In This Week's ACROSS Your Desk:

• Native American Heritage Month Resources for OST
• National Adult and Child Care Food Program
• Topics in SEL: Individual Trainings for You
• ACROSS NH Afterschool Credential Challenge
• ACROSS NH Leadership Institute 1: Developing Your Leadership Style (a few spaces left)
• 2023-2024 Directors Circles for OST- Monthly on Zoom
• ACROSS NH Trainings
• SEL Corner: A New Weekly Gratitude Activity for You
• 2023-2024 Out of School Time Basics Modules 1-10 on Zoom

We are Thankful

The whole team at ACROSS NH would like to say thank you to all those who work with and support the children, youth, and families in New Hampshire! Your work makes a difference in many lives, and paves the way to a brighter future for us all. We are thankful for the work you do!

The ACROSS NH office will close on Wednesday, November 22nd for the Thanksgiving holiday.

We will reopen on Monday, November 27th.

https://www.acrossnh.org/

Provider Resources for OST

November is National Native American Heritage Month. This month gives us all the opportunity to honor the history and continuing culture of Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. Use the resources below in your program!

During Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate the history, traditions, and diversity of Indigenous people. If you’re looking for ways to learn more about Native American cultures, visit your local library to find books about the history of Native Americans, Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective, or check out contemporary Native art online or at a museum.

Here are some more resources for you:

• Native American Heritage Month, brought to you by the Library of Congress
• Activities for K-12, from the National Education Association
• Native American, Alaska Native, and First Nations Booklists
• Eight Ways to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month, from the Boys & Girls Club of America

Reimbursement for Nutritious Meals and Snacks

The National Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federal program that provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks served to eligible infants, children and adults. These participants can be at child care centers, day care homes, adult day care centers, at-risk afterschool care centers, and emergency shelters.

In Person Trainings on Social and Emotional Learning Topics

Regulation: Thursday, December 7

Relationships: Thursday, March 14

Skills: Thursday, May 16

Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Location: Boys & Girls Club of Central NH, 55 Bradley St, Concord, NH

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.

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

ACROSS NH 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 below to join the challenge. 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 Are 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.

• "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.

November: Gratitude Activities

Dear SEML in OST Community,

Check it out! What a fun idea to get kids thinking and talking about any topic, in this case, Gratitude! Visit "Teach Beside Me" to check out this neat take on the classic childhood game of pick-up sticks. The Gratitude Game: Pick-Up Sticks - Teach Beside Me

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!