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DEI Tips

Ensuring afterschool programs center diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging takes commitment, resources, and the desire to embark on a journey that can sometimes be challenging, but ultimately transformational and very rewarding. Use the following tips to support your youth. Click here to discover more: DEI Tips

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Graduate and Undergraduate Research Position

Preferred qualifications: A student who is highly motivated to learn about natural resource management challenges and opportunities, while gaining experience in science communication with the support of experienced mentors. The ideal candidate will arrive with some knowledge about fire and climate adaptation or nature-based solutions and be excited to develop skills in: time management, organization

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Hip Hop Public Health

In 2006, an unlikely pair teamed up in New York City to tackle health inequities. Our founders, Dr. Olajide Williams, a neurologist and health behavior change expert at Columbia University, and Doug E. Fresh, “The Original Human Beat Box” and revolutionary hip hop artist, joined forces to construct a new approach to health education. Click

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Summer Youth Counselor

Job description: Youth Services Counselor Reports to: Director of Youth Programs Position Classification: Non-Exempt Classified: Temporary – May 2024– August 2024 Essential Responsibilities Under the direction of the Director of Youth Services, the Youth Counselor will provide direct supervision, instruction, and follow-up for the organization’s youth services program participants ages 14-21. Provide mentorship, counseling, and

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Toe by Toe

Toe by Toe is the most effective and efficient one-to-one reading intervention program on the market that can be taught by anyone who can read (i.e. not necessarily a teacher). Why? – It’s cheap. The book costs $40- per child. That’s it! – It’s effective. It aligns completely with the Science of Reading and hundreds

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Healthy Out-Of-School Time Coalition

Our goal is to foster health and well-being practices in afterschool programs nationwide, using science-based standards for healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, and social supports for these behaviors including staff, family, and child engagement. We encourage OST leaders and program staff to explore the evidence-based Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) Standards. Click here

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Teaching Civics

Teachingcivics.org supports educators with an ever-growing repository of current, professionally vetted, and unbiased civics, law-related education, and government lesson plans and materials. These lessons include materials developed by Learning Law and Democracy Foundation and lessons written by others, vetted with links to their sources. Let us help you quickly find the best lesson for your

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National Endowment for the ARTS

The NEA’s primary activities include grantmaking to nonprofit arts organizations, public arts agencies and organizations, colleges and universities, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and individual writers and translators. Grant applications are reviewed by panels of arts experts and individuals from across the country. Click here to discover more: National Endowment for the ARTS

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