Parks and Rec Field Trips: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, ND Parks and Recreation announces the availability of field trip funding assistance for North Dakota Students! The funding may provide student programming fee and transportation expense support for a ranger or interpreter-guided field trip in any North Dakota State Park.

Your Voice is Power Grants: Your Voice is Power provides students and teachers an introduction to computer science through a real-world exploration of how music, computer science, and entrepreneurship can be tools to advance racial justice. Amazon Future Engineer is providing students with a chance to create an original remix of various songs by recording artists such as Pharell Williams, Alicia Keys, and Khalid using coding. Applications for Round Two close on June 19, 2022.

Grants for Art Projects: The National Endowment for the Arts is encouraging arts-based organizations to apply for a grant to support programming. Within arts education, proposals are accepted in the following categories: collective impact projects that transform schools & communities by providing access and engagement in the arts for all students through collective, systemic approaches; Direct learning projects that support arts instructions for students PreK through grade 12; and Professional development projects for classroom teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists, school and district administrators, community leaders, and other educators. Applications due July 7, 2022.

Discover Literacy Grants: Discover is offering grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations working in the areas of education and literacy. Funding, donations, and sponsorships are intended to support programs and initiatives that meet the needs of various communities across the country. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

CaringforCommunities Grants: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota's CaringforCommunities Grants recognize that developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a lifelong process and our communities play an integral role. Successful grant applications demonstrate strong collaboration and sustainability, incorporate proven, evidence-based approaches, and encourage citizen engagement. No deadline to apply and applications accepted year-round.

Bush Foundation Community Innovation Grants: Funding the most promising ideas to change communities and systems. These grants support organizations coming together to solve community challenges, and efforts that help people lead in strong, equitable and connected ways. Grants are funded above $20,000 with no set limit on grant amounts. Applications accepted on ongoing basis.

Help innovate education by gaining the tools you need to effectively implement the goal of Every Student, Every School, Cyber Educated at IgniteND. Learn from dynamic speakers, engage on 21st century topics including computer science and cybersecurity, and earn professional development credits. Register here.

Training provides educators with knowledge related to trauma, its effects on students and learning, strategies for interacting with students exposed to trauma, and strategies for taking care of oneself when interacting with students who have been exposed to trauma. By understanding how trauma impacts students and adopting a trauma-informed approach, educators can play a crucial role in mitigating both the short- and long-term effects of trauma. Register here.

NDANO is excited to host the 2022 Leadership Conference, consisting of two days of presentations, learning, and networking with fellow nonprofit leaders across ND. Learn more.

The 6th annual Governor's Summit on Innovative Education inspires innovation and reimagines learning in schools across North Dakota. Governor Burgum is committed to inspiring change as our education systems experience significant disruptions. Join us in discovering creative solutions and lighting a spark for future transformation. Learn more.

Expand your network of support, meet and learn with others across the state, and further develop systems that support ALL learners academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally! Registration now open.

To better serve our students, we need to understand their developmental needs. In this edition of LIVE With Y4Y, we'll dive into child and adolescent development and how the developmental theories directly apply to practice in out-of-school time. We'll then use this information to identify instructional practices that support healthy child development and student learning. Register here.

Opportunities for one, two, and three-day workshops focused on the science of reading, curriculum review, family engagement, adolescent literacy, and early childhood. Find sessions tailored to teachers of reading, principals, and teachers of other content areas. Register here.

The Summer Symposium features successful strategies that state education agencies and their grantees can use to implement and manage all components of a 21CCLC program. Attendees will hear from nationally recognized speakers during plenary sessions and work closely with education experts and peers during interactive workshops. This year's theme is "Strong You, Strong Me, Strong Community." Learn more.

Student-led projects are the perfect way to tap into students' interests, develop cooperative learning skills, and make learning relevant and fun for students of all ages! Join the U.S. Department of Education's You for Youth (Y4Y) Technical Assistance team in this two-part series as we explore how to help students craft a driving question, facilitate research and work towards a culminating event, all while building students' knowledge and 21st Century skills. No matter your knowledge or experience, you'll hear about exciting project ideas and learn the best practices for facilitating student-led experiences! Register here.

This flexible, self-paced, 3-hour course offers bite-sized learning opportunities to support teachers & staff in understanding why interactions matter, the purpose of the CLASS tool and CLASS observations, and provides an introduction to the K-3 CLASS framework. Registrants will receive an online product activation code and will have access to the course for 12 months. More information.

We are back in person to provide two dynamic days of research-based practices; information, tools and resources framed by the ND Quality Standards for Out-of-School Time Programs; and opportunities for connection with other out-of-school time programs across the state. Keynotes include Dave Pelzer and Jade Gordon. Registration now open!