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It's About Time!
Maryland Out of School Time Network
E-Letter
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Let it Snow! (Except on January 5 & 6 2012) - December 2011
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2012 MOST Leadership Summit
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 Don't dally! Register now and reserve your hotel rooms for the 2012 Maryland Out of School Time Leadership Summit. Join us at the Rockville Crowne Plaza January 5 & 6, 2012. This year's summit features presentations and workshops from the National Afterschool Association, Afterschool Alliance, The Afterschool Corporation (TASC), The After-School Institute, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities and many more. To recieve the group rate on your hotel room book before December 15th. See the full agenda and register here: more information.
Many thanks to our sponsors including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County; Higher Achievement, Elev8 Baltimore and the Mead Family Foundation. For sponsorship opportunities, contact emitchell@mdoutofschooltime.org.
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MOST HOLDS OST POLICY CONFERENCE CALL
| | Join us, Monday December 12, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a policy conference call on ESEA Reauthorization, Waivers and the implications for OST programs in Maryland. This call will focus on potential changes to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs. To RSVP and to share questions that you would like answered during the call e mail Ellie Mitchell at:
emitchell@mdoutofschooltime.org. Call in#: (712) 432-0180
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CELEBRATE!
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We have been driving around the state and everywhere we go we hear about the challenges everyone is facing. However, we also hear amazing stories about what OST programs are achieving. We want to share your success stories at the Leadership Summit, to provide inspiration for us all. Please send a brief description of the success, a picture, and most importantly - tell us how the success was achieved! Email your success story by December 15th to emitchell@mdoutofschooltime.org.
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In Our Community
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 Join Baltimore's Ultimate Bakesale to support Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry and MLK Day of Service. The AmeriCorps VISTAs of Safe & Sound, Maryland Out of School Time Network, Montgomery County Collaboration Council, & Boys and Girls Club of Harford County will be hosting four bake sale sites throughout Baltimore City. We are recruiting about 24 volunteers and will finalize the evening with America's Sunday Supper (to be held on January 16th). The proceeds from this event will help alleviate the plight of childhood hunger in America, all monies going to No Kid Hungry. To sign up as a volunteer please contact Kirby Allen.
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NEWSLETTERS WE READ (SO SHOULD YOU!)
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Young Audiences: Rural Access program gives school, libraries and community centers YA Art Assemblies at 60% off, read about a 13 year old who realizes her dream through August Wilson's play "Fences". Also; more on the arts, intern postions and grant opportunities.
National Summer Learning Association Applications now available for free evaluation services. Also, check out photos and highlights from the Summer Changes Everything™ Conference held in San Francisco. Forum for Youth Investment: Ready Thoughts: Read Karen Pittman's Essay: Caution: Expanded Learning Time ≠ Expanded Learning and tegister for the December 8th webinar on Waiver 11. Waiver 11 gives states the option to use funds from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) to support expanded learning opportunities during the school day. |
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Additional Resources
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The Harvard Family Research Project is seeking OST programs to pilot their upcoming evaluation guide. They are looking for program directors who are either in the beginning stages of planning an evaluation, or already in the process of conducting one. If you think that Afterschool Evaluation 101 could help inform your evaluation, and you are willing to provide feedback on your experience using it, they invite you to apply to become one of our pilot organizations. Apply online by December 20, 2011: Click here to apply online. Selected organizations will receive a small stipend for their participation. Submit any questions you have via email to Erin Harris at erin_harris@gse.harvard.edu.
Upcoming National Conferences
How Kids Learn Conference, Jan 27, 2012, Berkeley, CA
Beyond School Hours XIV Conference , Feb 15 - 18, 2012, Burlingame, CA
National Afterschool Association Conference, Gaylord Texan, April 2-4, 2012
For more news and events see the MOST Calendar.
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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. ~Pietro Aretino (Italian Author, Playwright and Poet)
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