WWW.AFTERSCHOOLPGH.ORGSeptember 2011  
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Greetings!

 

Is your head spinning with Back-to-School activities?! Can you believe how quickly it came? Well, just slow down and take a few minutes to check out this month's AfterSchoolPGH.org newsletter. There is so much happening...funding opportunities, the return of the APOST Symposium and Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool Peer Network, "Lights on Afterschool" events, professional development offerings and so much more! But it doesn't end here...stay tuned for more announcements coming soon to your local email address! 

 


APOST Has a New Look! Check out the official APOST Quality Campaign Logo!!

 

APOST Logo 


APOST Request for Proposal: Quality Capacity Grant, Fall 2011!

 

The APOST Quality Capacity Grants represent our effort to demonstrably provide more funding for out-of-school time programs and to help programs realize that a continuous quality improvement process should be the hallmark of how programs approach doing their best to serve children, youth, families and communities. If you are an out-of-school time provider committed to increasing the quality of essential elements which include the practices of appropriate structure and management, supporting positive connections, assuring safety and health, and providing engaging, intentionally-designed activities...then click here for the APOST Quality Capacity Grant, Fall 2011 RFP. 

 

Application deadline is September 27, 2011.

 

For more information, contact Joe Welsh at jwelsh@uwac.org or 412.456.6740      .

 

The APOST Symposium Series presents: Positive Youth Development 

Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Cost: Free, RSVP required
Location: IBEW Building 5 Hot Metal Street in the South Side

 

Guest facilitator is Quinn Wilder, Director of the Youth Work Learning Center from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Join him and his fellow youth workers to learn about strategies that work!

Networking and Continental Breakfast from 8-8:30

ˇ Learn about what's happening for "Lights on Afterschool" in October!
ˇ Update on the APOST Quality

For more information, contact Aimee LeFevers at alefevers@uwac.org or 412.456.6876

This Month, Give Your Children and Youth a Voice! Don't miss the second of three Youth-Driven Programming Workshops!


 In youth-driven programs, youth have a voice, that voice is heard, and it matters!

 

Friday, September 30, 9:00am-12:00pm

The University of Pittsburgh
Office of Child Development
400 N Lexington St
Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (free parking)

 

Barbara Ferman & Ieshia Nelson
The University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia
(www.temple.edu/uccp)

 

Please click here for the flyer.

 

Barbara and Ieshia will discuss how to scaffold youth as they engage in activities designed to promote skill-building and improve confidence and self-esteem, how to structure programs and activities to allow for increasing levels of youth responsibility, and more. This workshop is geared toward providers serving children in middle and high school.

 

Limited space is available, so register today! Registration is free, and participants are eligible to receive PQAS and/or Act 48 professional development hours. Register online: www.bit.ly/ydpworkshops

Questions? Contact Milena Nigam (mkn11@pitt.edu / 412-244-5025

 
Don't forget to register for our final workshop:
Wendy Wheeler from The Innovation Center (www.theinnovationcenter.org)
Rescheduled! Thursday, November 3, 9:00am-12:00pm

This workshop series is supported through generous funding from the Heinz Endowments

Funding Opportunities

 

Fund your youth-led program with a Do Something! Grant (Deadline 9/15)

 

Funding Opportunity to provide activities for Middle and High School Afterschool Programs! (Deadline 9/16)


APOST Request for Proposal: Quality Capacity Grant, Fall 2011! (Deadline 9/27) 

 

National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) on behalf of the Robert Bowne Foundation is currently seeking proposals for their 2012 National Afterschool Matters Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants (Deadline 9/30) 

 

Microsoft Corporation Offers In-Kind Donations 

 

Nike Makes Product Donations to Groups Making Social Change through Sport

 

Play Ball! Batters Up USAŽ Provides Free Baseball and Softball Equipment

 

Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation

 

Youth Service America Grant Programs

 

Wallace Foundation

 

BNSF Foundation Educational Grants

 

Good Sports


Finish Line Youth Foundation

 

Federal Child Nutrition Funds Supporting School-Age Programs

Research and Publications

 

Have you checked out the Out-of-School Time Resource Center (OSTRC) Document Library?  This free online resource includes approximately 450 reports, articles and research papers sorted into multiple OST-related topics. Read the latest literature pertaining to positive youth development, art and science in afterschool, youth sports programming, health and safety standards, family engagement, city-wide systems, cultural inclusion, funding and fundraising, professional development, college readiness, and more.   

 

August Issue of the "Afterschool Advocate" from the Afterschool Alliance is now available!

 

Education Week article "Swords Drawn Over Funding for Expanded Learning" By Nora Fleming examines the debate over 21st CCLC Funding

 

Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT 2011 Data Book Now Available

 

New strategy guide from the National League of Cities Shows Data Key to Improving Citywide Systems for Out-of-School Learning Data Key to Improving Citywide Systems for Out-of-School Learning

 

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's first servePGH e-newsletter now available! 
Latest News
For more recent headlines, click here to read the latest news.
Upcoming Events
Time is of the Essence, Act Now!  

 

9/15 CCAC Nonprofit Course "Building ONE Volunteer Community: Recruiting ALL Generations"

 

9/15 CCAC Nonprofit Course "Blogging: A Tool for Fundraising"

 

9/17 PAECY Play Summit

 

9/17 ALCOSAN FREE Educator's Workshop

 

9/21 Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool Peer Network Meeting (GPAPN) 9/21 - "Back In School Again"

 

9/22 CCAC Nonprofit Course "Legal Steps to Setting Up a Nonprofit" 

 

9/22 CCAC Nonprofit Course "Strategic Management incorporating Volunteers" 

 

9/24 PA STEM Girls Collaborative Project Annual Conference

 

9/28 Lunchtime Learning Online Session: Afterschool Partnering with Parents and Schools to Support Student Success

 

9/29 PSAYDN Online Training Session - The Time is Now: Get Ready to Make the Voice of Afterschool Be Heard at the PSAYDN Afterschool Advocacy Day 

 

9/29 The APOST Symposium Series presents: Positive Youth Development 

 

9/30 Give Your Afterschool Children and Youth a Voice! Professional Development Workshop with Barbara Ferman from The University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia (www.temple.edu/uccp)

  

10/20 The 12th Annual Lights On Afterschool

 

11/3 Give Your Afterschool Children and Youth a Voice! Professional Development Workshop with Wendy Wheeler from The Innovation Center (www.theinnovationcenter.org)

 

11/5 - 11/8 2011 National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Conference

 

Please click here to learn about these and other exciting upcoming afterschool events in our region.

Contact Us
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Inspriration
"It takes each of us to make a difference for all of us."
Jackie Mutcheson - teacher
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