In This Week's ACROSS Your Desk:

• Topics in SEL: Individual Trainings for You
• Afterschool Credential Challenge
• ACROSS NH Leadership Institute 1: Developing Your Leadership Style
• 2023-2024 Directors Circles for OST- Monthly on Zoom
• ACROSS NH Trainings
• SEL Corner: A Month of Gratitude Activities for You
• 2023-2024 Out of School Time Basics Modules 1-10 on Zoom
• Child Care Operating Expense Reduction Grant

In Person Trainings on SEL Topics

Thursday, December 7: Regulation

Thursday, March 14: Relationships

Thursday, May 16: Skills

ACROSS NH will provide a series of trainings on key topics of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for staff, directors, site directors, and anyone that works with children and youth in out of school time (OST). You can participate in 1, 2, or all 3 trainings. Click here or on the image to download the flyer!

Register for individual trainings in the NH Connections Information System (NHCIS). If you are having trouble registering in NHCIS, please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

All trainings are In-Person: 6:30-8pm @ Boys & Girls Club of Central NH, 55 Bradley St, Concord, NH.

Those who attend all 3 trainings will be entered into an SEL Prize Raffle!

ACROSS NH Afterschool Credential Challenge 2023-24

Have you been thinking about applying for your afterschool credential? Now is the time! No fees and a chance to win a $50 gift card!

If you participate in the Afterschool Credential Challenge with ACROSS NH you can earn your credential and receive support from ACROSS NH. Download the flyer and the form to join the challenge below. Questions? Email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

Follow the challenge requirements AND earn your credential before March 1, 2024 and you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card from ACROSS NH!

NH Afterschool Credential Fees Waived!

Did you hear? All fees to obtain credentials for both the Early Childhood and Afterschool Credentials are currently waived. Click here or on the letter for the announcement from DHHS/BCDHSC.

Registration is Open for Leadership Institute 1:

A Few Spaces are Left!

January 16, 23, 30 & February 6, 13 & March 5, 12, 19, 26 & April 2

9:30 - 11:30am on Zoom and In-Person

For directors, site directors, and leaders in the OST field. Learn about your own leadership style and practice the skills needed to get to a more respected and effective level in this 10-session hybrid series. Through the Birkman tool, discover your needs in the workplace, your stress behavior, and find out how to maximize your unique style and manage the stress. Share your challenges with colleagues and get support while developing into the leader you want to be!

Session Info: This series is hybrid. Sessions will meet from 9:30am-11:30am on Zoom except for Sessions 2&10 which will run 9am-1pm in-person at the Boys & Girls Club, 55 Bradley Street, Concord, NH. You will receive a welcome email from the facilitators with a participation agreement, confirmation of information, and instructions to attend the first session.

Registration Info: Register for January 19th (the first session) in the NH Connections Information System- this will register you for the entire institute. This institute is free!

Registration and PD: Register for the first session in the NH Connections Information System (NHCIS). Participants must complete all 10 sessions to receive PD credit. Upon completing the institute, participants will receive 24 hours of PD in their NHCIS training transcript. If you are having trouble registering in NHCIS, please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

The last day to register in NHCIS is December 15th!

Monthly on Zoom 10:30-11:30am

with Jamie Nadeau, ACROSS NH Director

Next Meeting is Thursday, December 7th:

An Introduction to the CHOOSE LOVE Movement with Dee Dee Thurber

Monthly virtual Directors Circles are the opportunity for out of school time (OST) directors to share successes, challenges, network with like-minded colleagues in the field, ask questions, to build knowledge in a specific topic, or just come to listen.

Click here or on the flyer to read about each month's topic. Register for the dates you want to participate in through the NH Connections Information System (NHCIS). You will receive 1 hour of PD in your NHCIS training transcript. Join us!

If you are having trouble registering in NHCIS, please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

Trainings in 2023

The following trainings are free thanks to our funder, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration (BCDHSC). Registration is required in the NH Connections Information System (NHCIS).

How to Register for a Training in NHCIS:

Log into NHCIS. Go to your "training tile" and click on "take a training." Scroll down and click on "Month" view. Advance to the date of the training that you want to register for and click on the training title. If you are having trouble registering in NHCIS, please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

• "Social, Emotional, and Mindfulness Learning Community of Practice," Tuesday, November 14, 10:15-11:30am on Zoom
• "Using the SACERS-U for Continuous Quality Improvement," Wednesday, November 15, 12-1:30pm on Zoom
• "How to Earn a Granite Step for Quality Step in OST," Tuesday, November 21, 12-1pm on Zoom
• "Introduction and Overview of ERS and SACERS-U," Tuesday, November 21, 6:30-8pm on Zoom
• "Directors Circle: An Intro to the Choose Love Movement," Thursday, December 7, 10:30-11:30am on Zoom
• "Introduction and Overview of ERS and SACERS-U," Tuesday, December 12, 12-1:30pm on Zoom

Do you have questions about an ACROSS NH training, or how to use the NH Connections Information System to register for a training? Please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

December: Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

Dear SEML in OST Community,

Check out this neat take on a scavenger hunt highlighting things that get kids in the mindset of "gratitude." What a flexible way to bring mindful thinking to our kids while keeping them on their feet, outside engaging in nature, or adapting the activity for another space. Go to WeAreTeachers | Facebook.

Warmly, 

Abigail J. Blodgett, ASMP

ACROSS NH Social Emotional Learning Coordinator 

ablodgett@acrossnh.org

Virtual OSTB Trainings

ACROSS NH is proud to provide free virtual and interactive "Out of School Time Basics" trainings based on the National Afterschool Association (NAA) Ten Core Knowledge, Skills & Competencies. These trainings are free thanks to our funding from the NH DHHS and Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration. Register for individual trainings in the the NH Connections Information System. If you are having trouble registering in NHCIS, please email Cathy Hazelton at chazelton@acrossnh.org.

These interactive virtual trainings can provide a foundational framework, or refresh the OST lens of anyone who works with children and youth in out of school time.

Click here or on the flyer image to download the 2023-2024 schedule of upcoming OST Basics trainings. Trainings can be taken in any order!

Child Care Operating Expense Reduction Grant (CCOER)

Open for Applications

October 24, 2023 12:00 Noon to December 1, 2023 4:30 PM

The Child Care Operating Expense Reduction Grant (CCOER) for $3,596,400 will provide grant awards to eligible Child Care Providers with the purpose of enabling those providers to strengthen their workforce by reducing operating costs and investing in workforce retention and recruitment. 

The expenses incurred may include: long-term mortgage, or lease payments; maintenance, repairs or renovations; building or expansion of outdoor space; programs or services necessary for business operations; such as software or training; or other facility enhancements, that deliver care to New Hampshire families.