Strong professional connections are the cornerstone of successful advocacy. Conferences and other networking events are great places to cultivate relationships and learn from the successes of individuals and organizations from across the country. These events also serve an important role in fostering discussions critical to the direction of afterschool STEM education. Coalition members have found the following events to be particularly geared toward accomplishing these ends.
“This year’s theme, “The 21st CCLC Program: Realizing America’s New Education Promise,” captures the direction of the program as we strive to develop afterschool activities that include and support the President’s education goals and initiatives. Speakers and presenters will share invaluable experiences and insight related to developing, implementing, and sustaining afterschool programs, today and into the future. The agenda will engage participants in several general sessions that will focus on the President’s new education agenda as well as to provide technical assistance for the overall management of 21st CCLC programs from a daily operational perspective. Based on evaluation results from previous Summer Institutes, the institutes and sessions have been designed to offer you information, strategies, and data on afterschool programming that can be transported to the workplace for your immediate use to educate America’s children.”
“The premier event for zoo and aquarium professionals, AZA's Annual Conference brings together leaders in our community for 6-full days of:
Attendees are guaranteed to be challenged with vibrant speakers from inside and outside the community, expert-led educational programming, face-to-face meetings with colleagues, more than 120 service providers in the Exhibit Hall, exciting networking and social events, and the famous Zoo Day!”
“The conference will bring together a national cross-section of stakeholders involved in the growing movement supporting afterschool STEM education. Sessions will include research-based best practices, program and curriculum development, evaluation, and systemic approaches to aligning science education in- and out-of-school time, with a particular focus on equity and access issues for underrepresented populations.”
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“Each year, the ASTC Annual Conference and Exhibit Hall provide science center professionals from across the globe with an intimate forum to exchange ideas and discuss the field’s leading issues. With over 100 conference sessions, participants are challenged to explore ways of making science centers more essential to their communities. There’s an exciting, high-energy atmosphere at the Annual Conference, plus a great lineup of dynamic events, thought-provoking sessions on timely issues and challenges, field-relevant exhibits, networking opportunities with colleagues and vendors, and much, much more. It’s the event of the year, and you can’t afford to miss it.”
“The focus of the 2010 National Science Experiment will be on water quality as a first step for youth to begin exploring the broader climate change subject. Applicants are also being asked to work in collaboration with both public and private educational or science partners to maximize the quality of the experiment.”
“Lights On Afterschool is celebrated nationwide to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America's children, families and communities. In America today, 1 in 4 youth — 14.3 million children — are alone and unsupervised after school. Afterschool programs keep kids safe, help working families and inspire learning. They provide opportunities to help young people develop into successful adults. Lights On Afterschool was launched in October 2000 with celebrations in 1,200 communities nationwide. The following year 3,600 events took place. Today, more than 7,500 Lights On Afterschool rallies are held annually, attracting 1 million Americans and media coverage nationwide. Lights On Afterschool is a project of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs.”
Don't miss the only national conference focused entirely on summer.
“AAAS President and Nobel Laureate Peter C. Agre invites you to join a diverse array of leading scientists, engineers, educators, and policy-makers at the association's 176th meeting. It will attract attendees from all U.S. states and territories as well as more than 50 countries.”
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The AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpotm is where museum professionals go to learn, share, connect with colleagues and have fun! AAM will convene museum professionals from around the world May 22–25, 2011. Join museum professionals from across the United States and 50 countries for 3½ days in Houston—over 150 thought-provoking sessions, great networking opportunities and special events brought to you by your Houston colleagues.
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