ASAPconnect ebulletin - July 23, 2009

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Upcoming Seminars And Trainings!

ASAPconnect Seminar
Get professional support and advance your learning. Share knowledge with your peers about promising practices so you can increase your capabilities and improve quality of service

Date: October 14, 2009 - 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Torrance Marriott, 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, CA 90503

Step Up Pre-Summit TOT
ASAPconnect would like to invite statewide technical assistance providers to attend a pre-summit training of trainers (TOT) workshop at The California Afterschool Network first annual Step Up High School Summit. The ASAPconnect pre-summit TOT will focus on engaging high school students, understanding youth culture, and providing relevant education to high school youth.

Date: November 3, 2009, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA

For more information, go to http://www.afterschoolnetwork.org/step-up

For Additional Information on Upcoming ASAPconnect Seminars & Trainings visit our website at: www.afterschoolconnect.org/provider_resources/calendar

Register Now For The Step Up High School After School Summit!

The California Afterschool Network is excited to host the first annual Step Up High School Summit on November 3-5, 2009 in San Diego, California! Program administrators, high school after school practitioners and high school principals are encouraged to attend. The conference will feature engaging workshops and presentations focusing on successful strategies for high school after school programs. The conference will also provide opportunities for high school practitioners to network and share resources and successful practices.

Keynote Speaker
Darrell “Coach D” Andrews Building Bridges-Breaking Barriers-Connecting Dreams To Education

Step Up Workshop Sessions
The Network has chosen an amazing list of workshops sessions for After School Practitioners including High School Administrators, District Managers/Coordinators, Site Directors and Frontline Staff.

Registration is $325 and ends October 23, 2009

For more information, go to: http://www.afterschoolnetwork.org/step-up

Call For Presenters!

13TH ANNUAL REGION V AFTER SHOOL CONFERENCE
DISCOVER THE SUPERHERO IN YOU!

A Training Conference for School-Aged Care and After School Professionals
November 7, 2009 • 8:00am-4:30pm
South Santa Clara County

We are now accepting workshop presentation proposals for the 13th Annual Region V After School Conference: DISCOVER THE SUPERHERO IN YOU! on November 7, 2009 in South Santa Clara County (convenient location TBA). We are pleased to offer a $75 honorarium per workshop and complimentary conference registration for presenters.

All proposals are due by 5:00 PM on August 14, 2009, and presenters will be notified of acceptance or declination no later than September 8, 2009.

For more information, call Ms. Jamie Smith at 831-915-0010 or email jsregion5@yahoo.com

New Releases!

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technical Assistance in the Afterschool Field
A Literature Review

Written by: Summer N. Jackson, M.A., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluation Fellow, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

ASAPconnect serves as California’s link to quality after school assistance providers. In its effort to promote collaboration and advance excellence, ASAPconnect wishes to provide leadership to the after school technical assistance (TA) provider field, providing them with the best practices related to evaluation of the effectiveness of...Read more at http://www.afterschoolconnect.org/sites/default/files/FINALAsap%20LitRev...

A User's Guide to Online Resources for Identifying Evidence-Based, Out-of-School Time Programs

Written by: Mary Terzian, Ph.D., M.S.W, Kristin Anderson Moore, Ph.D., Lisa Williams-Taylor, Ph.D., and Hoan Nguyen

This new Child Trends brief (Publication #2009-36) is aimed to assist administrators, and practitioners in navigating online resources to find evidence-based out-of-school time programs.