NJSACC Extends Science Learning through Afterschool
NJSACC's Executive Director , Diane Genco and Chad Ripberger, County 4-H Agent of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County were selected to serve as the state leaders for New Jersey's participation (one of eight states) in a three-year project recently funded by The National Science Foundation (NSF). The eight states involved are California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Ohio.
This project, called, Taking NPASS (National Partnerships for After School Science) to Scale: Creating State-based Professional Development Networks for Out-of-School Time (OST) Science, will identify and train ten to twelve New Jersey afterschool professionals as science trainers for afterschool providers throughout the state. The project builds on new Jersey's leadership in afterschool science education, and on our statewide campaign connecting children and the environment, "Celebrate Afterschool! Outdoors in the Garden State".
National leadership for the project includes the Center for Science Education at EDC, the Boston Children’s Museum, and the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST).
