Leadership Academy Institutes

FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY!

Please join us for our next Leadership Academy institute: "Strategies for Connecting Out-of-School-Time Programs To the Common Core State Standards"

Friday November 18th 8:30am-12pm at the Columbus Center in Salt Lake City.

As research suggests an increased need for quality out-of-school-time programs to align curriculum with that of the regular school day, the Utah Afterschool Network and the Utah State Office of Education have organized a professional development opportunity to help program providers better align curriculum, training, and resources.  This institute is designed to provide practical information and resources to participants from a variety of program settings, including school-based, community-based, government/recreation, and private program providers.

For more information and to register for the training, Click Here.  Space is limited, so make sure you register soon!

Leadership Academy Insitute Update

On September 30th over 130 afterschool staff, coordinators, and community leaders came together for the  first Leadership Academy institute.  Participants heard from Geoff Zimmerman with the Strive Partnership about the importance of a Collective Impact framework in creating large-scale social change in a community.  Particpants also explored the power of implementing a community-wide approach to data collection in order to effectively illustrate the impact of afterschool programs.  Pam Perlich also presented detailed information on Utah's vast demographic changes and the impact they have had on work with staff, youth and families involved with afterschool programs.  All of the information and resources from the institute are now available on UAN's website, www.utahafterschool.org.

Lights On Afterschool Events

Please remember to register your Lights On events with the Afterschool Alliance by Monday October 31st!  Help us reach our goal of increasing Utah's program participation to 200 programs this year.  To register go to www.afterschoolalliance.org/loa.

Utah Afterschool Network Lights On Events

Utah Afterschool Network will partner with Woodrow Wilson Elementary in conjunction with the community learning center for a Lights On celebration on October 27th from 5-7 at Woodrow Wilson Elementary.  At the event, Mayor Cherie Wood will present a city proclamation that recognizes October as Lights On Afterschool month in the City of South Salt Lake.  Rob Averett, Resource and Development Director of the Granite School District will also show support for afterschool and literacy by encouraging youth to participate in KUED’s 19th annual Reading Marathon. Woodrow Wilson Students will showcase the “Procession of the Species” an artistic parade coordinated by the school’s arts program.  

During the kick-off of Afterschool Utah Association’s Jumpstart Conference on October 7th, Governor Herbert’s Chief Deputy of Education, Christine Kearl presented a state declaration recognizing October as “Lights On Afterschool” month in the State of Utah. To view the declaration, click here.

Local and National Lights On Celebrations

Lights On is a national celebration of afterschool.  Programs from across the country celebrated this month to advocate for afterschool programs and the benefits they provide to their communities including keeping kids safe, helping working parents, and inspiring learning.

Check out the links below for pictures of Lights On events across the country, Lights On media coverage and a video from Salt Lake County Youth Services on their recent Light's On event!

12th Annual Lights On Afterschool Photos-Afterschool Alliance

Lights On in the News-Afterschool Alliance

Salt Lake County Youth Services Lights On Event