IAN's Director of Communications and Advocacy, Sara Beanblossom, joined other Indiana afterschool leaders this month on WFYI's All IN, a daily, statewide talk show, to discuss what the early stages of the pandemic looked like for programs, the challenges that they have faced throughout, and how they're continuing to work and stay open this fall to support Indiana's kids and families.

Mark you calendars! This upcoming webinar highlights the philosophy, structure and functionality of the Indiana Quality Program Self-Assessment (IN-QPSA). Participants will learn the steps needed to do the following:

This is Webinar #1 in the 3-part series designed for folks who have limited to no experience with the IN-QPSA process & platform. If you are unfamiliar with this process and how to implement IAN’s best practice model, this series is for you! Invite your evaluators to be part of this process!

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis, school and afterschool systems, like all other aspects of our lives, have been dramatically impacted. Young people and their families are, in a sense, all functioning 100 percent in “out-of-school” time (OST) for the foreseeable future. “Learning at a Distance” has become the new normal for students who are engaging in virtual and non-virtual school and afterschool/summer programs in the absence of the “traditional” scenario.

Join IAN and Q Turn for an introduction to the newly completed Guidance for Out-of-School Time Learning at a Distance (GOLD). During this virtual session, participants will learn about the tool through a deeper understanding of the domains, standards, and indicators and explore the best practices already being employed by your colleagues around the state

In the first webinar of the series from Technovation, participants will start (or continue!) to get comfortable supporting your kids learning STEAM online. You’ll learn about engineering design challenges. You’ll get comfortable navigating Technovation’s free resources. And you'll accomplish this all while attempting to balance a dinosaur in a fun engineering design challenge you can try out then use with your students.Million Girls Moonshot Engineering Practice Support Equity Part III (11/10)

Interested in developing professional development focused on engineering mindset in youth? Wondering how to do this in equitable ways that encourage engagement and participation of girls and other underrepresented youth? This webinar can help. Educators and professional development providers will leave with a deeper understanding of the specific practices and concrete ideas and resources for infusing these into engineering programming and training.

This position is responsible for the planning and implementation of all healthy lifestyles programming including but not limited to sports, recreation, drug & alcohol prevention, and food & nutrition. The director will manage a staff focused on providing fun, educational, and safe programming for Club youth. The Healthy Lifestyles Director will also be responsible for creating and running community health and open gym events, with frequent work on the weekend. Resumes and cover letters can be sent to Pam Martindale at pmartindale@bgcbloomington.org, and will be accepted through Oct. 30.