-school time, and other youth-development programs. click here
"A Guide for Professional Development of Out of School Science Activity Leaders". Click here
"Promising Practices in Out-of-School Time Professional Development" pdf and click here for the bibliography. Foundations Inc training resource: Afterschool Style in Practice: 25 Skill-Building Meetings for Staff. Click here (for sale).
Opportunities for youth after school in grades 9 through 12:Afterschool Professional Network: Teens Click here for more information
Other
Rutgers announces Minor in Professional Youth Work (19-21 credits). For more information, contact Rebecca Jordan scilearn@rci.rutgers.edu.
New Graduate Certificate in Afterschool Education - Arcadia University (3 online courses, 1 Practicum) Click here.
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