2025 50 State Afterschool Network Leaders Meeting: Full Schedule

TBA

Pre-Meeting: Informal Activities & Network Team Meetings

Sunday April 13, 2025 TBA

Enjoy the Tamaya and New Mexico’s nature: If you arrive early and have time to explore the Tamaya grounds, check out these activities you can do on your own! This is a great opportunity to enjoy New Mexico’s nature by walking or biking the Tamaya trails, visiting the Tamaya Cultural Center, inviting a friend to play pickleball, and more.

Network Team Meetings: We have spaces available for teams to meet before the Network Leaders Meeting programming. Let us know if your team is planning to use this time to meet.

Sunday April 13, 2025 TBA
TBA

11:00am MDT

Pre-Meeting: Informal Solar Eclipse Watch Party

Sunday April 13, 2025 11:00am - 2:00pm MDT

Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Join us to watch the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, partially visible from New Mexico! Eclipse glasses will be available at the Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors) with Itzel. The solar eclipse begins at 11:16am, peaks at 12:30pm, and concludes at 1:47pm. See you there! 🌞🌑
Please note it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury. Visit NASA’s site for more information about watching the Solar Eclipse safely.

Sunday April 13, 2025 11:00am - 2:00pm MDT
Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

2:00pm MDT

Support and Technical Assistance Office Hours

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

2:00pm MDT

Network Showcase: Materials Drop-Off

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Mountain View Foyer

Get ready to highlight your good work, inspire, and spark ideas for others! We're organizing a showcase where everyone can explore and gain insights into the innovative work being done by the networks. To participate, do one of the following and drop it off at the registration desk:

Option 1: Bring a sample of resources and materials you want to share with fellow attendees such as annual reports, one-pagers, toolkits, engaging activities, or fun swag.
Option 2: Create an informal poster presentation and include your materials there. You can use the "Optional Team Time" on Monday to prep.

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Mountain View Foyer

Network Share

2:00pm MDT

Registration and Check-in

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Mountain View Foyer

Sunday April 13, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Mountain View Foyer

Registration

4:00pm MDT

Welcome Plenary: Connections and Partnerships

Sunday April 13, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm MDT

Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Cultural Welcome: The people of the Tamaya will do a traditional welcome and share about the land and history of their ancestors.

Sunday April 13, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm MDT
Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Plenary

5:30pm MDT

Welcome Reception & Dinner

Sunday April 13, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30pm MDT

Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Featured: Pueblo Oven Bead Making - Experience one of the Pueblo’s oldest traditions, breadmaking in a traditional Huruna (oven). A Pueblo member will demonstrate how to prepare the dough and bake it in the Hurana. After, the bread will be served with a variety of butters and preserves.

Sunday April 13, 2025 5:30pm - 7:30pm MDT
Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Food and Fun

7:30am MDT

Coffee Walk & Talks

Monday April 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am MDT

Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Kickstart your mornings connecting with old and new friends by taking scenic strolls around the Tamaya's Trails.

Monday April 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am MDT
Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Food and Fun

7:30am MDT

Group Breakfast

Monday April 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am MDT

Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Monday April 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am MDT
Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Food and Fun

8:00am MDT

Headshot Station

Monday April 14, 2025 8:00am - 5:00pm MDT

Badger C

Stop by our Headshot Station to update your professional profile picture, which is perfect for LinkedIn or company websites. Our photographers will ensure you look your best!

No sign-up is required; first come, first served.

Monday April 14, 2025 8:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Badger C

9:00am MDT

Plenary 2: Meeting the Moment: The Power of Thriving Design in Chaotic Times

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT

Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Educator, psychologist, researcher, and coach, Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond, will focus on thriving and human development.

Speakers

Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond

CEO, Wise Chipmunk LLC

Dr. Kia Darling-Hammond (she/they) is a phycologist, researcher, educator, and coach, as well as creator of the Bridge to Thriving Framework©, co-author of TheCivil Rights Road to Deeper Learning: Five Essentials for Equity, and co-editor of T*Is for Thriving: Blueprints for Affirming... Read More →

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Plenary

9:00am MDT

Informal Meeting Space - Open to Everyone

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT

Badger B

Looking for a space for a quick, informal meeting? Our room is open to everyone for huddles, answering emails, or simply taking a moment to relax. Need a room to have a quick informal meeting? This room is available for everyone to have a quick huddle, answer some emails, or if you just need a moment to relax.

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
Badger B

9:00am MDT

Network Showcase

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT

Mountain View Foyer

Stop by the Network Showcase to explore and gain insights into the innovative work being done by the networks! We'll have samples of resources and materials from the networks such as annual reports, one-pagers, toolkits, engaging activities, fun swag, and more!

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Mountain View Foyer

Network Share

9:00am MDT

Registration and Information Desk

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT

Mountain View Foyer

Monday April 14, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Mountain View Foyer

Registration

10:45am MDT

Communications: Organizing Your Communications Efforts: Building Your Strategy

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT

Eagle AB

This will be a hands-on session designed to help network staff make the most of their communications efforts. Together we will brainstorm and share insights to tackle topics like: How do we get the best return on investment with limited communications resources? What should I be promoting and when? How do I measure success? Whether you are just getting started or want to hone your existing strategy, you’ll leave with guidance and ideas to help you advance your most important goals.

Speakers

Annie Cornett

Consultant, Social Legends

Ursula Helminski

Sr VP External Affairs, Afterschool Alliance

Laurie Lennon

Sr VP of Communications, Burness

Maria Rizo

Afterschool Alliance

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT
Eagle AB

Sharing Sessions, Communications

10:45am MDT

Leadership: Exploring Equitable Leadership & Management Practices

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT

Bear AB

This session will provide a space to exchange ideas about how to be more equity-centered in the leadership and management of our Networks. Using a range of reflection tools, we’ll explore culture and conflict, relationship building, staff development and supervision, and organizational operations. We’ll share our experiences and surface tangible ways to make transformational shifts in mindsets, behaviors and structures towards more equitable organizations and thriving teams.

Speakers

Ruth Obel-Jorgensen

Consultant, Corazon Catalysts

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT
Bear AB

Sharing Sessions, Leadership

10:45am MDT

Policy: Policy Updates for OST Advancement with the STEM Next Fellows

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT

Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

STEM Next deploys Fellows in high-impact placements with Federal agencies to advance STEM and OST learning by establishing channels of communication between local communities and the federal government and disseminating funding opportunities to networks and programs. Join this session for the latest policy updates.

Access resources from this session HERE.

Speakers

Jodi Grant

Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance

Since 2005, Jodi Grant has been Executive Director of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization working to ensure that all children and youth have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs. As Executive Director, she oversees federal... Read More →

Holly Miller

Research Fellow, IES

Dr. Holly Miller serves as the Advisor for Afterschool and Summer Learning in the Institute of Education Sciences at the US Department of Education.Dr. Miller is passionate about research-based educational policy that supports students and teachers achieving their full potential in... Read More →

Tasha Owens-Green

STEM Next Fellow, STEM Next

Tasha Owens-Green, M.Ed. & MFT STEM NEXT School-Aged and Early Care Fellow Tasha Owens-Green serves as the School-Aged and Early Care Fellow in the Office of Human Services Policy at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Tasha Owens-Green is dedicated... Read More →

Philip Steigman

STEM Next Out-of-School Time and Early Education Policy Fellow, STEM Next/HHS ASPE

Philip Steigman is an Out-of-School Time and Early Education Policy Fellow at the office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Philip’s primary interest is translating emerging research into practices that... Read More →

Sheronda Witter

Out-of-School Time Advisor, US Department of Education

Dr. Sheronda Witter serves as the Out-of-School Time Advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. In this capacity, Dr. Witter helps to drive and coordinate the Department’s Engage Every Student Initiative, which is a bold call to action to provide... Read More →

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT
Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Sharing Sessions, Policy

10:45am MDT

Quality: Unified and Inclusive Quality Building Systems

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

Programs engaged in meaningful, ongoing quality systems produce better youth outcomes. Programs are often required to participate in multiple systems driven by multiple funding streams. Join us to explore how states can align, unify, and simplify quality systems to create more efficient and effective quality improvement.

21st CCLC
SACC
City-wide efforts
Funder driven efforts

Speakers

Kelly Frank

President & Owner, Social Legends

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

Sharing Sessions, Quality

10:45am MDT

Research & Data: Collecting Data for Impact Case Studies 1

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT

Hawk ABC

What type of data should states be collecting to demonstrate impact? How are they collecting, organizing, and using data for policy, research, and quality improvement? This session will feature an in-depth look at Utah’s data collection systems providing inspiration and guidance for other states wanting to implement similar practices. Then, New Mexico will demonstrate the maps created from their program level data collection efforts. Finally, North Carolina will share how they used their state specific data as a powerful tool to help tell their afterschool impact stories in their Landscape Analysis.

Speakers

Terri Foulkes

Executive Director, Missouri AfterSchool Network

Terri Foulkes is the Network Lead for the Missouri AfterSchool Network. The Missouri AfterSchool Network builds systems across the state that improve, support, and sustain high quality afterschool programs.

Monday April 14, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm MDT
Hawk ABC

Sharing Sessions, Research & Data

12:15pm MDT

Networking Lunch and Break

Monday April 14, 2025 12:15pm - 1:30pm MDT

Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Monday April 14, 2025 12:15pm - 1:30pm MDT
Tamaya Veranda (Outdoors)

Food and Fun

1:30pm MDT

Communications: Communicating Impact: Demonstrating the Value of Your Network

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT

Eagle AB

This workshop will focus on tips and strategies you can use to help different audiences–from funders and policymakers to providers and partners–understand the unique value of your state network. Hear how your peers communicate about their network and impact, see what materials they’re using, and learn how they’ve addressed common challenges. Everyone will have time and space during this session to workshop messages and ideas, brainstorm, and learn from other networks.

Speakers

Annie Cornett

Consultant, Social Legends

Ursula Helminski

Sr VP External Affairs, Afterschool Alliance

Laurie Lennon

Sr VP of Communications, Burness

Maria Rizo

Afterschool Alliance

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Eagle AB

Sharing Sessions, Communications

1:30pm MDT

Leadership: The Changemaking Power of a Network

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT

Bear AB

Network models have the power to create movements that make the impossible possible. Join us to explore the why and how of a network approach and learn how to build your network to advance OST in your state ecosystem.

What makes a network model unique?
What is the value of a network approach?
Examples of how OST has benefited from the network approach – we would not have achieved this if it had not been for a network model.
Examples of how states have built and cultivated their network model:
- Policy Example
- Quality example
- System building example
- Investment in OST example
- Increasing awareness/value of OST example

Speakers

Kelly Frank

President & Owner, Social Legends

Kelly Riding

Consultant, Social Legends

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Bear AB

Sharing Sessions, Leadership

1:30pm MDT

Policy: Developing Policy Strategies: State Policy Approaches to Advancing Afterschool and Summer

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT

Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

How are state afterschool networks supporting local afterschool and summer programs through the policy process? Hear from six networks about how they are using particular policy strategies to increase access to quality afterschool and summer programs in their states including through engaging youth in the policymaking process; developing and executing policy agendas and frameworks; and partnering with state agencies and allied organizations. Sharing and discussion will allow all states to lift up successes and challenges to their state policy work.

Speakers

Erik Peterson

SVP of Policy, Afterschool Alliance

Erik joined the Afterschool Alliance in July 2009 and coordinates and advances the Afterschool Alliance’s policy efforts at the federal level by helping develop policy goals and implementing strategies that advance access to quality afterschool programs for all. Erik works to build... Read More →

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Sharing Sessions, Policy

1:30pm MDT

Quality: Building an Afterschool Workforce Pipeline to Meet Today’s Needs and Tomorrow’s Opportunities

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

Programs are struggling to attract and retain workers to ensure high-quality programs that can serve the maximum number of youth. Join us to explore how we can create a career pathway including apprenticeships, credentials, and leadership development experiences to better staff our diverse programs.
Focus Topics

Apprenticeships/CTE dollars
Credentialing models
Leadership development
Alignment with NAA priorities/work

Speakers

Erin Busk

Consultant, Social Legends

Kelly Riding

Consultant, Social Legends

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

Sharing Sessions, Quality

1:30pm MDT

Research & Data: Collecting Data for Impact Case Studies 2

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT

Hawk ABC

What type of data should states be collecting to demonstrate impact? How are they collecting, organizing, and using data for policy, research, and quality improvement? This session will feature an in-depth look at Missouri’s data collection systems providing inspiration and guidance for other states wanting to implement similar practices. Then, Georgia will demonstrate the maps created from their program level data collection efforts, along with reports and materials featuring their BOOST grant data. Finally, Iowa will share how they used their state specific data as a powerful tool to help tell their afterschool impact stories in their State of Afterschool Research Report.

Speakers

Terri Foulkes

Executive Director, Missouri AfterSchool Network

Monday April 14, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Hawk ABC

Sharing Sessions, Research & Data

3:00pm MDT

Networking Break

Monday April 14, 2025 3:00pm - 3:30pm MDT

Mountain View Foyer

Monday April 14, 2025 3:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
Mountain View Foyer

Food and Fun

3:30pm MDT

Network Share: Continuous Improvement in School-Age Care

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

A discussion about the unique design needed to support continuous program/quality improvement for school-age care programs. Learn about Ignite's new i-SAC accreditation and continuous program improvement process. We modified our existing M3 CQI/CPI process to work for school-age care. How are you supporting the unique needs of this program type in your state?

Speakers

Devin Hanson

Program Specialist - School Age Care Accreditation, Ignite Afterschool (MN)

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

Network Share

3:30pm MDT

Network Share: Digital Equity

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT

Eagle AB

Discuss opportunities for after school networks to participate in digital equity/access work through upcoming federal and state funding. State digital equity plans are being developed with opportunities to include after school. NH will share examples on Digital Navigators, connections to STEM, and workforce development, and TN will lead a conversation about Digital career exploration, equity (kids of color/girls/rural), service to community and seniors, private funds, etc.

Speakers

Mary Graham

Tennessee Afterschool Network

Shelli Roberts

NHAN

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Eagle AB

Network Share

3:30pm MDT

Network Share: From Headache to Home Run: Shifting State Funding for Afterschool

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT

Badger B

Over the last few years, New York experienced overwhelming administrative issues with afterschool contracts leading providers to return funding rather than run programs. The NYS Network for Youth Success utilized a multi-prong approach to resolve this issue, including mobilization of our Public Funding Task Force, advocacy through state leaders, and partnership with the funding agency, resulting in an all-new afterschool funding stream crafted with care to promote quality and reduce burdens. Let's talk about some key takeaways from this process and the resulting program that can inform other afterschool funding streams.

Speakers

Kelly McMahon

New York State Network for Youth Success

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Badger B

Network Share

3:30pm MDT

Network Share: Innovations in Professional Development

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT

Hawk ABC

What Professional Development models and approaches have worked best coming out of Covid? How have the needs of the field changed and how have you been creative or thinking outside the box to respond? Two examples from Ignite: 1) In late 2023, Ignite Afterschool launched PDX (Professional Development Exchange)- a twist on typical PD design with a hybrid model that builds the capacity of afterschool site/program managers to coach, train and support their own direct service youth workers. 2) Young Nonprofit Leaders Club: a 7 month training cohort of young professionals (HS - 24) learning nonprofit management skills.

Speakers

Keem Anderson

Ignite Afterschool (Minnesota)

Po Eh

Ignite Afterschool (MN)

Hay Blute Paw

Ignite Afterschool (MN)

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Hawk ABC

Network Share

3:30pm MDT

Network Share: Vermont Afterschool's Youth Empowerment Framework

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT

Bear AB

Youth voice can not only be cultivated, it can be turned into action and can create change in their lives and communities. Our Youth Empowerment Model walks adults through 4 phases of working with youth to bring their thoughts and ideas to life. We will talk through the 4 phase model, how the Search Institute's Developmental Relationships Framework fits into each phase, some example tools & ideas for bringing each phase to life, and how this model has worked in a wide variety of settings. From individual advocacy and action, to developing community change projects, our Youth Empowerment Framework provides the guardrails to ensure the youths' voices are leading the way.

Access session slides HERE.

Speakers

Matt Wolf

Vermont Afterschool

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Bear AB

Network Share

3:30pm MDT

Featured Session: Possibility Creating Meeting

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 5:00pm MDT

Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Speakers

Tony Smith

CEO, Whyspeople

Monday April 14, 2025 3:30pm - 5:00pm MDT
Tamaya Ballroom EFGH

Featured Session

4:15pm MDT

Network Share: Creating Professional Development Experiences and More Using the Iterative Design Process

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT

Hawk ABC

As afterschool networks, we often create or facilitate professional learning experiences and educational materials. Yet many of us do not come from a background where we were taught to design for adult learners. In this network share, we will give you a crash course into the iterative design process and how it can be used to frame professional learning and support provided by your network.

Speakers

Christine Jones Monaccio

Professional Development and Quality Coordinator, Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Hawk ABC

Network Share

4:15pm MDT

Network Share: Engaging Youth in Advocacy

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT

Bear AB

Florida After School, Inc. just completed our second "Teen Day at the Capitol" with sell-out success. As we craft unique opportunities to engage young people at the state level and embrace equity of access, we want to share our lessons learned and ask others what they are doing to activate youth voice and choice beyond their own communities.

Speakers

Holly McPhail

Communications & Strategy, Florida After School, Inc.

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Bear AB

Network Share

4:15pm MDT

Network Share: Shifting our Stance on Workforce

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT

Eagle AB

CAN's exploration of how we express “Adult Nurturance” as our foundation for workforce exploration. We believe that by centering the needs, gifts, and talents of our workforce, we can leverage that into different conversations about recruitment (Into) and Retention (Through) in Expanded Learning/OOST spaces and Elevation (Beyond) into other fields where a Youth Development foundation would prove beneficial. We wlll share how our work in everything from registered apprenticeships to the SOC code work all connect to creating better learning and leading opportunities for our field which can result in more rewarding experiences for our young people and communities.

Speakers

Tiffany Gipson

Director, Equity and Quality, California

Tiffany Gipson is the Director of Equity and Quality with the California AfterSchool Network (CAN). She started with CAN as a member of the Leadership Team and quickly transitioned to a staff position in August 2017.Before becoming a part of the CAN Team, Tiffany was the Technical... Read More →

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Eagle AB

Network Share

4:15pm MDT

Network Share: STEM Partnerships – Creating an Engineering Mindset

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

Partnerships that support professionals, youth, and families to collaborate towards a shared goal and assist each other in understanding concepts through interaction.

Speakers

Regina Sidney-Brown

Delaware Afterschool Network

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

Network Share

4:15pm MDT

Network Share: The bigger the team, the bigger the budget, with more grants and reports and projects to manage!

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT

Badger B

If your network has 10 or more staff, join this small table discussion to share how you are managing large teams, organizing their work, and dealing with multiple reports/projects.

Speakers

Terri Foulkes

Executive Director, Missouri AfterSchool Network

Monday April 14, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm MDT
Badger B

Network Share

5:00pm MDT

Developing Equitable, System-Level Strategies to Strengthen Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mental Health Support for the Out-of-School Time (OST) Community

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT

Eagle AB

A multi-state led discussion about Strengthening Social-Emotional Learning and Mental Health Supports for the OST Community. Those participating in the NCASE  Peer Learning Group will provide strategies and examples of work being done in their states (AZ,DC,KY,NV,NY,OH,UT,WV).

Speakers

Michele Ritchlin

Executive Director, Ohio

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT
Eagle AB

Network Share

5:00pm MDT

Network Share: Amplifying Youth Voices: Initiatives and Insights from ACT Now and MASP

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT

Bear AB

Youth voice has been a focal point in numerous discussions in recent months. Afterschool for Children and Teens Now (ACT Now) and the Michigan After School Partnership (MASP) have recently initiated youth afterschool ambassador programs aimed at amplifying youth voices within their networks. This dialogue will delve into the process undertaken by the Illinois and Michigan networks to establish these programs, or experiences thus far, and the insights we have gained along the way. We eagerly anticipate sharing our endeavors and extending support to other networks, while also learning how others have involved young people in their initiatives!

Speakers

Tiffany Ellison

ACT Now Illinois

Angelique Nichols

Michigan Afterschool Partnership

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT
Bear AB

Network Share

5:00pm MDT

Network Share: Elevating the OST Profession in Nevada

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT

Hawk ABC

This sharing session will highlight the recent work being done in Nevada around quality, including the newly released Out-of-School Time Professional Pathways Certification, revised quality standards, and a technical assistance program.

Speakers

Kendra Gipson

Network Lead, Nevada Afterschool Network

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT
Hawk ABC

Network Share

5:00pm MDT

Network Share: Statewide Afterschool Networks and Community Schools Efforts

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT

Puma ABC Meeting Room

How can involvement in statewide community schools efforts build better partnerships and elevate afterschool priorities? Hear from two of the statewide afterschool networks that are also serving as the statewide community schools network about what's worked for them. Learn about community schools opportunities in your state, and discuss potential for your network's involvement.

Speakers

Ellie Mitchell

Maryland Out of School Time (MOST) Network

Monday April 14, 2025 5:00pm - 5:30pm MDT
Puma ABC Meeting Room

Network Share

6:00pm MDT

Informal Dinner

Monday April 14, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT

Cottonwoods (Outdoors)

Monday April 14, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
Cottonwoods (Outdoors)

Food and Fun

8:00pm MDT

Informal Connections

Monday April 14, 2025 8:00pm - 9:30pm MDT

Cottonwoods (Outdoors)

End the day by gathering around the campfire, enjoying s'mores, and playing games with friends.

Monday April 14, 2025 8:00pm - 9:30pm MDT
Cottonwoods (Outdoors)

Food and Fun