WEBINAR: Playworks Series – Playground Mapping 101 – Wed Oct 25 and more! The Game Plan webinar series is back! This four-part series is for teachers or any adult working with kids in schools or community programs. We will share practical solutions that you can use to enhance kids’ play-based experiences. All webinars will have…
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Leading for Quality: Growing Your Out-of-School Time Workforce – Multiple November Dates NJSACC, in collaboration with the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, offers a three-session training – one in-person session and two virtual sessions – designed for program directors who want to recognize and implement equitable out-of-school time workforce recruitment and retention strategies, especially for…
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Announcing the STEAM Tank Challenge 2024: Spark Innovation! Apply by Mon Dec 11 The STEAM Tank Challenge, created by the New Jersey School Boards Association, encourages education in STEAM – science, technology, engineering, the arts and math – for New Jersey’s public-school students. The STEAM Tank Challenge is an opportunity for students to reimagine and redesign…
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How to Fund Sustainable Afterschool Programs in Your City Finding the funding for engaging afterschool youth programs is a challenge in every community. This webinar, hosted by NLC with EdCounsel, explores ways cities can sustainably fund afterschool programs in their communities. Panelists will demystify the range of federal funds cities can use to support afterschool…
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Check out this October Moonshot Minute and more! Lights on Afterschool & #GirlsLeadSTEM Launched in October 2000, Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and their important role in the lives of children, families and communities. The effort has become a hallmark of the afterschool movement and generates media coverage across…
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REGISTER NOW: 10th Annual Panasonic Student Eco Citizenship Program A free STEM Program to educate and empower students to be Eco Citizens. Panasonic Foundation and the Foundation for Impact on Literacy and Learning (FILL) have collaborated for ten years in New Jersey and five years in Colorado to provide the Student Eco Citizenship Program at…
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America Releases Youth Right Now Report Boys & Girls Clubs of America, one of the nation’s largest youth-serving organizations, has recently released their Youth Right Now report – a survey of more than 130,000 kids and teens, which highlights their feelings about their mental health and well-being, academics, future educational and career…
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Top 25 Staffing Solutions Gathered through Collaboration Highlighted here is a curated collection of great ideas about how to recruit and retain staff — a direct result of the last two years of conferences and various collaborative brainstorming sessions focused on addressing the summer camp staffing crisis. Just like crowdsourcing helps solve medical mysteries (Forbes,…
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NJSACC Celebrates German American Heritage Month. You can too. German American Heritage Month celebrates and recognizes the contributions German Americans have made to American society and culture. 12 German Women Who Influenced the World 15 Christmas Traditions Only Germans Will Understand Germany: Interesting Facts for Kids National German American Day Visit a Real German Fairy…
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Help Kickstart the #NJVotes4Kids Campaign + video contest – apply by Mon Sep 25 Did you know that all 120 seats of New Jersey’s legislature are on the ballot this November? Today’s candidates could be our next champions for children. To kickstart ACNJ’s #NJVotes4Kids campaign, we’re inviting students (3rd to 12th grade) to enter in…
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