We are excited to announce details about our adult learning opportunities at the 2015 NAA Convention in Washingont, DC, March 8-11. To view our Convention schedule and other detailsabout Convention, please visit our website. We’ll share more information on the schedule of sessions in the coming weeks. Please also note that everything is tentative at this point and a presentation could be altered or cancelled anytime through March 11, 2015.
Our primary goal with the Convention is to deliver exceptional learning opportunities to help further your work and professional development.
In this document, you can read the titles, descriptions and presters for our more than 170 workshops, 25 learning express session and 20 poster presentations. We’re also including information on the different kinds of presentation formats we’ll feature at Convention, as well as the five learning strands that all of our presentations will cover.
Table of Contents
About Presentation Formats 2
About Session Strands 2
Workshops 4
Building Partnerships and Sustaining Programs: Workshops 4
Developing Afterschool and Youth Professionals: Workshops 9
Quality and Innovative Programming: Workshops 16
Supporting the Whole Child: Workshops 32
Telling Your Story: Workshops 38
Learning Express Presentations 41
Building Partnerships and Sustaining Programs: Learning Express 41
Developing Afterschool and Youth Professionals: Learning Express 42
Quality and Innovative Programming: Learning Express 43
Supporting the Whole Child: Learning Express 45
Telling Your Story: Learning Express 46
Poster Presentations 48
Building Partnerships and Sustaining Programs: Poster 48
Developing Afterschool and Youth Professionals: Poster 48
Supporting the Whole Child: Poster 52
Presentation Formats
There are three different kinds of presentaitons offered at the NAA Convention:
1. Workshops: These 75-minute sessions are the heart of the conference, and the bulk of learning opportunities with more than 170 offered. A handful of workshops will be “intensive,” running for two hours (more details coming soon). These presentations span from hands-on training, panels, lectures, and activities that will keep you moving. We work to make our workshops as engaging and interesting as possible, so please bring your problems, questions or ideas to any session you attend.
2. Learning Express Presentations: These quick takeaway sessions are workshops that are only 30-minutes. They are scheduled at the end of the day, everyday of the Convention. These presentaitons are designed to give participants something they can use right away in their program, with quick tips and resources.
3. Poster Presentations: Poster presentations are designed for visual learners and will be on display in the Exhibit Hall Monday-Tuesday at the Convention. On Tuesday, March 10, you’ll get the opportunity to meet with our poster presenters during the lunch break to discuss their work, find out about resources and key findings, and ask any questions you may have.
Session Strands
All workshops, learning express and poster prestnations fall within our five key learning strands for this year's Convention:
1. Developing Afterschool and Youth Professionals: NAA is committed to professionalizing the field of afterschool. Presentations in this strand focus on professional development, leadership, career pathways, management, organizational culture, using data, giving feedback, and other content focused on your professional development techinques.
2. Building Partnerships and Sustaining Programs: Partnerships and funding are key elements for a successful afterschool program. These presentaitons focus on developing partnerships in your community, finding new ways to secure funding, tips on how to wqrite grants, strategies for working with school district, etc. Overall, these sessions focus on how to engage specific communities and/or how to fundraise and sustain programs.
3. Quality and Innovative Programming: Programming is at the heart of the NAA Convention (not to mention the heart of afterschool programs). In this strand, we’ll highlight excellent programming that you can replicate, share the best new techniques and tools, share how to integrate technology in your programming, with a special focus on STEM programming.
4. Supporting the Whole Child: You asked for it, and we listed! This new strand focuses specifically on social-emotional development, engaging particular kinds of children (i.e. girl in STEM, mentoring young boys), help share how to address the needs of certain kinds of children, managaing classroom behavior, bullying prevention and a special focus on health and wellness.
5. Telling Your Story: Our Convention themese is Passionate Professionals, Powerful Stories because torytelling is a powerful tool you can use in the boardroom, classroom, and Capitol Hill. In these presentations, we’ll share how to craft your story, how to speak in public, how to use data to inform your presentation, how to use social media, and other ways to help improve your storytelling and communication.
Workshops
See below for titles, descriptipons, and presenters for our workshops, divided by strand. Please note, all content is tentative and is subject to change. Most presentations are 75-minutes long, though some will be two-hour long “intensives” (more info coming soon). Workshops take place in nine workshop blocks throughout the Convention. We will share scheduling information in the coming weeks.
Building Partnerships and Sustaining Programs: Workshops
Afterschool - Change Agent of School Culture
Learn how a collaborative partnership between a school division and county government changed the entire culture of 27 middle schools and how the variety and quality of afterschool programming have evolved to support the school division’s new strategic initiative and focus on the academic, social, emotional and physical and mental wellness skills of students.
Presented by: Tracy Bromberg, After-School Program Specialist, Rachel Carson Middle School, Fairfax County Public Schools; German Cabezas, After-School Specialist, Holmes Middle School, Fairfax County Public Schools; Mark Emery, Administrator, After-School Programs, Fairfax County Public Schools; Christine Jones-Monaccio, After-School Specialist, Glasgow Middle School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Afterschool STEM Partnerships: What Works?
The National Girls Collaborative Project will share the results from a national study on mobilizing afterschool partnerships. NGCP will highlight effective strategies that lead to meaningful collaboration to support informal science education in youth programs. The session will emphasize the process of building active partnerships to advance STEM learning.
Presented by: Jeff Buehler, Project Director, National Girls Collaborative Project; Karen Peterson, CEO, National Girls Collaborative
Bringing Education Home: Afterschool in Housing
Around the country, afterschool programs and low-income housing providers are initiating partnerships uniquely positioned to empower children and families with the resources they need to thrive in school and succeed as adults. This workshop explores the housing-based afterschool landscape and how to initiate and strengthen housing-based programs in your community.
Presented by: Jenny Hicks, Manager, Technical Assistance, Expanded Learning Initiatives, Partnership for Children & Youth (PCY); Sarah Watson, Governance and Special Projects Associate, Afterschool Alliance; Sunia Zaterman, Executive Director, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)
Connecting Families through STEM
Come get excited about hosting a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) night! Participants will receive hands-on activities to provide a positive and fun environment that encourages kindergarten to sixth grade girls (and boys) and their families. Participants will learn how to bridge formal and informal STEM and receive free standards aligned curriculum to bring STEM to life anywhere. Learn ways to structure an exciting and meaningful STEM night perfect for your entire school community.
Presented by: Allison Ellerbrock, After School Coordinator, Girlstart; Itzel Gutierrez, After School Coordinator, Girlstart
Dynamic Partnerships with Higher Education
Partnerships between colleges and afterschool programs can strengthen the quality of children's educational opportunities beyond the school day and build social emotional skills at the same time. Learn how to leverage funds while connecting youngsters with college students who can enrich their knowledge and their lives.
Presented by: Marlene Bumgarner, Professor of Child Development Educational Studies, Gavilan College, Gilroy, California
Engaging Families in Afterschool Settings
In this workshop, participants will learn best practices and review national models for getting parents and families actively engaged in afterschool programs. Participants will discuss Joyce Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement and brainstorm how to eliminate barriers to get parents involved in their programs.
Presented by: Latasha Battie, Director of Community Schools, Chicago Youth Centers
ENRICH Afterschool: A Community Initiative
ENRICH Afterschool: Evaluating the OST Needs, Resources and Initiatives in the Communities of Houston. Spearheaded by City of Houston Council Member Bradford and CASE for Kids in 2012, ENRICH is a regional initiative to increase the understanding of Greater Houston’s community needs in relation to quality OST services. Goals of the community effort are to design a research agenda, build public will, mobilize resources and create action items.
Presented by: Michelle Pina Amos, ENRICH Research Manager, HCDE- CASE for Kids
Everything You Wanted to Know About Licensing...
Participants will learn how to interpret state child care regulations, communicate with licensors and the best way to organize licensing paperwork. Participants will learn how to communicate and establish relationships with licensors. We will also discuss the impact of technology in the center and how it may affect staff.
Presented by: Jill Brown, Licensing and Compliance Advisor, Champions
Family Engagement: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
Engaging families in learning is the missing piece of the puzzle that is critical for children and youth’s future college, career and life success. Participants will discover why and how to assist families in the development of skills needed to support their child’s learning in and out-of-school through home-based activities.
Presented by: Linda Robinson, Executive Comittee Chair, KYOSA
Get Connected 2 National Networks = Opportunities!
Power of Connections. Building local and state connections with both the National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks and the Cooperative Extension Service provides statewide opportunities to foster partnerships and policies to develop, support and sustain quality. Learn how to connect with both the National Cooperative Extension Service (4-H Youth Development) and the National Afterschool Network!
Presented by: Nila Cobb, 4-H Extension Agent, WVU Extension Service; Sheila Smith, Program Leader 4-H Youth Development, Michigan State University
Growing Food and Community
Growing food with students connects them to more than just the food they eat. Join us in this session to explore how to use garden programming to build strong students, relationships and communities.
Presented by: Andrew Corcoran and Karen Lee, History Teacher, Thurgood Marshall Academy
How Adolescents Think and Learn: Keys to Good Practice
Session will explore effective middle and high school learning and strategies needed to effect best practice. Topics will include research on learning and brain development, roles of funders and policy leaders in assuring sustained success in these efforts and interactive discussions on practice and policy throughout the country.
Presented by: Janet Kelley, Principal, Kelley Collaborative; Hillary Salmons, Executive Director, Providence After School Alliance; Denice Williams, Assistant Commissioner, COMPASS, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development; Toya Williford, Director, Program and Policy, Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC
Links: Competency-Based Pathways and Open Badges
Afterschool and extended learning opportunities are in the unique position to connect the skills students learn outside the school day with the competencies that are required to become college and career ready. Learn how Michigan is piloting open digital badges in out-of-school time programs. Linking the competencies and skills gained in programs like 4-H summer camp and 21st CCLC to recognition by the school.
Presented by: Mary Sutton, Executive Director, Michigan After-School Partnership; Lorraine Thoreson, 21st CCLC Education Consultant, Michigan Department of Education
Museums, Afterschool and You
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has been successful in securing funding for a new, onsite afterschool program and field trips for local afterschool groups. Learn how the funding was secured for these unique learning experiences for underserved youth. Hear how the museum uses exhibits to provide engaging and enriching programs. Discover ways the museum works with community partners and a local school district to recruit and transport students.
Presented by: Melissa Trumpey, Director of Public Events and Family Programs, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Parent Partners in Afterschool: Bringing STEM Home
What does family engagement really mean in afterschool settings? Learn how you can promote STEM learning opportunities through family-friendly events and community partnerships. The Franklin Institute Science Museum has developed best practices for family engagement in science learning through numerous grants funded by the National Science Foundation. Museum staff will share evidence-based strategies and hands’ on activities that will get youth and the critical adults who care for them excited about doing STEM at afterschool, at home and in the community.
Presented by: Tara Cox, Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator, The Franklin Institute; Dale McCreedy, Director of Gender, Adult Learning and Community Engagement, The Franklin Institute
Parents as Partners: Engaging Parents to Ensure Student Achievement
As schools seek to increase student achievement, it is important to consider how parent expertise is leveraged. Research demonstrates that when parents and teachers collaborate greater gains are made. This workshop highlights ways in which parent engagement can be strengthened by identifying how parents, teachers and school administrators can partner and share information in order to ensure holistic student success.
Presented by: Olivia Nunez, Director of Community Engagement, GO Project; Christine Tangel, Director of GO Families, GO Project
Powerful Partnerships and Improved ELL Outcomes
Schools are struggling with increasing English language learner (ELL) outcomes. Out-of-school time (OST) has become one avenue for intervention to deliver high-quality, relevant support to students that is aligned with regular day programs. This session will present strategies and experiences from our collaborative initiative between schools, institutions of higher education, community-based programs and non-profit organizations to provide professional development on improving ELL population outcomes to 800 youth in three inner-city schools. In this workshop, participants will interact with presenters, acquire knowledge and skills for improving collaborations and learn how to create professional development opportunities for OST educators.
Presented by: Rachel Chase, Progam Director, Hunter CASE; Brian Collins, Assistant Professor, Hunter College; Jennifer Samson, Assistant Professor, Hunter College; Shannon Stagman, Program Director, Evaluation Services, TASC
Program Data Management: Enrollment, Fees and More!
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