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How Programs Are Leveraging ESSER Funds to Support Afterschool and Summer Learning
2024-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver)
Join the Afterschool Alliance for the next Engage Every Student webinar on February 22, 2024, for a presentation on the recently released report “Investments in Student Recovery: A Review of School Districts’ Use of American Rescue Plan Funding to Support Afterschool and Summer Opportunities.” In late January 2025, school districts and states will face the liquidation deadline for more than $120 billion America Rescue Plan ESSER III funds. How have these funds been used to date in support of comprehensive afterschool and summer enrichment programs? How have school-community partnerships been leveraged to support students when school is out? What opportunities persist to build partnerships, maximize remaining funds, and ensure afterschool and summer programs can engage every student once the funding deadline passes?

The report digs into these questions and more! It finds that eight in 10 districts invested in afterschool and summer programs — representing more than $5.4 billion. Following an overview of the report, participants will learn how various school districts are leveraging ESSER funds to support students through afterschool and summer learning programs.

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Explora: Water Wonders
2024-02-22 10:00 - 12:00
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers (2 CEU hours).
Bring your own water! We will get our hands wet as we make discoveries about water. Experiment with absorption, adhesion, and surface tension.
Held virtually. Zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before.
Registration is requested by February 9 for kit shipment for first 20 registrants. You may share a kit and login.
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Explora: STEM in Fairy Tales
2024-02-20 15:00 - 17:00
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians, and out-of-school time providers (2 CEU hours).
How much weight can Rapunzel’s hair hold? How tall is the Giant from Jack in the Beanstalk? Discover the answers as you explore the STEM in your favorite fairy tales.
Register by February 5 for kit pickup or shipment for first 20 registrants. Share a kit and login!
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Summer Service-Learning: Transform Summers into Impactful Experiences
2024-02-13 10:00 - 11:00
Join the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) February 13 at 10 AM MST for this free opportunity to expand your service-learning practice. Make every summer count by using service-learning in your summer programming. Combine learning with action as students embark on a journey of community impact. Share your ideas and learn from others who are using or want to use service-learning this summer to engage youth in meaningful experiences in this 45 minute session. Summers can become times for youth-led change!
Can’t make this webinar? Schedule a free consultation with an NYLC service-learning expert to talk about summer service-learning.
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Explora: Mystery Boxes
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:00
A workshop for educators, librarians, and OST Staff.
Tap into your curiosity, problem-solving skills, and ability to make inferences as you use inquiry to uncover the secrets of mystery boxes! Discover more about the NM STEM Ready! Standards in this intriguing workshop. Participants are eligible to receive a classroom visit on mystery boxes for their students.
In-person at Explora.
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Explora: Seeds and Soil
2024-02-07 14:00 - 16:00
A virtual workshop for early childhood teachers, OST professionals, and librarians (2 CEU hours)
Come learn how to plant seeds of STEM with your students! You’ll get dirty with soil and dirt, design your own seed through the Engineering Design Process, and determine your ideal seed bomb!
Virtual – Zoom link sent the day before.
Registration is requested by January 26 for kit pickup or shipment for the first 20 registrants. Share a kit and login!
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The Power of Collaboration: Strategies and Lessons Learned from the NGCP Network
2024-02-06 14:00 - 15:00
Join the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) to apply research-based collaboration strategies to enhance your science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities and programs. Collaboration enables professionals across programs and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond what one could accomplish alone, and research suggests that by creating collaborations among organizations committed to engaging youth in STEM, we can improve youth STEM experiences. Presenters will share the NGCP collaboration model, exemplary practices in collaboration, and examples of successful collaborations in the NGCP network.
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Explora: Making an Escape Room
2024-02-04 10:00 - 12:00
For teachers, librarians, and OST professionals of grades 3+
This workshop will explore strategies for incorporating engineering, logic, math skills, and creativity as your students create their own escape rooms.
No prior knowledge or experience required! Participants are eligible to receive a classroom visit on escape room activities for their students.

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Explora: Easy Breezy
2024-01-25 14:00 - 16:00
A virtual workshop for early childhood teachers, OST professionals, and librarians (2 CEU hours)
“Catch” air to see that it takes up space, use air to do work, and learn about the power of air pressure.
Virtual – Zoom link sent the day before.
Registration is requested by January 12 in order to receive a kit for the first 20 registrants. Share a kit and login!
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Explora: Intro to Micro:bits
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: Intro to Micro:bits
Saturday, January 20 from 10:00AM – Noon at Explora
A workshop for educators, librarians, and OST Staff.
Want to get into computer science and coding? In this workshop, you will learn how to use simple, common materials with micro:bit microcontrollers in creative ways. This an introduction with no previous coding experience required!
Participants are eligible to receive a classroom visit on micro:bit activities for their students. Questions? Email reservations@explora.us
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STEM Pathways for Girls
2024-01-13 09:00 - 15:00
STEM Santa Fe is excited to announce January’s STEM Pathways for Girls Workshop!
In a collaboration between Explora and STEM Santa Fe, we present to our families an all expense paid field trip to Explora’s newest teen center: X Studio.
Explora has kindly covered the cost for a bus to take our STEM Santa Fe STEM Pathways for Girls students (and some parent chaperones) on a journey to X Studio and back to Santa Fe on January 13th, 2024. Lunch is included.
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How to Apply: The New York Life Foundation - 2024 Aim High RFP Grant Program for OST Programs Serving Middle School Youth
2024-01-11 12:00 - 13:00
The New York Life Foundation is set to award 40 grants to out-of-school time (OST) programs serving youth through their Aim High local grant program. Join us for a webinar on January 11 at 12 p.m. ET to learn more about this funding opportunity, eligibility requirements, and expectations. Speakers will include Marlyn Torres, Senior Program Officer at the New York Life Foundation, and Tiyana Glenn, Project Manager at the Afterschool Alliance and co-administrator of the grant application and review process. We encourage you to review the application beforehand, prepare questions, and hear tips on submitting a strong application.
The Aim High RFP grant program is part of the New York Life Foundation’s ongoing investment in middle school OST programs, dedicated to supporting youth in successfully transitioning to the ninth grade on time and prepared for high school. The grant program will provide funding for 40 afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs nationwide, selected through a competitive application process.
Applications are due February 1, 2024, at 5 p.m. ET. To learn more about this grant opportunity, view the full RFP and submit your application here.
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Summer EBT Deep Dive: Eligibility
2023-12-14 13:00 - 14:00
Summer EBT Deep Dive: Eligibility – Thursday, December 14 @ 1:00pm Mountain
Join the Food Research & Action Center for a deep dive into Summer EBT eligibility. This webinar will clarify misconceptions around who is eligible and ineligible and answer questions based on available guidance and statutory language.
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Explora: Oceans of Possibilities
2023-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: Oceans of Possibilities
Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 10am – Noon
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers (2 CEU hours).
Bring clouds, rain, and oceans to you! Explore a paper mountain watershed, engineer an acequia, and more in this two-hour virtual workshop! Register by November 27 for kit pick up or shipment for first 20 registrants. Share a login and kit of materials! Contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us
This workshop is offered at no cost with the generous support of Sandia National Laboratories.
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Explora: 3D Printing
2023-12-02 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: 3D Printing
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Explora
A workshop for educators, librarians, and OST Staff.
For beginners and intermediates –
Discover the fun behind 3D printing! You’ll explore the possibilities of filaments using simple tools and software, and learn how to incorporate them into many activities. Participants are eligible to receive a classroom visit on 3D printing activities for their students.
For questions, email reservations@explora.us
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Explora: Crazy about Chromatography
2023-11-16 14:00 - 16:00
Explora: Crazy about Chromatography
Thursday, November 16, 2023
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers – 2 CEU hours
Investigate colored markers, food coloring, and candy to see what unexpected colors each contains! Register by November 6 for kit pick up or shipment for first 20 registrants. Share a login and kit of materials!
Contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us
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Setting the Stage: Unpacking the Data on High Quality Afterschool Arts Programs
2023-11-16 13:00 - 14:00
Setting the Stage: Unpacking the Data on High Quality Afterschool Arts Programs – Thursday, November 16 @ 1:00pm
Join the Afterschool Alliance and Forum for Youth Investment to unpack the findings from “Setting the Stage: Practical Ideas for Implementing High-Quality Afterschool Arts Programs,” which looks at how professional teaching artists, high-quality equipment, and dedicated, welcoming art spaces can make a difference for afterschool programs interested in embedding arts learning. The report, conducted by Research for Action and McClanahan Associates, Inc. and commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, also explores research-based 10 Principles for High-Quality Afterschool Arts Programs. Join us to dig into the recommendations made by the report, gain deeper insights from the researchers themselves, and have the chance to hear firsthand accounts from programs featured in the report.
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Choosing Toys to Inspire Young Girls in STEM
2023-11-14 12:00 - 13:00
Choosing Toys to Inspire Young Girls in STEM – Tuesday, November 14 at Noon MT

Science and engineering toys have a long history of being marketed to boys. Now, toy designers – and the parents and caregivers purchasing toys – are moving for more equitable options when it comes to STEM toy offerings and the type of play that young children are encouraged to engage in. Join NGCP for this exciting webinar that will showcase research, resources, and innovative new toys that can be used for supporting STEM play with young girls (and all young children). Leave this event with the resources you need to support girls’ playful learning of the STEM skills they need to reach their full potential!

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Afterschool in Native American and Tribal Communities: Perspective, Programs & Practices
2023-11-09 13:00 - 14:00
A U.S. Department of Education Engage Every Student webinar hosted by the Afterschool Alliance.
Learn about Native American families’ perspectives on afterschool programs, from what families are looking for to barriers to participation, and hear from programs serving youth and families in Native American and tribal communities.

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Brite Application Webinar
2023-11-08 11:00 - 12:00
Brite Application Webinar
Wednesday, November 8 @ 11:00AM MT
This application webinar is an informational meeting for girl-serving informal science education programs interested in applying to BRITE Girls Online STEM Practices: Building Relevance and Identity to Transform Experiences, a Research in Service to Practice National Science Foundation Grant. During the webinar, we will review the goals of the grant, structure of the Brite Program, and the requirements for participating programs. There will also be time for questions about the application and process.
Learn more about the Brite program and application here.
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Explora: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
2023-11-02 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
Thursday, November 2 from 10:00am – Noon MT
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers (2 CEU hours).
What can you discover about how everyday shapes roll? Roll up and down and all around in this workshop. Participants receive NMAEYC membership. Register by October 20th for kit pickup or shipment for first 20 registrants. Share a login and a kit of materials.
Please contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us
These workshops are provided at no cost because of generous support from NMAEYC.

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Explora: Making - Printmaking
2023-10-28 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: Making – Printmaking
Saturday, October 28 from 10:00am – Noon MT at Explora
A workshop for educators, librarians and out-of-school time staff.
Interested in Makerspace activities? Use the Maker mindset to make your own prints! You’ll explore the unconventional possibilities using simple, common materials. Participants are eligible to receive a classroom visit on automata making activities for their students.
Please contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us

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NMOST Fall into Place Conference - Day 2
2023-10-27 08:00 - 15:00
NMOST will host its annual Out-of-School Time Conference on October 26th and 27th on a virtual platform. New Mexico’s premier conference on afterschool and summer learning will include inspiring keynotes each day, followed by a slate of workshops on a wide variety of topics of interest to the out-of-school time community.
Join us for inspiration, motivation, education, and fun!
Click here for further information as it becomes available.

Lights On Afterschool 2023
2023-10-26 14:00 - 18:00
Lights On Afterschool is the biggest day of the year for afterschool to make a splash online, get trending, and reach new audiences about the impact of afterschool programs.

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NMOST Fall into Place Conference - Day 1
2023-10-26 08:00 - 15:00

NM Science Teachers' Association Fall Conference
2023-10-21 08:00 - 16:30
Registration is open for educators for the 2023 Fall Conference, October 21 in Farmington.
Cost: $75 for members until October 1
Presentations: NMSTA is still soliciting proposals for the conference. They have a grant from Sandia Labs to pay a $400 stipend to 15 teacher-presenters who agree to model their presentations after best practices for professional learning. Details are on the conference page.
Reimbursements and scholarships:
1. The Math & Science Bureau of the PED will provide a $175 reimbursement/stipend to qualified public school teachers.
2. If you are a MESA sponsor, please talk to your regional director for details on how to register at no cost to you.
3. Others -NMSTA is working on sponsorships to reimburse your out-of pocket expenses.
Schedule:
Friday starting at 6:00 pm – reception, planetarium show and star gazing
Saturday starting at 8:00 am – registration, breakfast buffet, keynote speaker, 5 1-hour sessions, lunch
Saturday starting at 4:00 pm – share fair and reimbursements
Sunday morning – choice of local field trips
More details can be found on the NMSTA website at https://www.nmsta.org/2023-conference/
If you have questions, please contact NMSTA at conference@nmsta.org.

Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA Resources in Action Webinar
2023-10-17 13:30 - 14:30
Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA Resources in Action Webinar – Tuesday, October 17 at 1:30pm MT

The Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA program, part of NASA’s Universe of Learning, provides resources and experiences that enable youth, families, and lifelong learners to explore fundamental questions in astrophysics, experience how science is done, and discover the universe for themselves.

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Explora: Water Power
2023-09-14 16:00 - 18:00
Explora: Water Power
Thursday, September 14 from 4:00- 6:00pm MT
A virtual workshop for middle and high school educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers.
Learn about renewable energy from the waves, tides, and currents. Roll up your sleeves for some fun activities ready for your classroom, and learn all about clean, renewable energy! Participants will receive a kit of materials. Register by September 4th for kit pickup or shipment for first 15 registrants. Share a login and a kit of materials.
Please contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us
These workshops are provided at no cost because of generous support from Sandia National Laboratories.

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Lights On Afterschool 101
2023-09-07 12:00 - 13:00
Lights On Afterschool 101 – Thursday, September 7th @ Noon Mountain Time

Lights On Afterschool is back in its 24th year, celebrating afterschool programs, students, and staff! Taking place this year on October 26, 2023, this nationwide event brings together more than 8,000 programs showcasing the important role that afterschool plays in supporting youth, families, and communities. Like afterschool programs, Lights On Afterschool celebrations come in all shapes and sizes, and don’t have to be huge to be effective.
Whether this is your first Lights On Afterschool or your 24th, join us for this webinar to inspire you to get the most of out of your event!
Speakers will include afterschool program leaders who will share advice and their experiences holding Lights On Afterschool events, along with Afterschool Alliance event experts.

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Explora: Engineering with Recyclables
2023-09-07 10:00 - 12:00
Explora: Engineering with Recyclables
Thursday, September 7 from 10:00am – 12:00pm MT
A virtual workshop for early childhood educators, librarians and out-of-school time providers (2 CEU hours).
Engineer cars and musical instruments out of recycled materials. Participants receive a NMAEYC membership. Register by August 27 for pickup or shipment for first 20 registrants. Sharing a login and kit of materials is possible.
Please contact Explora Reservations with questions – reservations@explora.us
These workshops are provided at no cost because of generous support from Navajo Transitional Energy Company and NMAEYC.

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