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Get Active with APOST! Upcoming Opportunities to Get Involved:
APOST Mandatory Fun!
You asked and APOST responded...Let's go have some fun! No agenda, no presenters, no PowerPoint, no meeting minutes, no assignments and certainly no strategic thinking...just plain old enjoying each other's company. Are you in?
WHEN: Thursday, July 12
3:00-5:00
WHERE: The Church Brew Works
3525 Liberty Ave.
Pittsburgh 15201
http://www.churchbrew.com/
AGENDA: Mandatory Fun
Interested in becoming an APOST Committee Member?
Please join us at Eat n' Park Restaurant at the Waterfront from 9:00-11:00 AM to learn more about the work of the Committees and become a driving force in the APOST system-building effort!
7/26/12 - Communications & Advocacy Committee
7/31/12 - Positive Youth Development
8/16/12 - Professional Development & Technical Assistance
Click here to register for one (or more) of the meetings!
For questions, contact Aimee LeFevers at alefevers@uwac.org or 412.456.6876
Become an APOST Quality Campaign Member:
Join distinguished providers and commit your program to a continuous quality improvement process based on the Action Plan you create as a result of completing the APOST Quality Self-Assessment. As an APOST Quality Campaign member, pledge to participate in APOST activities that will contribute to the increasing the quality of programming in the areas of: Structure & Management, Positive Connections, Safety & Health and Activities
Campaign Membership Benefits Include:
- Public visibility as an afterschool provider dedicated to quality programming
- Use of APOST Logo on all written and marketing materials
- Eligibility for APOST Quality Capacity Grants
- Priority preference for exclusive opportunities...currently we are offering full paid scholarships to Executive Directors for the Advocacy & Lobbying for Nonprofit Organizations at the University of Pittsburgh. Click here or see below.
To view the APOST Quality Campaign Member-Letter of Commitment, click here.
Sign Up NOW for the July Orientation!
Join us for the next Quality Campaign Orientation on Thursday 7/19 from 9:00am - 12:00pm at the Sarah Heinz House, 1 Heinz St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Please click here for the flyer.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For more information and any questions, please contact Aimee LeFevers at alefevers@uwac.org or 412.456.6876
APOST Logic Model Workshop Materials Now Available!
Couldn't make the June workshop but still interested in making Logic Models well, logical? Click here for some materials from the workshop that can help!
Calling All Advocates of OST: Advocacy & Lobbying for Nonprofit Organizations
The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work is offering a 3-session series this fall featuring seasoned non-profit leaders and legislators sharing their knowledge and insights with current and next generation nonprofit leadership. David Coplan, the Executive Director of the Human Services Center Corporation (and APOST Quality Campaign Member) will be coordinating the series. Topics include:
· Framing advocacy, legal considerations and voter engagement
· Tracking legislation and legislator actions and working with coalitions
· Creating an advocacy plan for your agency and executing it well
Costs: $50/session or $125 for Series
GPNP members: $25/session or $75 per series
Sessions will be Friday mornings 9/7, 9/14 and 9/21.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY EXCLUSIVELY FOR APOST Quality Campaign Members:
Please click here for the brochure.
For more information and to register online visit www.socialwork.pitt.edu
BECOME AN APOST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDER
APOST is dedicated to providing quality professional development & technical assistance to aid in the development of well-trained and supported youth worker professionals. Based on this commitment, we welcome you to apply to present a workshop(s) through the APOST Professional Development program that will meet the needs, development, education and care of children and youth. Wondering how to present your workshop through APOST? Click here to read on for more information...
If you have questions at any time, please feel free to contact Aimee LeFevers, APOST Quality Campaign Director, at 412.456.6876or alefevers@uwac.org OR Jennifer Engel, APOST PD & TA Committee Chairperson, at 412.231.2377or engel@sarahheinzhouse.com.
APOST Afterschool Advocacy Ambassador Program
Please click here for the flyer.
YOU play an important role in the healthy positive development of youth on a daily basis, right? YOU help children create, learn, dream, solve, cope, care, grow...and so much more, right? YOU understand that your OST program plays a major role in the lives of all the youth and families who depend on it, right? BUT...does the general public, our policymakers, community leaders and other decision makers understand the importance of OST to youth and communities at large? Not quite. It's time for you to become a CHAMPION of OST and advocate on behalf of the youth and families who benefit!
If you are interested in becoming an APOST Advocacy Ambassador, please contact Aimee LeFevers at 412.456.6786 or alefevers@uwac.org.
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