Indiana Statewide Newsletter
September 22, 2020
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Launch of Million Girls Moonshot Boosts STEM Learning
for Girls Across the Country
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After a long-anticipated countdown, the Million Girls Moonshot officially launched last week. Established by the STEM Next Opportunity Fund, the effort will engage one million school-age girls in the U.S. in STEM learning opportunities over the next five years and will provide grant funding and resources to the statewide afterschool networks to increase access to hands-on, immersive STEM learning experiences in afterschool and summer programs.
The Indiana Afterschool Network is proud to continue our support of this effort. Click here to see the list of STEM-related resources that we collected and released earlier this month.
Click below to read more from the Afterschool Alliance about why an initiative like this is so necessary.
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House Passes 21st CCLC COVID Relief Act
Last week, the House of Representatives unanimously approved HR 8162, the bipartisan 21st Century Community Learning Centers Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020.
The legislation provides much needed flexibility for the current 2020-2021 school year, allowing local afterschool programs funded by the Nita M. Lowey 21st CCLC program to help parents return to the workforce and help children continue their learning in an academically supportive environment, including the hours when schools are operating virtually and not offering classes in-person.
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Indiana Statewide Forum Survey
On September 1, IAN hosted a virtual Forum on reopening afterschool programs and how they can support student learning for students in virtual or hybrid school programs. The forum included several presenters and also presented several tools for Afterschool programs interested in providing student support. Click here to view those resources.
Please take a moment to complete the brief survey below to let us know what tools and resources were helpful and what further support you may need.
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IAN Launches the Learning Paths Guide for the Indiana Academy for Out-of-School Learning |
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IAN is thrilled to launch the new Learning Paths Guide for the Indiana Academy for Out-of-School Learning. This guide organizes Academy courses into different learning paths, which can help you navigate the Academy's course listings and find the professional development that is most relevant to you.
Want to learn more about learning paths and how to implement them?
Join IAN's Keith Monfreda for a quick webinar explaining the Learning Path Guides and how you can use them to take the next steps in your own professional development. All levels at your organization - from program assistant to administrator - can benefit from this brief training!
We will offer this webinar twice on September 30, 2020:
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Professional Development, Conferences, and More |
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September 23, 2020 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST
Participants will understand the intentions of the SEL competencies, and will identify strategies to translate competencies into practice for prevention programs.
September 22, 23, and 24 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Over the course of 3 sessions, our presenters from uLead, Inc. will give participants skills to develop a common language, understanding, and practice of healthy feedback across organizational positions and contexts.
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Deadline: September 23, 2020
Indiana Youth Institute has announced an opportunity for youth-serving nonprofit organizations in East Central Indiana to boost their impact. With funding provided by the Ball Brothers Foundation, we invite youth-serving organizations to apply for assistance to improve their current effectiveness and their capacity to serve in the future. Grantees are limited to organizations within the following counties: Delaware, Randolph, Henry, Jay, Madison, Grant, and Blackford counties. Two grants will be awarded.
Indiana school districts now have an opportunity to provide all of their Elementary through High schools a robotics team by applying for a Robotics Start-Up Grant through TechPoint Foundation for Youth’s (TPF4Y) State Robotics Initiative. Robotics training will be available to all awarded educators and will include training and information on VEX robotics kits, competition logistics, expectations for robotics educators and how educators can integrate Project Lead the Way activities (for elementary only) into the classroom with the new robotics kit. Recipients of the grant will be expected to assemble a robotics team at their school and attend at least one robotics competition during the school year.
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Responsible for creating, implementing, and overseeing the daily delivery of a broad range
of enriching programs in the Club, with special attention to Academic Success programming,
The Indiana State Museum has several part-time positions open in the Engagement Department, planning and implementing programming as well as working in the galleries and temporary exhibits engaging with visitors through programming and visitor services.
- Early Childhood Engagement Specialist
- Public Programs Engagement Specialist
- Daniel Tiger Engagement Specialist (temporary exhibit)
- Celebration Crossing Engagement Specialist (holiday experience)
More information on all positions can be found here. |
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Suite 945
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.indianaafterschool.org | 317.822.8211
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