After the Bell: Improving Student Learning With After School Programs
A Breakfast Symposium for Educators and Decision Makers
Keynote Speaker: Earl Martin Phalen, Co-founder of BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) and CEO of Summer Advantage USA.
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cromwell, CT
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Save the Date! Saturday, November 6, 2010
Annual Fall Conference, Farmington, CT. Details coming soon!
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Providing High Quality Intentional Summer Programming Full-Day Workshop
We held our first Summer Programming workshop on May 25th. Erin Ulery, Director of Professional Development at the National Summer Learning Association facilitated the workshop. Read about it on our blog!
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2010 Making Global Connections After School Spring Conference
Our annual spring conference was a big hit this year! We made a definite departure from our usual agenda and instead offered a series of workshops with a global competence theme. Making Global Connections After School was held in the MacMillan Center of Yale University. Our keynote was Alexis Menten of the Asia Society. Visit our blog for highlights and photos!
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2010 Middle School/High School Conference
This year's Middle School/High School packed the Connecticut Science Center! Hillary Salmons, Executive Director of the Providence After School Alliance gave the keynote and led the Q & A. Afterwards, we had the whole museum to ourselves to explore all of the hands on exhibits. Click here for the full story and photos!
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The CT After School Network's Annual Fall Conference
This year's Fall Conference was a huge success! A record number of participants attended. Our Keynote speaker was Ellen Gannett of National Institute on Out of School Time (NIOST). In honor of our 20th anniversary several long time members were recognized. Click here go visit our blog and read the full story. Photos included!
Check out the slides from Ellen Gannett's keynote address at the Fall Conference. (Includes the hilarious job description on p. 40!) Click here to see them!
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Middle School / High School Conference Update
We held our second annual Middle / High School Conference on February 6th in Rocky Hill. Rebecca Saito (bio here) was the keynote speaker. The interactive conference drew over 100 participants! Click here for an overview of the activities and photos from the event!
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Fall 2008 Conference Update
This year's Fall Conference was a huge success offering state of the art training opportunities to more than 200 after school professionals! It was the largest conference attendance in our history. We also had a special visitor. Senator Christopher Dodd joined us and offered some inspiring remarks during his lunchtime talk. Click here for the full text.