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EVENTS
March 31
Re-Imagining Learning
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Pearson Foundation
Chicago, IL
April 6–9
22nd Annual National Service-Learning Conference
National Youth Leadership Council
Atlanta, GA
April 15–17
Global Youth Service Day
Youth Service America
National
April 16–18
National AfterSchool Association Annual Conference
National AfterSchool Association
Orlando, FL
April 26
Opening Doors to Children With Special Needs—An Institute on Inclusion for Site Coordinators
Kids Included Together
New York, NY
April 27
Opening Doors to Children With Special Needs—An Institute on Inclusion for Front-Line Staff
Kids Included Together
New York, NY
April 27–30
BOOST (Best of Out-of-School Time) Conference
BOOST Collaborative
Palm Springs, CA
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JOBS
Director of Out-of-School Time Programs
East Harlem Tutorial Program
New York, NY
After-School Program Coordinator
The Educational Alliance
New York, NY
K-2 Dance Specialist
WHEDCo
Bronx, NY
Theater Specialist Intern
University Settlement
Brooklyn, NY
Lead Sports Coordinator—Part Time
Play Rugby USA
New York, NY
For more job openings and training opportunities in the after-school field, visit www.afterschool
pathfinder.org.
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High Tech Meets High Touch:
What Do You Need to Know About Digital Learning?
Digital learning is a fast-moving train with the power to take young learners in unlimited directions. Teachers and community educators can use technology to tap into kids' deepest passions and radically expand how they learn.
But how does a time-starved educator get started? This summer TASC will host a forum on digital learning in New York City. We want to introduce school and community educators to the innovators, product developers and thought leaders who are driving digital learning.
However you work with kids—in school, after school or in your community—please tell us who you want to hear from, what you want to hear about and what you need to know to help kids take ownership of learning. And if you know great strategies or resources, please share.
Send us your questions, suggestions or ideas via Twitter (@after_school), Facebook or by emailing info@tascorp.org. Thanks.
 Hear Geoffrey Canada explain how TASC Expanded Learning Time helps kids reach high standards:
WHAT'S LUCY READING?
TASC President Lucy N. Friedman catches you up on her list of must-reads:
Parents, educators—we all need a better handle on what it's like to be born a digital native. Two new reports from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center offer startling research and descriptions of how young children are using media. Always Connected: Young Children's Media Use on the Rise summarizes the research. Learning: Is There An App for That? introduced me to the "pass-back" phenomenon: parents "passing back" their mobile devices to their toddlers in car seats. I'm also spending time with Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out, a book-length look at how older kids are living and learning with digital media.
"Young people today are staring at a future in which they will be less well off than their elders, a reversal of fortune that should send a shudder through everyone." Bob Herbert wrote that last week in his last Op Ed column for The New York Times. He has never given up on the people—poor and working families—who seem all-but-invisible to many of our most best-read pundits. We need voices like Bob's now more than ever.
See how cornstarch and food coloring can launch a child on a love of science:
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
New York City and State
The budget agreement reached by New York State leaders earlier this week would eliminate after-school programs for thousands of kids in New York City and around the state. Nearly 5,000 students would lose their programs based on spending reductions in just one state program, Advantage After School, which would be cut from current spending levels by nearly $5 million.
The budget agreement announced by the governor and leaders of the state legislature would also create hardships for kids and working parents by reducing support for youth development and delinquency programs. These funds support New York City's network of daily, comprehensive after-school programs which operate in all five boroughs.
The budget—if passed by the legislature—would restore only $250 million of the $1.5 billion cut in school aid originally proposed by the governor. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "The restorations are merely a fraction of the $600 million necessary to avoid additional layoffs and cuts in the City's budget—beyond what was announced in February—for the upcoming fiscal year."
National
Among many states where after-school programs are endangered is New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie has proposed eliminating all state support for after-school programs that now serve 5,000 students in mostly low income, urban school districts. To express support for continuing the programs, visit the website of New Jersey After 3.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Innovation Generation Grants
Deadline: April 22
Motorola provides funding of up to $250,000 to support nonprofits, schools and districts that are engaging students, especially girls and underrepresented minorities, in STEM programming.
Art and Culture in Schools
Deadline: April 30
Target awards grants of up to $2,000 to help schools and nonprofits bring more music, art, dance, drama and visual arts to K-12 students. Programs must have a curriculum component and can take place either inside or outside of schools.
American Honda Foundation Grants
Deadline: May 1
Grants of up to $60,000 are available for nonprofits, districts and schools to support educational programming in the areas of STEM, the environment, job training and literacy.
Grow to Learn NYC Mini-Grant
Deadline: June 30
New York City public and charter school gardens registered with Grow to Learn NYC are eligible for funding of up to $2,000 to construct a new garden, support a start-up garden program or to expand an established garden program. Garden partnerships with urban farms or community gardens are included.
Nike Donations
Deadline: Rolling
Nike gives product donations and in-kind support to nonprofit organizations that provide youth with greater access to sport programs.
For the most up-to-date funding opportunities, be sure to visit TASC's Youth Funders Database.
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