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Thank you to the presenters, exhibitors and committee members who assisted with the KC Metro Afterschool Alliance Conference in Olathe on Saturday, May 11, 2013. I would also like to thank the more than one hundred participants, who took time out of their busy schedule to attend the conference. We received a lot of positive feedback about the sessions.
Kansas Enrichment Network and Kansas State University Olathe will be hosting an equity training presented by Maryann Stimmer, Educational Equity Center, on June 25, 2013. Please read on for details about this one-day conference.
A reminder to check out our summer newsletters for upcoming events, funding opportunities and more. Have a safe and wonderful summer.
Marcia J. Dvorak, Ph.D.
Director, Kansas Enrichment Network
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National Dropout Prevention Center and Network Meets in Kansas City
The 2013 Best Practices Forum on Dropout Prevention was held April 14-17 at the InterContinental Hotel in Kansas City, MO, hosted by the National Dropout Prevention Center and Network and sponsored by the Kansas Enrichment Network, the University of Kansas, and the Kansas State Department of Education, among others. The conference, titled, "Connecting in a High Speed World: Preparing for Graduation and Beyond," gathered more than 200 leaders from the education, nonprofit, corporate and government sectors. Pre-forum workshops and more than 40 general sessions offered the latest strategies, programs, and information from national experts on the subject of preparing students for graduation and beyond. Featured keynote presenters included Forum CEO Dr. Karen Pittman; Executive Director of the AfterSchool Alliance, Ms. Jodi Grant; and former NFL player and Assistant Professor, Emory University, Dr. Pellom McDaniels, III. Marcia Dvorak (director, Kansas Enrichment Network) co-chaired the NDPC planning committee and was a member of the planning committee along with Kevyn Gero (program assistant, Kansas Enrichment Network).
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Equity Training hosted by Kansas Enrichment Network and
Kansas State University Olathe- NO REGISTRATION FEE.
SAVE THE DATE
June 25, 2013
Kansas State University Olathe
22201 W. Innovation Drive
Olathe, KS 66061
Kansas Enrichment Network and Kansas State University Olathe
will be hosting an equity training presented by
Maryann Stimmer from the Educational Equity Center.
The training will include hands-on STEM and how to
implement STEM programs with an equity awareness.
Please go to www.kansasenrichment.net for upcoming details.
Advance registration required. No registration fee.
Limited Seating Available.
Lunch will be provided.
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Maryann Stimmer, Senior Manager for STEM Programs, began her work with Educational Equity Center (EEC) as a parent advocate for more and better science and math. She joined the staff in 1994 and has conducted professional development, coordinated program implementation, and participated in program and curriculum development. Her publications include After-School Science PLUS,After-School Math PLUS, and Playtime is Science for Students with Disabilities. She currently coordinates After-School Inclusive Math and Great Science for Girls; serves as a member of the Steering Committee for the Coalition for Science After School; chairs the Math Special Interest Group for the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC); and is a member of the NASA Out-of-School Time Working Group. Maryann has been named 2008 Informal Science Educator of the Year by the National Science Teachers Association.
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Education, Poverty and the Achievement Gap
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New After-School Toolkit
The YMCA of the USA Health Promotion Standards include guidelines for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in out of school time programs. The standards recommend that sites dedicate at least 20%, or at least 30 minutes of morning or after-school program time to physical activity (60 minutes for a full day program). Simply adopting these standards, however, does not ensure successful implementation of health promotion policies.
The A + Toolkit was designed by researchers to assist after school sites with program self assessment and action planning in support of the Health Promotion Standards. The attached article suggests that meeting the physical activity standards for many sites is a challenge; CATCH Kids Club is included as a resource that supports training, equipment, evaluation, and coordination as after school sites work towards meeting the standard recommendations.
Information about the A+ Toolkit is available under the Evaluations and Surveys section in the
CATCH Resource Vault/CATCH Kids Club.
By Carol Caldara
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Summer...
The summer is not just for relaxing and vacations. When you were young, you may recall the book challenges that you may have participated in over the summer. It was a time for you to impress your parents and teachers on how many books that you could read to earn a prize. Although you received a prize, which may have been a toy or treat, you also received a prize of working your mind over the summer months, so that you didn't lose everything you learned during the school year. There is an article below from Expanding Minds and Opportunities (Compendium) titled "Using Afterschool and Summer Learning to Improve Literacy Skills", which hits on the importance of keeping children engaged in learning during out-of-school time to increase their literacy skills.
http://www.expandinglearning.org/expandingminds/article/using-afterschool-and-summer-learning-improve-literacy-skills
For additional articles, in the book Expanding Minds and Opportunities, go to www.expandinglearning.org/expandingminds. All articles are available to download without charge.
Michelle D. Wilson
Project Coordinator
Kansas Enrichment Network
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