Afterschool Webinars

In communities across the country, afterschool programs are facing an uncertain financial future and a rocky economic climate. Our nation’s leaders need to hear what’s happening in their districtsboth the struggles and the amazing success stories of the kids whose lives are impacted by afterschool programs every day.

As part of the Afterschool for All Challenge, we’re asking afterschool advocates from around the country to help us achieve our goal of setting up meetings with all 435 congressional district offices on May 22, 2014. To help you understand the issues related to afterschool—and some of the policy challenges that could affect your program during the next year—this webinar will introduce you to the basics of afterschool policy.

This webinar will discuss how summer learning programs can increase participation in the Summer Food Service Program.  Kate Sims, a child nutrition policy analyst from FRAC, will discuss the findings from their latest report on participation in the Summer Food Service Program. Susan Gamble, director of the West Virginia Statewide Afterschool Network, will discuss how a nationally recognized summer learning program in her state has increased participation in the Summer Food Service Program by working with local partners. 

What are the key issues affecting girls today in the U.S.? What approaches can afterschool programs employ to best support the success of boys, specifically boys and young men of color? We'll begin to address these questions in a the first webinar of an ongoing series focused on gender-specific programming in afterschool. 

In this webinar, Afterschool Alliance and the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) are collaborating again in order to provide information on funding sources for housing authority/afterschool partnerships. 

This webinar will introduce interested science centers and museums to the Lights on Afterschool initiative. Speakers will discuss grant expectations, provide event examples, and answer audience questions.

Learn about some of the key challenges and opportunities facing afterschool and summer learning programs during this election season, and discover how you can advocate for afterschool in your community and raise awareness of these critical programs among elected officials and candidates. The speakers will cite examples of successful advocacy efforts, including hosting site visits.

This webinar will show you the basics of planning a successful Lights On Afterschool event. Like afterschool programs, Lights On Afterschool events come in all shapes and sizes and don't have to cost a lot to be effective. We'll show you how to use our event planning tools to help you stay on track with your planning, attract VIPs and work with the media to get your message out. 

The Afterschool Alliance and Mozilla have partnered up this year to bring you the Lights On Afterschool Webmaker Challenge, a simple, fun activity to help afterschool programs develop students’ webmaking and digital literacy skills. For the Challenge, students will design their own digital poster showcasing their favorite afterschool programs on Mozilla’s Webmaker platform. 

In this webinar, staff from the Afterschool Alliance and Mozilla will give you a quick run-through on how to participate in the Webmaker Challenge.