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Indiana Statewide Newsletter

July 28, 2020

News & Policy

National Organizations Call for School and Afterschool Partnership in Reopening Blueprints

Afterschool programs are essential for meeting students' needs during the COVID-19 crisis and throughout reopening and recovery. Afterschool programs can ensure that kids have a safe place to study during e-learning; they can support academic achievement, provide meals, collaborate on improving equality, and more.

A growing number of national organizations have recognized the importance that out-of-school time programs can have in enabling our return to safe schools and effective learning opportunities.

Be sure to check out our last newsletter , with lots of tools geared toward reopening your program!

New Summer Activity Guides Available Now!

Planning summer activities isn't easy. We heard your concerns about how to maintain engagement throughout an atypical summer and have developed a suite of fun and engaging activities and challenges designed specifically to accommodate COVID-19 summer.

The latest additions to the Summer Activity Guide are available now. This week's activity themed materials - titled Exploring My World - are available on our website.

Hear IAN on IASP's Leadercast

Be sure to check out the latest episode of the Indiana Association of School Principals' (IASP) podcast, titled Leadercast. In this episode, IASP sits down with IAN's Board Chair, Marc McAleavey, and our Director of Communications and Advocacy, Sara Beanblossom, who share ways that we can all support Indiana students and families together. As the African proverb illustrates, “When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.” When we all come to the table together, great things are going to happen.

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Quality Corner

IAN Hosted

FREE Best-Practice Workshops

We are excited to to have a new workshop series intended to enhance the capacity, knowledge, and competencies of Hoosier youth workers and their organizations. See below for more information, including dates, content, and information on all of the talented presenters.

Lead Like Your Hair’s On Fire: Unlocking the Secret to Student Engagement

July 28, 29, and 30 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Presented by: uLEAD, Inc.

Audience: Directors and Front-Line Youth Workers

Goal: Discover the mindset, process, and tools needed for dynamic student engagement

Learning Objectives:

• Discover research-based strategy for sparking student engagement.

• Grow leadership skills for effective facilitation of new program activities

• Engage with and learn new activities for immediate application in your program

• Be inspired to be the kind of leader who never settles for “boring” again

Session 1: Overcoming The Barriers To Student Engagement

In a driven and stress filled world, play is seldom understood or embraced as an essential practice for balance and well-being. This workshop will help learners get in touch with the role of play in their own lives and its vital role for health and well-being for everyone.

Session 2: Tapping Into The Power of Experiential Facilitation

Research confirms the benefits of active learning that engages the whole person - social, emotional, cognitive, and physical. In this workshop, participants will grow facilitation skills and learn how to apply the experiential process that leads to dynamic engagement with their students.

Session 3: Serious Fun: Engaging Student’s in Purposeful Play

Our brains are wired for fight or flight. Growth and learning require that we step out of our comfort zones. In this webinar, learners will learn new tactics and activities that use play to get students into the stretch zone through fun activities where true learning takes place.

Events

Professional Development, Conferences, and More

Learning Through Change: Indiana’s Back to School Summit

July 28, 2020 & August 3, 3030 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

What challenges are you facing as we welcome students back after an untraditional year of learning, due to COVID-19? And, what support do you need? Indiana Youth Institute is pleased to offer a virtual summit that will provide training and support for you to feel revived when facing the opportunities and challenges of the 2020-2021 school year. During this event, you will engage with national and state speakers, connect with like-minded professionals and help school communities prepare for a year of change and re-imagining what's possible within Indiana's schools. This live, one-day training opportunity will be offered twice with identical sessions, content, and speakers.

Importance of Afterschool in School Reopening Plans

July 30, 2020 | 12:00 PM EST

When schools reopen this fall, it won't be business as usual. New health and safety standards developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitate a radical rethinking of the way we serve students. Afterschool and OST programs can and should be key stakeholders as states and school districts begin to formulate plans to reopen schools this fall. In this session, hear from afterschool programs and statewide afterschool networks on how they are working to ensure afterschool programs are included in any reopening guidance and learn how you can play a role in the process in your community.

Blueprint for Successful In-School & Afterschool Partnerships

August 4, 2020 | 2:00 PM EST

In part two of this webinar series, participants will go over the specific tools afterschool programs & providers can use to form these critical partnerships with states and school districts. The webinar will highlight the "Blueprint for How Afterschool Programs & Community Partners Can Help,” as well as other tools & messaging guides. You'll be joined by program leaders who will share their experience, messaging, and success in advocating for afterschool to be included in reopening guidance.

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Funding Opportunities

Kiwanis Foundation of Indianapolis | External Community Grants

Deadline: September 1, 2020

The Kiwanis Foundation of Indianapolis provides annual grants in the amount of up to $2,500 for programs that serve children and youth in the City of Indianapolis that are designed to improve the quality of life directly through activities promoting health, education, etc. and through programs that encourage leadership and service among youth.

The Youth Program Resilience Fund (YPRF)

Deadline: August 10, 2020

Lilly Endowment is launching a fund of up to $20 million to help youth serving organizations in Indiana address some of the challenges they face because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Youth Program Resilience Fund (YPRF) is designed to offer support to a variety of organizations so they can better serve the needs of school-age children and youth (ages five to 18).

Youth-serving organizations from throughout the state are encouraged to apply for funding that will help them cover a range of expenses they will incur or have incurred because of the pandemic. Expenses could include, among other things, the purchasing of sanitation supplies, personal protective equipment and materials needed to promote social distancing; the cost of modest site modifications so organizations can deliver safe programs and services during the pandemic; or the costs related to improved technology, increasing staff and engaging consultants to strengthen support for youth and their families.

More Funding Opportunities

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