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Save the Date: 2020 Indiana Summit on Out-of-School Learning
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14-15, 2020 | Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis
Our 9th annual conference will feature two days of exciting workshops and events hosted by the Indiana Afterschool Network and the Indiana Department of education. More than 600 youth programs, educators, and community partners will join together to connect, learn new ideas, and access valuable resources for Indiana’s K-12 youth.

Indiana Academy on Out-of-School Learning
Join hundreds of Indiana out-of-school time professionals in the Academy. All courses are aligned with the Indiana Afterschool Standards, CYC credentials, and CCDF requirements.

My Afterschool Locker
IAN’s new go-to place to find resources that strengthen program quality. The one-stop shop supports programs focusing on curriculum, community engagement, workforce connectivity, and team tools – it provides lesson plans, engagement ideas, and connections to Indiana organizations and individuals in the field of afterschool and out-of-school time.

Indiana Quality Program Self-Assessment
Programs seeking to measure and track their progress using the Indiana Afterschool Standards can use the FREE online Indiana Quality Program Self-Assessment (IN-QPSA). Organizations and programs can create reports, compare results over time, and aggregate results from multiple sites. The tool includes downloadable surveys for staff, community partners, families, and youth, with automated reporting to help programs track progress over time.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Leap Into Science

Leap into Science is a nationwide program developed by The Franklin Institute Science Museum that integrates open-ended science activities with children’s books, designed for children ages 3-10 and their families. The program empowers informal educators to offer workshops in community settings like libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs to engage underserved audiences in accessible and familiar settings.This evidence-based program will be made available to a limited number of informal educators in Indiana through in-person trainings. Indiana training session are as follows:

• August 12, 2019 | Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
• August 14, 2019 | Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Evansville, IN
• August 23, 2019 | Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN
• August 28, 2019 | Early Learning Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

Program Highlight

Spotlight Story:MCAS Safe Harbor

MCAS Safe Harbor hosted a site tour and reception for local, state and federal leaders for our 2017 Lights On Afterschool event.
Safe Harbor enrichment programs featured in the site tour included Safe Harbor’s Junior Master Gardener students making salsa using peppers and tomatoes from the Southwest garden which Safe Harbor JMG students developed and maintain, Literacy Through the Arts- A cross content curriculum developed in partnership with Michigan City’s Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Academic Enrichment- Homework help and math tutoring and Safe Harbor’s FIRST Robotics Challenge team running coding enrichment with Safe Harbor’s elementary students.

The site tour ended in the school’s Asian garden (which Safe Harbor also developed and maintains) where local, state, and federal leaders came together for a small reception to celebrate the partnerships and collaboration which make the Safe Harbor Afterschool Enrichment Program a success.

Attendees included: Congressman Pete Visclosky, Regional Director for Senator Todd Young, District Director for Senator Joe Donnelly, Indiana Department of Education’s Chief of Governmental Affairs, Ken Folks, Michigan City Mayor Ron Meer, Michigan City Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Barbara Eason Watkin’s, Michigan City Area Schools Curriculum Director, Jan Radford, Principal, Peggy Thomas, Michigan City Area Schools School Board Members, Michigan City’s City Council Members, and Michigan City Economic Development representatives.

Local media coverage provides the article below:
http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/news/article_959b9d31-058e-5780-b414-6c577687f73c.html

Safe Harbor’s Lights On Afterschool Celebration was sponsored by Global Engineering and Land Surveying.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Leap Into Science

Program Highlight

Spotlight Story:MCAS Safe Harbor