This post was written by Chris Mai, Policy and Communications Manager for Every Hour Counts and originally appeared on their blog. Every Hour Counts, formerly the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems, is a coalition of citywide organizations that increase access to Read More …
Category: Professional Development
From TASC: Why the Adolescent Brain Should Be Revered, Not Feared
This post was generously shared by TASC, one of PASA’s Every Hour Counts partners, and originally appeared as part of their NeuroConnections blog series, where they explore the bridge between neuroscience and education. Saskia Traill is TASC’s vice president for policy and Read More …
Guest Blog: Aligning Expanded Learning with New State Standards
This post originally appeared on the Cross & Joftus blog. Cross & Joftus works with states, foundations, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to meet their education goals. PASA worked with Cross & Joftus to identify areas of Common Core alignment and Read More …
Use It or Lose It: The Adolescent Brain
This post originally appeared on The After School Corporation (TASC’s) blog. TASC is one of PASA’s Every Hour Counts partners and is dedicated to helping urban schools give kids more time, more ways, and more opportunities to learn so that everyone Read More …
Guest Blog: Bringing STEM to Life through Partnerships and the Next Generation Science Standards
This post was written by Boston After School and Beyond, an Every Hour Counts partner. Boston After School & Beyond is a public-private partnership that seeks to ensure that every child in Boston has the opportunity to develop to his or Read More …
The Learning Curve: PASA’s STEM Professional Development Goes Hands-On
by Brittany Sandbergen, Coordinator of Professional Development and Training posted 5.29.14 AfterZone Site Coordinator Luke Martin leads a lesson in making Glurch for AfterZone Educators and Program Support Staff For the last three months I’ve been working with Read More …
Earworms, Beats, and Arrows: Six Totally Unexpected Applications of STEM
by Michael Braithwaite, Director of Communicationsposted 5.02.2014 STEM learning has been a hot topic of conversation, research, and speculation in the last couple of years, but if you think STEM is all calculators, bunsen burners, and computers, you need a Read More …
Notes from the NAA Convention: Deepening Professional Development for STEM
By Naomi Jacobs, AfterZone Scholars Coordinator posted 3.6.14 Last weekend I had the pleasure of joining my afterschool colleagues from around the country at the National Afterschool Association Convention in New York City. The theme of this year’s convention was Read More …
Sign Up: Winter/Spring Statewide Professional Development Calendar
The Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance (RIASPA) and PASA have teamed up with generous support from RIDE’s 21st CCLC Initiative to bring you the winter/spring, 2014 professional development calendar. We are excited to offer workshop opportunities on many Fridays this Read More …
Register Now: Afterschool Mini-Conference 2014
Afterschool Mini-ConferenceWednesday, January 15, 2014, 8:30-12:00pmStudent Union Ballroom, Rhode Island College Sponsored by RIASPA, the Providence After School Alliance, RI College, and RIDE’s 21st CCLC Initiative, this bi-annual, high-quality professional development event will feature workshop topics beneficial to afterschool professionals Read More …