Professional Development

Are you looking for a conference or training that will build your skills as an afterschool, provider, or director? Are you looking for ways to connect to other frontline staff working in an out-of-school-time setting?  A range of professional development opportunities exisit from local or distance learning in communities across the globe and national and global conferences on out-of-school time, to white papers on youth themes and research reports on afterschool.  The sources of these resources include domestic and global universities, foundations, governments, community based organizations or non-profits, and corporations.

 

If you have suggestions for professional development resources to post on this site, please contact us at ppas@aed.org.

 

 

 

Conferences/Trainings

 

 

March 18 -21, 2009
20th Annual National Service Learning Conference, Nashville, TN. Click here to register and for more information.

 

April 2-4, 2009

Jazzing It Up Afterschool Style: Leadership, Learning and Creativity

National AfterSchool Association 21st Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. Register by March 13, 2009.  Click here to register and more information: http://www.naaconvention.org/

 

April 22-25, 2009
BOOST Conference 2009, Palm Springs, CA

Join one of the nation's largest and most recognized conferences for after school and out-of school time professionals. This all-inclusive conference supports After School Education & Safety (ASES) Programs, 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Programs and High School ASSETS programs. For more information: www.boostconference.org  

 

 May 26-29, 2009
9th Triennial International Child and Youth Care Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. There will be over 150 sessions on trends, advocacy, program design, and ways to engage families and communities in our work. For more information: www.icycc2009.com

 

 

 

Resources

 

LEARNS team is pleased to offer a new online course for tutoring, mentoring, out-of-school time, and other youth-development programs. click here

 

"A Guide for Professional Development of Out of School Science Activity Leaders". Click here

 

"Promising Practices in Out-of-School Time Professional Development" pdf and click here for the bibliography.

Foundations Inc training resource: Afterschool Style in Practice: 25 Skill-Building Meetings for Staff. Click here (for sale).

 

Opportunities for youth after school in grades 9 through 12:Afterschool Professional Network: Teens Click here for more information

 

Other

 

Rutgers announces Minor in Professional Youth Work (19-21 credits). For more information, contact Rebecca Jordan scilearn@rci.rutgers.edu.

 

New Graduate Certificate in Afterschool Education - Arcadia University (3 online courses, 1 Practicum) Click here.