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ACRES Training Cohort: Facilitating Math Practices
Wednesdays: 4/12/23; 4/26/23; 5/10/23 from 5a-7a HST Afterschool educators will explore and practice strategies for making math engaging and accessible. Asking purposeful questions is a prerequisite to this skill. The expectation is that you will be live and an active member of all three sessions. REGISTER HERE Code: AC228PQ |
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Click2Engineering Spring Community of Practice
4/15/23; 4/19/23; 5/3/23; 5/17/23 The Click2Engineering community of practice (CoP) introduces out-of-school time educators to the basics of engineering and leading engineering activities with youth. The CoP is organized around the 10 Practices for an Engineering Mindset, and includes hands-on engineering activities to facilitate. REGISTER HERE |
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Click2CS Virtual Workshop: Supporting Productive Failure
4/26/23 from 9a-10a HST Helping youth see how failure can be productive, is critical for an engineering mindset. This workshop teaches how to create learning experiences that support youth and help them persevere from their failures. By engaging in authentic engineering work, youth develop engineering identities and the mindset to solve problems. REGISTER HERE |
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Afterschool Math Plus Curriculum Training
Thursdays: 4/18/23; 5/16/23; 6/20/23; 7/18/23; 8/15/23; 9/19/23; 10/17/23; 11/28/23 from 7a-8a HST These workshops will host a different activity each meeting that will teach youth how to have fun with math. Each webinar will include strategies to support a positive Math identity (e.g., role models, career connections, family connections, literacy connections). REGISTER FOR INDIVIDUAL TRAINING SESSIONS HERE |
Parent Workshop: The Engineering Design Process at Home
Learn about the Engineering Design Process and how this framework can help anybody approach all sorts of complex problems both within STEM and out. You will focus on the different steps of the Engineering Design Process, including iteration and developing resistance to failure in STEM. |
Parent Workshop: Using Questions to Support your Child as a STEM Learner
You will explore how different types of questions can help develop our child’s critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, especially in STEM areas. Support your child as a STEM learner by making small changes in your language during everyday conversations. |
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with the IF/THEN® Collection Explores resources in the IF/THEN® Collection to promote computer science and engineering in afterschool programs. WATCH RECORDING |
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In this webinar, we will explore three strategies for connecting to and preparing role models to work with youth. Strategies will consist of: 1-Making a Connection; 2-Talking About Your Work in Age-Appropriate Ways; 3-Using Culturally Relevant and Youth Development Practices
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