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Afterschool Focus: College and Career Readiness > Afterschool Focus: College and Career ReadinessThrough strong partnerships with K–16 organizations, community-based organizations, and local businesses, afterschool programs are well positioned to help students become college and career ready. Program Profile: PODER Shows Students the Power of Planning for the FutureAlthough the students in the Chicago-based Positive Outcomes Delivered through Education and Respect (PODER) afterschool program have not yet started high school, they are already thinking about their futures. College and career readiness is an important part of the 21st CCLC's programming. News from the Field: Cahokia Students Learn Through ServiceService learning has always been an important part of the Cahokia Unit School District 187 21st CCLC program. Recently, students learned to knit caps for children who had lost their hair as a result of chemotherapy. Recommended ResourcesPredictors of Postsecondary SuccessPublished by the College & Career Readiness & Success (CCRS) Center at the American Institutes of Research, this brief summarizes early childhood through early postsecondary education research that identifies student skills, behaviors, and other characteristics that predict future academic and workplace success. CCRS also hosted Predictors of Postsecondary Success: Understanding the Value of Workforce Data, a webinar that builds on the brief. Food Research and Action Center Webinar, July 8Community Eligibility is a new option to allow high-poverty schools to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge while eliminating meal applications. To learn more about the policy and implementation, join the Food Research and Action Center in a webinar, Community Eligibility: Everything You Want to Know but Were Afraid to Ask. Panelists for this question and answer session will include U.S. Department of Education Title I experts, state Title I experts, and state and local child nutrition and school administrators with experience implementing community eligibility. The webinar takes place at 3 p.m. EDT.
Media Smart YouthThe National Institutes of Health have developed Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!®, an interactive afterschool education program for youth ages 11 to 13. The curriculum includes ten lessons that combine media literacy and youth development principles with federal recommendations about nutrition and physical activity. Information for GranteesImportant Dates and Events
Grants and Other OpportunitiesThe Dollar General Afterschool Literacy Award. The Afterschool Alliance and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation are seeking nominations for afterschool programs that have excelled in providing literacy support to middle school students. They are particularly interested in learning about the positive impacts these programs are having on their students. If you know a program that fits this description, nominate it today! The winning afterschool program will be awarded $10,000 and recognized at the Afterschool Alliance’s national Afterschool for All Challenge. Nominations must be received by August 15. Verizon Innovative App Challenge. The Verizon Innovative App Challenge provides the opportunity for middle school and high school students, working with a faculty advisor, to apply their STEM knowledge, ingenuity, and creativity to develop an original mobile app concept that incorporates STEM and addresses a need or problem in their school or community. The competition offers $20,000 grants for winning middle schools and high schools and Samsung Galaxy Tabs for students on the winning teams. Official registration opens on August 4. Learn more on the Verizon App Challenge website. Join Us OnlineDo you have a question for your afterschool colleagues? Would you like to know what’s going on in other Illinois 21st CCLC programs? Join the Illinois Quality Afterschool Facebook Group. Would you like to receive the Illinois Quality Afterschool newsletter and resource brief? Fill out our online subscription form. |
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