Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence

Introducing the Arizona School-Age Credentialing Program —your gateway to enhancing skills, gaining recognition, and advancing your OST career! We are now seeking 30 OST staff members to participate in the Credentialing Program Pilot. To express your interest in participating in the pilot please complete the following form by November 27th. If selected, you will be notified by December 1. https://lnkd.in/guAF2ksY

A very big thank you to Lakeshore Learning for their generous support of the 2024 School’s Out, Make It Count conference. Their amazing door prize donations made so many people very happy!

Congratulations to the Prescott YMCA Program on winning the Commitment to quality Award of Excellence at this years conference! Thank you for all that you do for your youth!

Don't forget to vote today! Your voice MATTERS!

Courtney's Out-Of-School Time Podcast Playlist November Recommendation: How to share decision making and activity leadership with youth Here to discuss what Rising Youth Theatre does to share decision making and activity leadership with the young people in its organization are two of Rising Youth Theatre’s Producing Artistic Collaborators, Ty Muhammad and Sarah Sullivan. This episode was intentionally produced to support the formation and coordination of adolescent-centered care and services, so you also will hear from Vinny Chulani of the Arizona Alliance for Adolescent Health. Listen to the podcast here: https://ow.ly/jM2G50SzTyv

Congratulations to our Workshop Evaluation winner, Kaitland Evans of Peoria Unified School District! You have won an amazing Prize Pack, which includes some great items from our exhibitors and an Amazon Gift Card. Please check your email on how to claim your prize!

Congratulations to Nick Steele, the winner of the OST Professional Award! Thank you for all that you do in the field of OST time.

Another successful School’s Out, Make It Count conference! Thank you to everyone who attended this years conference. We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed having you there! A special thank you to all our exhibitors, workshop presenters, and our keynote speaker, Matthew Emerzian

It’s on! We’re celebrating the 25th annual #LightsOnAfterschool with over 1 million afterschool champions to showcase all the ways afterschool programs are serving our communities – now and in the future! Join the celebration: https://lnkd.in/diW4JAq

We're so excited to see you tomorrow! Important conference information https://ow.ly/MuZQ50TOY3g Important traffic information: - I-17 Closures for Oct. 18-20 - Southbound I-17?will be closed between Peoria Avenue and 7th Avenue from?9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19. - Northbound I-17?will be closed between Interstate 10 at the “Split” interchange (near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport) and Peoria Avenue from?9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20.