The Y4Y Insider - August 2021 |
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Webinars
LIVE With Y4Y!
Tutoring and Homework Time
September 9, 1-2:30 p.m. ET
It’s all about academic support in this edition of LIVE With Y4Y! Join the U.S. Department of Education’s Y4Y Technical Assistance Team to dive deep into tutoring and homework time. We’ll build your understanding of the differences between supports, and how best to leverage each session’s strength and purpose to achieve your academic program goals. Additionally, you will hear real examples and best practices from the field. After this session, you’ll be ready to make homework and tutoring time in your 21st CCLC program more effective and engaging. The new school year is a great time for a refresh of program structure and we’re here to help!
Do you have questions about Y4Y webinar registration, sign-in, participation or certificates? Send your queries to this email address for the quickest response: Y4YWebinars@seiservices.com.
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Gathering STEAM
Powering Your STEM/STEAM Initiatives
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Urban Watersheds: Adjusting Instruction During COVID-19
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has published its July Watershed Chronicles, highlighting the urban virtual learning efforts of a Puget Sound program.
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Explore Moon to Mars: Making it Culturally Relevant, August 31, 6-7 p.m. ET
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Explore Earth: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) & International Observe the Moon Night 2021, September 13, 6-7 p.m. ET
Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge
Scientists need your photos of mosquito larvae and land cover to help prevent outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program invites citizen scientists to use the GLOBE Observer app tools to document mosquito breeding habitats and the land around them. Visit the website to learn how you can participate, observe, learn, create and engage to help scientists worldwide.
AstroCappella
Your Age on Other Worlds
How old would you be if you lived on Mars? On Venus, or Saturn? Find out at Exploratorium.edu.
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Tech Tip
Do you ever go back to the beginning to remember what you were doing? Visit the About Y4Y page for that back-to-basics refresher on what we’re all doing here!
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State Coordinators Corner
As you look to your new fiscal year’s trainings, your state may still be celebrating the versatility that virtual learning affords. Make sure you’re up-to-date on the newest course offerings from Y4Y that can all be adapted to on-site or virtual trainings for your subgrantees. Peruse our perennial favorite topics for getting new programs up and running, and take a sneak peek at topics on the horizon at Y4Y to consider trainings later in the year. Act fast! Our technical assistance (TA) team books up quickly.
Current Topics
Our newest training topics are noted with an asterisk. Remember, only SEAs can arrange Y4Y trainings, so if you have one or more subgrantee requesting them, it’s a great opportunity to reach out to the rest of the state and make a collective plan for learning.
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An Introduction to 21st CCLC
- Assessing Program Effectiveness
- Citizen Science
- Civic Learning and Engagement*
- College and Career Readiness
- Continuous Education (formerly known as "Aligning With the School Day")
- Drug and Alcohol Prevention
- Family Engagement
- Financial Literacy
- Health and Wellness: Partnering With the School Day
- Human Resources
- Including Students With Disabilities*
- Literacy
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Managing Your 21st CCLC Program
- Organizational Culture
- Project-Based Learning
- Positive Learning Environment
- Safety Planning
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Strategic Partnerships
- Student Voice and Choice*
- STEAM*
- Summer Learning
- Supporting English Learners*
- Trauma-Informed Care
Sneak Peek
Y4Y is currently developing or updating content in the following topic areas. Contact Y4Y today for more information.
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Introduction to 21st CCLC
- Career Pathways (College and Career Readiness, with new, comprehensive content that includes trades and the military)
- Academic Supports (Designing homework vs. tutoring sessions)
- Digital Literacy
- Virtual Learning
- Stages of Child and Adolescent Development
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Voices From the Field
Distance Learning with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Y4Y recently chatted with Susan Sachs, Education Branch Coordinator at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Jessie Snow Neely, Education Park Ranger. Their park has been actively engaged in developing young citizen scientists in the two states it straddles — Tennessee and North Carolina — even through the pandemic. They were good enough to share a little about their most popular opportunities for students through their 21st CCLC partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and the Swain County School District in North Carolina. Read more here, or listen to the podcast.
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Susan Sachs is the Education Branch Coordinator in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She has been a National Park Service Park Ranger since 1991 when she started as a seasonal employee. She has been in the Smokies for 23 years and still gets excited every time she explores the park with teachers and students. |
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Jessie Snow Neeley is an Education Park Ranger working on the Tennessee side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She is part of a team providing curriculum-based programs to students in the communities surrounding the park. |
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Sept. 9 marks 245 years since the “United Colonies” were renamed the “United States of America.” But what’s in a name? Students might think about what the country would be renamed today, and what that might feel like as one of its residents.
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Sept. 15 is International Dot Day. Based on Peter H. Reynolds’ book, The Dot, this celebration itself, having reached 193 countries, parallels the story’s theme of making an impact.
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Sept. 18 is National Respect Day. Take this formal opportunity to talk about how respect is shown to different people in our lives and in different cultures. It’s also the fourth annual World Clean-Up Day! There’s the perfect way to demonstrate respect for each other and our planet. How might your program participate?
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Sept. 25 is National Comic Book Day. Explore how this medium has joyfully brought literacy to students who struggled with reading and developed into an international industry.
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I have a parent that I spoke to at the end of the 2020-2021 year and this was what she told me about her daughter's experience during that year with 21st CCLC programs. It is one of my favorite quotes! It seems so ironic to me that her child learned to be more social by way of remote learning! ~ Heathre in CO!
“Thank you for providing the ballet program. It was nice that it was small, and other programs that offer ballet are very pricey. It was free for us and my daughter had a great experience. She is an introverted child, and was able to learn to be more social through the online tutoring and online ballet classes. It helped build a tremendous amount of confidence for her to try new things and work together with others. Her academics also improved a lot over the year.”
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Making those last-minute adjustments to your program calendar? Download Y4Y’s Sample Program Schedule to be sure you’re not forgetting anything!
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