EVENTS
May 27
Rally to Protest Cuts to New York City Youth Programs
New York City Youth Alliance, Beacons UNITE!, the Campaign for Summer Jobs and the Coalition for Out- of-School Time
New York, NY
June 1
The SciGirls Seven: Strategies to Engage Girls in STEM
National Girls Collaborative
Online – Webinar
June 4
Power Up With Science After School
The After-School Corporation
Queens, NY
June 7
Summer Program Planning: America After 3 PM Summer Data Briefing
National Summer Learning Association
Online – Webinar
June 21
Summer Learning Day 2010
National Summer Learning Association
Nationwide
June 21 – 23
21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Summer Institute
U.S. Department of Education and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and JCPenney Afterschool Fund
Washington, DC
June 28 – 30
National Conference on Volunteering and Service
Corporation for National and Community Service, Points of Light Institute, NYC Service, and New Yorkers Volunteer
New York, NY
July 6 – 8
Center for Social and Emotional Education Annual Summer Institute
Center for Social and Emotional Education
New York, NY
July 22 – 24
National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
American Horticultural Society
Pasadena, CA
September 22 – 24
2010 National Conference for Science and Technology in Out-of-School Time
Coalition for Science After School, Project Exploration and Time Warner Cable
Universal City, CA
October 12 – 13
Play On 2010
Playworks
New York, NY
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JOBS
Summer Youth Employment Jobs
Deadline to apply is
May 28
Department of Youth and Community Development
New York, NY
TASC/New York Times Summer Jobs Program-Field Specialist
The After-School Corporation
New York, NY
Summer Camp Counselor
Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation
Queens, NY
Program Associate
Urban Dove
New York, NY
Summer Program Group Leader
Say Yes to Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
NYC Civic Corps
NYC Service, Office of the Mayor
New York, NY
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More NYC Schools Expand Learning Time with TASC
Eight New York City public elementary and middle schools have been selected to affiliate with Expanded Learning Time/New York City, TASC's initiative to give students 30 percent more learning time than the traditional school day. TASC manages ELT/NYC in partnership with the New York City Department of Education and the Department of Youth and Community Development.
ELT/NYC schools give students more time and ways to master content and develop their talents and skills through arts, sports, hands-on science and other activities. Each participating school has a lead community partner. The new partners joining ELT/NYC are:
In Brooklyn, PS 186 with NIA Community Services Network; PS 130 with University Settlement; PS 328 with Groundwork and PS 89 with Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
In the Bronx, PS 214 with Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility and PS 230 with SCAN-New York
In Manhattan, PS/IS 50 with Children's Aid Society and Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change with Abyssinian Development Corporation.
Earn College Credits and Professional Certification
After-school staff can improve their skills, earn professional certification and credits toward a college degree by enrolling in the Youth Studies Certificate Program at Hostos Community College, sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Jr. Institute. Courses in Youth Studies, Adolescent Development and After-School Programs are taught by leading practitioners. Saturday courses begin August 28, with financial aid available to those who qualify. Click here for more information.
WHAT'S LUCY READING?
TASC President Lucy N. Friedman catches you up on her list of must-reads:
Remember the Mommy Wars? Researchers behind the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development began in 1991 to follow more than 1,000 kids over 15 years to examine how differences in their child care experiences related to their social, emotional, intellectual and physical growth. They found that child care does indeed affect kids' development into their teens and that – of course – the quality of care makes a great difference. This one is well worth a read.
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President includes numerous recommendations that synchronize with initiatives underway in after-school programs (planting school gardens, encouraging vigorous daily movement). I'm happy to see the task force recommend research on the question of how participation in federally-supported after-school snack and supper programs affects kids' diets, opportunity for nutrition education and overall health.
Read more of Lucy's picks >>
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
In his proposed city budget for next year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg saved a portion of after-school and summer programs that had previously been slated for elimination. He restored $1.3 million to the budget for Out-of-School Time programs (including $700,000 in funds raised privately) and restored funds for 1,940 students at 30 middle schools to attend summer programs. The Mayor also decreased earlier proposed cuts to programs that support summer jobs for high school students, adding an additional $9.724 million to the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Some 24,292 jobs would be available to high school students this summer, compared to 52,225 last summer. More than 15,000 kids still face the elimination of their after-school programs in the Mayor's proposed budget.
To see a full list of proposed cuts to services for youth in the FY 2011 New York City Executive budget, please click here (PDF, 109 KB).
Join us at a rally to save after-school tomorrow, May 27, 4:30, at City Hall Park.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Nature of Learning Grant Program
Deadline: June 14
These $10,000 grants support community-based environmental education programs that use wildlife refuges as outdoor classrooms and involve partnerships between schools, community groups, scientists and local businesses. The 2010 theme is "climate change and citizen science."
Healthy Living Grants
Deadline: July 15
The American Medical Association Foundation is offering grants of up to $5,000 to organizations that serve underserved and/or at-risk young people between the ages of 2-21. Grants will be awarded in three funding categories: nutrition and physical fitness; alcohol, substance abuse and smoking prevention and violence prevention.
Music Education Grants
Deadline: August 1 for Letter of Intent
The ASCAP Foundation supports non-profit organizations that engage in music education and talent development. Average grant size is approximately $2,500.
Classroom Supplies From ClassWish.org
Deadline: Rolling
ClassWish is a nonprofit organization that collects tax-deductible contributions and uses them to provide classroom supplies to educators. Parents, teachers or after-school program providers create an online wish list of supplies they need, and ClassWish purchases the supplies and sends them to the school.
For the most up-to-date funding opportunities, be sure to visit TASC's Youth Funders Database.
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