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Participants will be introduced to key skills on Identifying the inequitable treatment of young black boys and girls in America and discussing new instructional approaches and empathetic practices to engage students of color School-Age Child Care training regulations satisfied: 3 Please note that active participation during the session is required in order to receive letters of […]

Looking to support learners in planning, building, and testing their own designs? Join us to explore STEM facilitation techniques and activities focused on the engineering design process! This session will feature the Spaghetti Marshmallow Design Challenge and is led by staff from the New York Hall of Science.   School-Age Child Care training regulations satisfied: 3 […]

Dear Directors, We are thrilled to be hosting our third convening of the 2022-2023 school year. We hope to provide the time and space to allow for you all to guide conversations around important areas of after-school work, share strategies with one another, and allow for your experiences to speak for themselves and support one […]

The number, consistency, and intensity of positive relationships in young people’s lives are linked with a range of positive academic, social, and emotional outcomes. This workshop will evaluate the factors that lead to and best practices for nurturing sustainable, positive relationships with students and explore how communication directly affects student behavior. Using the Search Institute’s […]

According to the 2019 National School Climate Survey, 84% of trans students felt unsafe at school because of their gender. Compounded with issues of racism, transgender youth of color are more likely to subjected to racial discrimination than their cisgender peers. In this session, we will read a true, teen-written story about coming out as […]

Every member of a school’s faculty and staff brings their implicit bias to their work with students. The most effective educators name and interrogate those biases, including confronting how they impact students, and actively work toward breaking them. The best way of breaking our natural impulse to generalize about people is to get to know […]

Activities in this workshop include a brief overview of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the types of disability classifications, learning styles, and strategies that enhance an inclusive environment. We’ll also cover how to support special needs youth in after-school and explore what programmatic strategies can be utilized to better serve this population. School-Age Child Care […]

Differently abled students often face discrimination in the very schools meant to encourage and protect them. In this session, we will read true teen-written stories about being differently abled and maneuvering a world that considers that a flaw. We will review key terms like disabled, differently abled, neurodiversity, and ableism, as well as how education […]

Dear Directors, We are thrilled to be hosting our final convening of the 2022-2023 school year. We hope to provide the time and space to commemorate the work in your after-school communities,  discuss summer programing plans and acknowledge the end of another school year This meeting will take remotely on Wednesday, June 7  from 9:30 […]

EX: Are you a Site Supervisor, Program Director, or nonprofit leader in the afterschool or education space? Do you and/or your organization struggle with growing or retaining quality staff? Do you want to improve your coaching and supervision skills or build management competencies to help you grow in your career? Do not miss Coaching for […]

Dear Program Directors, Coordinators and Supervisors, ExpandED Schools is thrilled to launch our Directors Convening for the 2023-2024 School Year. With the start of the school year underway, we welcome you to participate in our first convening of the year. Our kickoff meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM […]

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a baseline understanding of after-school programming which includes key elements/concepts such as effective classroom facilitation/engagement, best practices for classroom management across various grade bands as well as compliance/incident reporting School-Age Child Care training regulations satisfied: 3 Please note that active participation during the session is required in order […]