Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Comments

Vic Jaras, Iowa Department of Education

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Opening Keynote: Impact Teaching and Purposeful Play

Michelle Cummings, Training Wheels

The philosopher Plato was once quoted as saying, “I can learn more about a person in an hour of play than a lifetime of conversation.” In this playnote, Michelle Cummings will share insights and strategies on how to surface behaviors through play, and challenge teachers to think outside their traditional teaching methods with ideas for more experiential methods in their classrooms. Michelle will engage you physically, intellectually and mentally with lots of opportunity for laughter and learning. Attendees will discover how powerful the impact of the value of connection, leadership, and purposeful play have on the participants in your programs. 

Break and Visit Exhibitors

Awesome Icebreakers and Energizers • Salon A

Michelle Cummings, Training Wheels, Inc.

This high-energy, hands-on workshop will teach participants how to play some of the industry’s best icebreakers. Kick off day one with some fun! Icebreakers and energizers need not be just fillers or boredom-breakers; when used effectively, they too can be directly tied to leadership objectives and markedly advance the transfer of learning to the real world..

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Community Schools Concept and Impact on Out-of-School Time Learning • Salon B

Lesley Christensen, Timothy Johnson, Cara Edmundson and Sharlene Claytor from Des Moines Public Schools; Lemi Tilahun from Cedar Rapids Community School District; Stephanie Shavers from Operation Threshold in Waterloo

Community Schools are built on four pillars – Integrated Student Support, Expanded Learning Time and Opportunities, Family and Community Engagement, and Collaborative Leadership and practices. Come to learn from Community School experts on how these four pillars are implemented in school and during out-of-school time to support students success. 

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The Road to Quality Afterschool Programs • Wisconsin Room

Bobbie Jo Sheridan, Des Moines Public Schools

Revving up the standard of quality in afterschool programs is essential for students, families, staff and the communities we serve - but it isn't always smooth sailing! How do we measure quality? How do we cruise toward greater quality? Over the past two years, DMPS Metro Kids program has been on a voyage of evaluating all 30 sites using the QRS system through DHS. We've taken new tools and techniques for a test drive and evaluated our program's quality to ensure continuous improvement at all 30 sites. This session will provide a roadmap of our work and the realization that continuous improvement is more about the journey than the destination.

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Art-Lit to Go! Fostering Creativity through Integrated Art and Literacy Experiences • Minnesota Room

Nicole Hanson, ISU Extension and Outreach

Art-Lit to Go! is an innovative Iowa 4-H program that supports the development of art and literacy skills for K-3 children. This informal education program utilizes a range of process-focused and product-focused art experiences to teach children a basic understanding of the foundational art elements of line, shape, color, form, and texture through integrated art-literacy activities. Participants will walk away from this hands-on session with the knowledge needed to develop high-quality art-literacy experiences using the Art-Lit to Go! framework. 

Working Lunch • Salons A, B, C 

IAA Champions and 21CCLC Stars Awards Presentation

Youth Performance: The Hillis Elementary 21CCLC 2020 Musical Cast of "The Jungle Book"

Break and Visit Exhibitors

Volunteer Management 101 • Salon A

Michelle Raymer, Volunteer Iowa

This session will discuss volunteers and how your organization can maximize its potential through these relationships. You’ll learn how to recruit, retain, process, manage, and thank your volunteer force.

Streamline Your Efforts: Boosting Family Engagement • Salon B

Mallory Riesberg, OST Initiative

How many times have you thought about everything on your to-do list and just thought “there is not enough time in the day”? Between program planning, managing a budget, scheduling community partners, working with staff and students, and the millions of other things we do it can be overwhelming to think about anything outside of the afterschool program hours. Often, this can make engaging families a challenge. In this session, we will discuss a variety of family engagement strategies as well as how to streamline your efforts to build the family engagement piece in your programming while providing a meaningful and authentic experience for your students and their families.

STEM 101 – Back to Basics • Wisconsin Room

Theresa Slaughter, OST Initiative

During the session, participants will be led through discussion the basic focus of STEM (STEAM) that will foster learning and engagement in youth. In addition, participants will be able to experience hands-on activities, work individually and in a group setting, and have fun in the process.

Establishing an Inclusive Culture: A Discussion • Minnesota Room

Hannah Morz, OST Initiative; Brian Coffey and Wendy Olinger, Special Olympics

“There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child can do instead of what they cannot do,” said Temple Grandin, internationally famous as a spokesperson on autism. In this session we will discuss what inclusion is and how inclusive practices can support you in creating meaningful and authentic experiences for all children and their families.

Break and Visit Exhibitors

Create Your Data Collection Tools! • Salon A

Jessie Stoffel, Chair, 21CCLC Evaluation and Sustainability Committee

Jump deep into the best practices for data collection, evaluation, submission, and sharing! This will be a working session, so BYOL (bring your own laptop) to customize spreadsheets for your programs so you can start collecting data and be ready to report with ease! These simple best practices will be a great resource for understanding details for preparation of required data for local, state and federal reports. 

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Creating a Culture of Accountability • Salon B

Dawn Cogan, Taylor Noel, Ron Paar from St. Mark’s Youth Enrichment

This is a train-the-trainer presentation which will motivate you to create standards and expectations to uphold students, staff, parents, and administration to greatness. Participants will leave with the skills and knowledge to increase healthy behaviors using positive consequences and social-emotional tools.

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Learning in Motion: Active Learning Strategies for Afterschool • Wisconsin Room

Melissa Hostetler, Iowa City Community School District

Participants will have to opportunity to participate in active learning activities and learn about resources for both lesson planning and funding an active learning program.

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5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! • Minnesota Room

Lyn Jenkins, 5-2-1-0, EveryStep

This session will provide an overview of the 5-2-1-0 health message and approach as well as a deeper dive into how to support healthy food and beverage choices. This interactive session will explore policies, environments, and programs that can enhance healthy behaviors. Participants will leave with ideas and tools to help make healthy choices easier for kids and families.

Treat Break

Ramp Up Your STEM Program with Dimensions of Success • Salon A

Deb Dunkase and others, STEM Active Learning Community Partners

Experience high-quality STEM active learning using the Dimensions of Success program planning tool! Go home with STEM lesson plans ready to incorporate into your programming.

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Experiential Facilitation and Debriefing Skills • Salon B

Cassie Gerst, Burlington Community School Disctrict

This workshop will have participants up and moving as they are led through experiential activities that foster teamwork, leadership, team development, and communication skills. Participants will learn new ways to facilitate activities and improve their debriefing or reflection skills. If you are tired of sitting your students in a circle and asking for their thoughts on real life applications then this workshop is for you!

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Summer Camps Impact on Out-Of-School Learning • Wisconsin Room

Michael Johnson, Camp Fire

While the general public looks at summer camp as an opportunity for their kids to have fun while participating in traditional activities like swimming, archery, and arts and crafts, the summer camp community has adjusted their program offerings to address summer learning loss and STEAM initiatives. 

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Investing in Your Staff • Minnesota Room

Beth Downing, Coralville Parks and Recreation Department 

During this session, we dive into hiring, training, mid-semester evaluation formats, improvement plans and end with cost effective thank yous. You should walk away with new found enthusiasm on all things staffing.