Webinars:

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This page will collect webinars and group meetings pertinent to programs operating during the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you or your organization have resources you can share with the network, please contact and share these activities with Jared Gould at AmeriCorps2@alaskachildrenstrust.org

Let’s Talk About the Future of Afterschool

Let’s Talk the Future of Afterschool is a biweekly interactive conversation on Zoom that provides timely updates and resources to our membership and informs policymakers, funders, and other decision-makers about the state of the afterschool field's efforts and needs. 

• Let’s Talk About the Future of Afterschool: School and Afterschool Coordination with Gina Warner and Jonathan Melendez, Fairfax County (Virginia) Out-of-School Time Network

• Let’s Talk About the Future of Afterschool: Reopening with Gina Warner and Isabelle Mussard, California School-Age Consortium

California Afterschool Network

• Interview with Michael Funk on Expanded Learning Services Offered During COVID-19 - The California AfterSchool Network is hosting nearly weekly interview with Michael Funk, Division Director for the California Department of Education Expanded Learning Division. This seventh interview provides a quick update on the services being provided by the Expanded Learning field during COVID-19 and the field survey to collect this data.

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• Child Care Aware of America Webinar: Child Care During COVID-19 - Guidance & Implementation from Experts.

• Child Care Program Office, Municipality of Anchorage, and thread: COVID-19 Child Care Provider WebEx Meeting (March 26, 2020)

  • COVID-19 Child Care Provider Meeting WebEx Recording

  • COVID-19 Child Care Provider Meeting Presentation

Zero to Three

• Addressing Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19 - How are stress and abuse affecting children, families, and professionals during this pandemic?

US Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children and Families

• Office of Child Care Webinar: Discussion with CDC Regarding Guidance for Child Care Programs that Remain Open

American Camp Association

• Crisis Communication for Camps in the Time of Coronavirus

National Summer Learning Association

• Operations Guidelines for Summer Camps, Programs, and Child Care - With the onset of COVID-19, organizations will need to take extra precautions to ensure the safety of their campers and staff this summer. Join us as we review the latest national guidance and resources that have been release from the Centers for Disease Control, the American Camp Association, the YMCAs of the United States, the Office of Child Care, and the National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment, including:

  • Field Guide for Camps on Implementation of CDC Guidance

  • Considerations for Youth and Summer Camps and Child Care, Schools, and Youth Programs

  • Guidance for CCDF Programs & Policy Makers

  • Child Care and COVID-19 Resources

Intercultural Development Research Association

• Equitable Practices for Teaching Online – COVID-19 School Response Webinar - This webinar helps teachers rethink their lesson plans for an online platform, including resources like teacher-created YouTube channels and explainer videos, tools for sharing resources with your peers, and ways of working with your district to ensure students have access.

  • Equitable Practices for Teaching Online Slidedeck

• Teaching Science in Virtual Learning Environments - Explore how to leverage online platforms to make high-quality science learning interactive and hands-on from home. Dr. Stephanie Garcia and Michelle Vega showcase four online platforms for teaching science concepts virtually: Educreations, Explain Everything, Quizlet and Padlet. They show how to use these tools through an online learning module template focused on Newton’s Laws of Motion, a middle school science concept.

  • Teaching Science in Virtual Learning Environments Slidedeck