There are many trainings at the Annual Back to School Conference for OST with the opportunity to receive a FREE OST MATERIALS KIT on Saturday, October 14th! Look for trainings with the "Purple Finch with Treasure Chest" icon next to the training title! These kits are designed to supplement the content in the training so that you can implement your new ideas and knowledge at your program!
Registration:
Registration is $30. The fee includes 6.75 hours of PD, lunch, materials, materials, materials, resources, and a gift for your program!
It's going to be a day filled with networking, ideas, inspiration, creating, connecting, exploring, engineering, discovering, growing, and FUN!
Keynote:
We are thrilled to have Shamera Simpson present the Keynote on "Gizmo's Pawesome Guide to Mental Health."The guide seeks to introduce mental health and wellness, and how to care for one’s mental health in a nonthreatening way that encourages the self-identification of warning signs and when to apply the use of internal and external healthy coping strategies to help reduce risk. It introduces the characteristics of trusted adults, who may be one, how to practice talking with a trusted adult, and promotes proactive communication. Meet Gizmo in the video below!
ACROSS NH and the NH Afterschool Network are proud to collaborate to provide a day of high quality professional development specifically designed for the out of school time professional.
Limited Opportunity!
OST Materials Kit from ACROSS NH
Have you ever attended an ACROSS NH workshop or training that inspired you to bring ideas and activities back to your program, only to face budget and supply barriers? ACROSS NH is thrilled to announce a new opportunity that will provide out of school time (OST) programs with materials and supplies to support ACROSS NH trainings!
Thanks to funding secured from NH DHHS and Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration (BCDHSC), ACROSS NH training participants will have the option to request a free “OST Materials Kit” after participating in select trainings. Participants can attend a follow up technical assistance (TA) session to acquire even more materials. One kit per program site. Click here for more information.
There are many trainings at the Annual Back to School Conference for OST with the opportunity to request a free OST Kit on Saturday, October 14th! Look for trainings with the "Purple Finch with Treasure Chest" icon next to the training title!
SEL Corner
Social and Emotional Learning Trainings on October 14th
If you're considering an SEL theme for your day, you'll begin with the tremendous keynote from Shamera Simpson, the executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention presenting "Gizmo's Pawesome Guide to Mental Health."
For your morning session, you'll likely choose from:
You are developing your own leadership style and now you are looking tofocus on the tools and foundations of effective leadership. This 6-session hybrid series is designed to provide you with the practices and principles that will motivate and empower those around you to develop an environment that inspires everyone. During the institute you will design and complete a leadership development opportunity that will positively impact your program. *This institute is for those who have completed Leadership Institute 1.
Session Info: This series is hybrid and bi-weekly on Thursdays Sessions 1 & 6 will meet in person (location TBD) 9:30am-12:30pm. Sessions 2-5 will meet on Zoom from 9:30am-12:00pm. Click here or on the flyer image for details.
The last day to register in NHCIS is September 25th!
Registration and PD: Register for the first session in the NH Connections Information System (NHCIS).Participants must complete all six sessions to receive PD credit. Upon completing the institute, participants will receive 16 hours of PD in their NHCIStraining transcript.
Out of School Time (OST) Basics
Child and Youth Observation & Assessment: October 10th
Relationships and Interactions with Children & Youth: October 23rd
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. A minimum of 8 registrations is needed for this training to run.
Click here or on the flyer image to download the schedule of upcoming OST Basics trainings. Trainings can be taken in any order!
The New Hampshire Afterschool Network is pleased to offer a virtual After School Round Table discussion for all Out of School Time providers. Join us and share your vision for the future of out of school time in New Hampshire! See the attached for more information and to register. Participants at each session will be entered to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card! Register at http://bit.ly/NHANRoundtable or click the button below!
This course covers kindergarten through grade 5 and the foundational competencies that serve as the structural framework for the field of out of school time (OST) programming.
