At the 2023 Every Hour Counts National Conference, Let’s Make Waves!, you are invited to gather to discuss what’s possible to engage, empower, and support young people. Participants will explore how to develop community-wide solutions with young people and leaders from across communities.

Join forward-thinking leaders—intermediary leaders, community providers, school district representatives, policymakers, funders, researchers, and youth on May 30-June 1, 2023 in West Palm Beach, FL, to make some waves.

Every Hour Counts network leaders who represent 28 communities, 3,500 school and community partnerships and reach 500,000 young people, will share successes, challenges, strategies, and resources to build stronger learning systems that holistically support children and youth.

The Afterschool Alliance has conducted a series of surveys since COVID began to ensure that afterschool and summer learning programs build on the innovations and lessons of the pandemic.

This ninth and final survey remains important for funders, policy makers, education leaders, and the overall public to understand the supports afterschool and summer learning programs are currently providing, the challenges they face, and what their needs are to better help their children and families. With support from the American Rescue Plan, there is a tremendous opportunity to increase investment in afterschool and summer programs to help students re-engage, re-connect, and recover.

In less than 15 minutes, you can contribute to the story of the critical role that afterschool and summer programs are playing

All those who complete the survey by 11:59 p.m. PT, Sunday, May 7, will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win one of 50 gift cards in the amount of $50.

If you need assistance completing the survey, please contact Lydia Redway

If you would like more information about the research, please contact Nikki Yamashiro

May 23, 2023 1:30-3pm EST

Looking to enhance your computer science programming? Join us for the "Hacker Training" virtual workshop on May 23, 2023. We'll explore the fascinating world of encryption with prime numbers. You'll learn the basics of cryptography, including how to encode and decode messages using prime numbers, and how to bring this to the youth in your program. At Click2ComputerScience, know that you don't need to be an expert coder or techie to lead great CS experiences. This workshop will build on the skills you already have, and you will be prepared to help youth have fun working with numbers and discover the importance of cybersecurity in today's digital landscape. Register now for this workshop on May 23, 2023

Summer is around the corner!

Please visit DiscoverSummer.org, the free summer learning resource for families from our friends at National Summer Learning Association (NSLA).

NSLA created Discover Summer to help families discover:

Help your child discover the joy in the arts, wellness, STEM, the outdoors, and reading and math skills, which children lose every summer, but more so these past few years due to the pandemic.

Visit www.discoversummer.org for more information or to submit your program to their resource pages.

The Million Girls Moonshot helps to connect STEM experts with OST programs! Share your program’s volunteer opportunities for STEM experts to work with your youth today! Register here to find role models and mentors in STEM.

In case you missed it!

Last week NC CAP and the Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration hosted a special webinar on building strong partnerships with your local schools.

Check out the video as we define and explore ESSER funding, how those funds are distributed, and how afterschool and OST providers can partner with schools to enrich classroom learning. These important partnerships benefit students, assist schools with learning recovery, and can lead to access to federal relief funding.

Find the video here

Wednesdays: 05/31/2023, 06/14/2023, 06/28/2023 3:30pm-5:30pm EST

How can we make sure that our ‘hands on’ science experiences for youth are also ‘minds on?’ In this module, participants learn how to support youth as they engage in science practices to learn science ideas, including planning and conducting investigations around testable questions. They’ll talk about the similarities and differences between questioning in science versus questioning in engineering contexts. Register with this Code: AC225SP

Sometimes you don’t have enough time to do a full experiment during your programming. But, you still want to be able to guide students through an exciting STEM activity.

Fortunately, all of these science experiments can be done in about 5 minutes!

Plus, you likely already have everything you need to do them. If you don’t have everything you need, all of these ingredients can be easily found at a grocery store.

Find the experiments on this page

ITEEA’s Authorized Training Institute develops T&E leaders to become certified Authorized Teacher Effectiveness Coaches in Engineering byDesign courses. Become a future leader while obtaining certifications and credits applicable towards licensure.

Learn More About This Program On This Page

Please save the date for the 2023 Color of Education Summit. This event is such an important one for both classroom and afterschool educators in our state and we hope to see many of the providers in our network there! If you are interested in speaking, presenting, moderating (at) or sponsoring this event please contact Dr. Deanna Townsend-Smith

Supported by the Mott Foundation, Mizzen is available at no cost to afterschool professionals! Download the Mizzen By Mott app to access STEM activities at your finger-touch! You’ll find it in Mizzen here.