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BOOST CONFERENCE
APRIL 22-25, 2009
Palm Spings Convention Center
Palm Springs, California


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2008 Highlights

We surveyed participants who attended the 2008 BOOST Conference and received amazing feedback!  Click here to see the ages, job responsibilities, youth population served by BOOST participants, as well as years of experience.

2008 Survey





Dear Friends,


We look forward to seeing you this April in Palm Springs.  Set in a retreat-like atmosphere, this extraordinary event will rejuvenate your passion and boost your direction for quality programming.  Your life will change.  Your students will change. Your programs will change.
 
The deadline to register you and your team is April 10, 2009!

Sincerely,

Tia Quinn

  

 
Tia Quinn
Executive Director
BOOST Collaborative
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2009 BROCHURE RELEASED

Here is a small sample of the amazing workshopsBOOST Brochure 09
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hat will be offered at the 2009 BOOST Conference. Please make sure to visit our BOOST website to view the complete list of workshops and download the
2009 BOOST Preliminary Brochure!



Building
a New Day for Learning: Connecting the School Day and After-School
Hillary Salmons
, Executive Director; Patrick Duhon, Deputy Director, Providence After School Alliance (PASA); Cynthia Guyer, Executive Director, San Francisco School Alliance, San Francisco, CA

Building Your Summer Program with Supplemental Funds
Jennifer Brady, Director of Professional Development, Center for Summer Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Katie Brackenridge, Director, Out-of-School Time Initiatives, Bay Area Partnership, Oakland, CA

The CRAFT of Leadership: Developing Professional Learning Communities that Really Work
Dr. Harvey F. Silver, President, Silver Strong & Associates/Thoughtful Education Press, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ; Dr. Elizabeth C. Reilly, Director of Doctoral Programs, (Education), Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Fantastic Family Forces: It's All About the Relationships
Mike Ashcraft, CEO; Chelsea Ashcraft, CEO, Children's Choice, Albuquerque, NM

"Hands-On" Doesn't Mean "Minds-Off": Using Foldables to Promote Content Learning
Dr. Nancy Frey, Associate Professor, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

How Was Your Day?: Improving Workplace Climate to Increase Staff Retention and Job Satisfaction
Nathan Eklund, Senior Consultant, SEARCH Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Managing Time:  Making the Most of Your 24/7
CynDee Zandes, Zandes Consulting, Bakersfield, CA

Partnerships that Work!  Promising Practices for School-Afterschool Partnerships
Helen Westmoreland, Research Analyst, Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA

Web 2.0 & Afterschool, the Mashup!
Shawn C. Petty, Program Coordinator, Cooperative for After-School Enrichment, Houston, TX

                                           
STUDENT QUOTES NEEDED

The BOOST Leadership team is soliciting quotes from your students about unique experiences in their after school program.  We will be using these quotes at the 2009 BOOST Conference and will not use the last name of the student.  We want to hear what your students have to say!  Please mail them to the BOOST Collaborative office by March 1, 2009 to be considered for use at the conference. 

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