Free Webinar Linking After School and Summer Learning

Linking After School and Summer Learning Programs
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https://cc.readytalk.com/r/x1iffr5a9w0l&eom
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Meeting Description:

The Northeast Statewide Afterschool Networks are pleased to offer the next webinar in our series hosted by the Connecticut After School Network. Join us for an engaging conversation on ways to link after school and summer programs that reinforce learning concepts.

Participants will learn about the advantages and challenges of a public-private partnership of youth organizations, school districts, and philanthropy. Panelists will discuss how to create effective school-community collaborative partnerships, and intentional programmatic alignment of the school day/year with summer utilzing the Common Core State Standards. Key points will include identifying key stakeholders and partners in their community, exploring a model that is being integrated into a community in Connecticut, and how to structure, convene, and support a summer literacy initiative.

Join us March 20th from 11:30 - 12:30 for an engaging discussion that will leave you eager to be rid of winter and move right into summer programming.

Conference dial-in number: (712) 432-0075
Participant access code: 343808

Details
Date:     Thu, Mar 20, 2014
Time:     11:30 AM EDT
Duration:     1 hour
Host(s):     Ken Anthony
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 Presenter Information

Ken Anthony - Director of Professional Development, Connecticut After School Network

Ken has been with the Connecticut After School Network since 2008, his primary role with the is to oversee training and professional development work, creating linkages between the school day and after school, and working with communities to establish sustainable programs that both enrich and support children and families. He also helps support the Cayen data system and leads the Quality Advising efforts for State Funded After School Programs. Ken brings 19 years of experience in the field of after school and youth development. Ken is currently a doctoral student at the University of Hartford Educational Leadership Program examining factors of partnership and alignment between school and afterschool, He has presented at local, regional, and national conferences on leadership, collaboration, and creating meaningful and effective partnerships with a holistic focus.
  
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Aviva Vincent - Senior Community Investment Manager, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut

As Senior Community Investment Manager, she is responsible for overseeing United Way’s education strategies. Aviva supports the work of partner agencies and numerous committees/networks that strive to improve lives and change community conditions. She also serves as the Project Manager for the Summer Enrichment Experience overseeing 2013-2014 summer programming. Prior to coming to United Way, Aviva completed her MSW at the University of Connecticut wherein she held a field placement at the United Nations for the International Associations for Schools of Social Work.
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Nancy Sarra - District Coordinator for Response to intervention, Consolidated School District of New Britain

Nancy completed undergraduate degrees in elementary education and child psychology. She holds a Masters of Science in Mathematics from Central Connecticut State University and a second from the University of Connecticut in Education Administration with an advanced certification Educational Superintendency. Nancy’s teacher career spans 20 years with  experience as classroom teacher Grades 1-5, Literacy and Numeracy coaching position,  five years as Elementary Building Principal and currently the District Coordinator for Response to intervention Services K-12, Extended day and year programming as well as Talent Development for first and second year teachers.
  
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Tracey Madden-Hennessey - Associate Director, YWCA New Britain


Tracey is presently the Associate Director of The YWCA New Britain, where she has been employed for 30 years.  Prior experience at the YWCA includes roles as Director of Childcare and Youth Development and Director of Counseling, Education and Training for Adults.  Tracey has worked with, and on behalf of youth, ages infant-high school for 30 years.  She has been an active advocate and programmer in the field of Out of School Time (OST) Programs for most of that time. In addition to her position at the YWCA, Tracey has also been an active volunteer in organizations that support the healthy development of children, including: Connecticut After School Network, present Board Member and immediate past Board Chair; New Britain Youth Agency Network, Steering Committee Member; The Coalition for New Britain’s Children, past Leadership Team Chair. Tracey was a recipient of New Britain Board of Education Community Award for contributions to New Britain Students, 1997.

CT After School meets President Obama

Or…Know Your Elevator Speech…
You Never Know Who You Are Going To Meet
by Ken Anthony, Director of Professional Development, CT After School Network

           Wednesday March 5^th started out like any other day, I had an afternoon meeting scheduled to talk about the upcoming webinar that highlights a summer learning model New Britain has been working on for the past three years that embodies partnership, community and district support, and shared outcomes (which will be the subject of another blog later this year). I was also meeting with a colleague for lunch at Café Beauregard in New Britain to discuss the White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship through Furman University (for which I am an inaugural fellow and now faculty).

            About 10 minutes after we sat down and started talking about the role of after school in student success, a gentleman walked up to us and asked us if we could move our table and go through a security screen…a little perplexed we said of course. The man told us that the President of the United States and the Governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont would be there shortly for lunch. We had the option to leave or stay while the President ate lunch…we obviously opted to stay. As the nervousness crept in, I heard the voice of Terry Peterson in my head say, "Know your elevator speech, you never know who you are going to meet." I relaxed and thought about how to encapsulate the importance of the fellowship, the role of the Statewide Afterschool Networks (46 and growing nationwide), and the impact we as Statewide Networks have on policy, training, and advocacy at the state and national levels.

            As the President and New England Governors came into Café Beauregard I heard his voice. It sounded so surreal, like he was on the TV in the next room. There were only four customers including the two of us in the restaurant at the time. As he came up the stairs, he asked each of us to introduce and tell him a little bit about ourselves. When he got to me I was ready with what I was going to say. I started by telling him about what I do at the Connecticut After School Network, the Statewide Afterschool Networks, and the White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship. After speaking with my colleague and acknowledging the important role after school has in kids lives, the President sat down for a bowl of chili and spicy Korean beef sandwich. My colleague and I tried to maintain our focus on what we were meeting about with great difficulty, after all we were about three feet from the President of the United States, surrounded by secret service agents.

            During the course of lunch, Governor Dannel Malloy stopped at our table as well. He and I had spoken last year, but had met in 2012 when he gave lunch remarks at the annual Childhood Conversations Conference (which the Network is a partner). I shared information with him about the upcoming conference and again reiterated the work that we do statewide as one of the Mott-funded After School Networks. Likewise, we had a chance to speak briefly with Governor Peter Shumlin about his Statewide Network in Vermont and the exciting work going on there. He was familiar with the Vermont Network and the Network Lead Holly Morehouse.

           When they had finished lunch, the President took final photos with us and walked out to cheering crowds and media on the streets of New Britain. They were off to Central Connecticut State University for an event highlighting the importance of raising the minimum wage. I was off to the YWCA New Britain for my afternoon meeting thinking how grateful I was to have an elevator speech at hand about the role of the Statewide Networks, the White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship, and the impact and importance after school has on children, families, learning, and student achievement.