ASAPconnect eBulletin - December 17, 2009

In this e-bulletin:

The Buzz at ASAPconnect!

Congratulations to our Raffle Winner

Congratulations to Esther Bohannon for winning an Ipod Shuffle in our raffle of assistance providers. Esther completed a survey about technical assistance needs for summer programs and was chosen in the drawing. Thank you to all of you who completed the survey!

Website Update and Tip of the Month

Assistance Providers: Make sure to update your references on your provider profile. If you haven’t put any references on your profile, this is a great time to do so. Remember, this is free advertising and references provide additional information that programs will use when selecting an assistance provider!

Self-assessment tools are available online for training, coaching, and mentoring strategies. In addition, coaching documents that were shared at the October Connect Up! event are available on our website at http://www.afterschoolconnect.org/provider_resources/quality_framework

Upcoming ASAPconnect Seminars And Trainings!

ASAPconnect is excited to offer the Training of Trainers (TOT) series for all assistance providers to after school programs. These low-cost, high quality trainings are open to all trainers, coaches, mentors, resource brokers, and consultants to after school programs.

Upcoming training of trainer topics include supporting English learners and presentation best practice strategies.

English Language Learning, After School Style Institute
Presented by Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations, Inc.
January 12-13, 2010
Sacramento, CA

Storytelling as Best Practice and
Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes
Presented by Andy Goodman
February 9, 2010
Los Angeles, CA

Each TOT only costs $60! If you are an assistance provider providing support to after school programs, then register today!

Workshop descriptions, fliers, and registration information is located on our website at
www.afterschoolconnect.org/provider_resources/seminars_and_trainings/

Additional Training Opportunities!

TOT on Content Literacy

BOOST Coolaborative will be hosting Dr. Nancy Frey from San Diego State University as she presents Content Literacy for After School Training of Trainers on Friday, January 29, 2010 in San Diego. This interactive TOT will focus on specific research-based strategies that are immediately useful during homework assistance time and enrichment activities, including read alouds/think alouds, writing to learn, and graphic organizers.

This TOT is appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school training teams made up of the regional leads for after school, literacy experts from county offices of education, and after school program leaders from counties, districts, and community-based agencies supporting after school.

Lunch will be provided and ALL materials will be included in the training fee. For more information and to view the training flier, visit the ASAPconnect calendar of events.

Additional training information provided by the BOOST Collaborative is available at www.boostcollaborative.org/calendar.

E-Workshop on Academic Vocabulary for PreK-Grade 2 English Language Learners

SchoolsMovingUp will be hosting a series of live, online professional development sessions with Pamela Spycher, Director of English Learners and the Language Arts (ELLA) at WestEd. Participants will learn and implement research-based methods of academic vocabulary instruction for English language learners in pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade. These methods will not only help teachers to boost vocabulary knowledge in students, they will also make instruction more engaging and fun for both students and teachers. Participants will explore current research on vocabulary instruction for English language learners in the early years of schooling, have opportunities to share their ideas with colleagues, and receive support to practice implementing strategies in their own classrooms.

This series will be held February 3, 10, 17, 24 and March 3, 2010 from 3:00-4:30. Participants who register by January 1st will receive $75 off the registration cost.

In addition to the upcoming training series, SchoolsMovingUp hosts a number of free webinars and has past webinars archived on their website.

For more information and registration link, visit WestEd’s website.

Check Out These Resources!

Kidsdata.org

Data on the health and well being of children across California are more accessible than ever before. Kidsdata.org, a program of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, has expanded statewide offering data for all counties, cities, and school districts in California.

Kidsdata.org’s user friendly and customizable displays, maps and tables, and bar, pie, and trend graphs, make it easy to document how kids are faring in reports, presentations, grant proposals, advocacy work, program planning, and other efforts on behalf of children. New features allow users to share data by creating PDF’s, downloa?ding data into Excel, and adding charts and graphs to Word documents or PowerPoint slides.

This free public service is provided as help for everyone who works on behalf of children in California. Visit www.kidsdata.org today and spread the word to your colleagues about this valuable resource.

California Addendum to National Report

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health has released a California-focused addendum to the recent national report, “The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for K-8 Students,” produced by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), and commissioned by the foundation.

The full report summarizes the impact of social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on students, based on a review of 317 studies that involved more than 320,000 children. Findings show that SEL programs yielded multiple benefits and were effective in both school and after school settings.

The California Addendum examines emotional health problems, as well as risk and protective factors, among students in California, with an emphasis on San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. It also profiles examples of local programs that effectively promote the healthy development of youth.

To read the full report and addendum, visit http://www.lpfch.org/sel.