AFA Town Hall Event Gathers Providers' Voices to Inform Areas for Systems-Level Improvements

The Afterschool For All Advisory Council and its many co-sponsors would like to thank the more than 150 OST providers who  participated in the May 10^th AFA Town Hall at City College of San Francisco.

From the evaluation forms completed by participants, the Town Hall appears to have been a success, with overwhelmingly positive feedback. We met our three goals to:

·        Gather feedback from participants to be used by the AFA Advisory Council to plan its future work- more than 90% of respondents said they made a valuable contribution to the discussion on improving OST programming in SF

·        Familiarize and connect OST practitioners with the work of the Afterschool For All Advisory Council- Over two-thirds of respondents said they gained a new understanding of what AFA does and nearly 90% or respondents said they would access AFA tools from the AFA website

·        Provide practitioners the opportunity to share innovative program practices- over 90% of respondents said they felt they had a voice in the OST field in San Francisco

Thank you to all participants for sharing your innovations, ideas, and suggestions for improving OST in our city.  

Please find a final report that summarizes the conversations and discussions at the AFA Town Hall event here. 

For those of you who would like to stay informed about the next steps for the AFA Advisory Council, please sign up to receive AFA’s quarterly newsletter by visiting this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AFANewsletter

If you have any questions about AFA’s efforts or any feedback about the AFA Town Hall event, please contact us at afterschoolforall@dcyf.org.

AFA Town Hall Event a Success!

On behalf of the Afterschool For All Council and all of the Town Hall Event co-sponsors, thank you for participating in the May 10th AFA Town Hall at the City College of San Francisco.

The event was a resounding success and was attended by over 150 OST providers, partners and supporters!

Stay tuned for the Town Hall Event Final Wrap Up & Next Steps coming soon!

Registration Open for the AFA Town Hall Event

Friday, May 10, 2013; 10am to 1pm

City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus

50 Phelan Ave

San Francisco, CA 94112

Click here to register: http://afa-town-hall-2013.eventbrite.com

  

Who Should Attend?

Any staff working in an out of school time program in San Francisco: afterschool staff, summer program staff, teaching artists, interns, executive directors, program managers, tutors, etc.

What to expect:

Information & Tools: learn about current and past Afterschool for All efforts and how they apply to your work

Collaboration: provide feedback about what you see as opportunities and challenges for the out of school time field in San Francisco

Innovation: come prepared to share your innovative practices and your thoughts on the future of out of school time in San Francisco

Sponsored by the SF Afterschool for All Advisory Council

Co-Sponsored by: SFUSD, DCYF, SF Beacon Initiative, SF Summer Learning Network, SF Out of School Time Coalition, City College’s Child Development & Family Studies Dept. - Youth Worker/ School Age Program, and SF State University’s Dept. of Child and Adolescent Development, Child Care Planning and Advisory Council, the Human Services Agency Office of Early Childcare and Education, Children in Nature Forum, and the Youth Employment Coalition

Save the Date for the First Annual Afterschool for All Town Hall

Do you strive to provide high quality and innovative out of school time programming?

Do you recognize challenges that need to be addressed for the out of school time field in San Francisco?

Are you ready to share your thoughts?

Then, SAVE THE DATE for the Afterschool For All Town Hall

Friday, May 10, 2013; 10am to 1pm

at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean Campus

50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112  (Accessible from the Balboa BART station and MUNI 9X, 9AX, 9BX, 49, 29 and 43 lines)

Sponsored by the SF Afterschool for All Advisory Council*

Co-Sponsored by: DCYF, SFUSD, SF Beacon Initiative, SF Summer Learning Network, SF Out of School Time Coalition, City College’s Child Development & Family Studies Dept. - Youth Worker/ School Age Program, and SF State University’s Dept. of Child and Adolescent Development, Child Care Planning and Advisory Council, the Human Services Agency Office of Early Childcare and Education, and  the Youth Employment Coalition

What you can expect from the Town Hall

Information & Tools: learn about current and past Afterschool for All efforts and how they apply to your work

Collaboration: provide feedback about what you see as opportunities and challenges for the out of school time field in San Francisco

Innovation: come prepared to share your innovative practices and your thoughts on the future of out of school time in San Francisco

Who Should Attend?

Any staff working in an out of school time program in San Francisco: afterschool staff, summer program staff, teaching artists, interns, executive directors, program managers, tutors…

Stay tuned for more information!  

San Francisco Family Summer Resource Fair

This year’s Summer Resource Fair will be held at Everett Middle School on Saturday, March 9^th from 10am- 2pm, conveniently located near MUNI and bus lines. The Summer Resource Fair is a unique opportunity for parents and families to learn about the variety of citywide programs, camps and other options available to youth in the summer. DCYF , GoKid, SFUSD and the Rec & Park Department will be hosting. In addition, the AFA Summer Work Group has provided recommendations to the Resource Fair planning team and will be conducting a survey at the fair in order to better track access to programs. Over 150 exhibitors from around the City will attend the fair, representing programs that meet a range of needs for youth from Kindergarten through high school.There will also be entertainment and interactive activities. Stop by and see all that summer in San Francisco has to offer!

Bridging the Bay Conference Coming Up!

It’s not too late to register for Bridging the Bay! The fourth annual conference will be held this year on February 1^st and 2^nd at Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland, California (parking is available, and it is accessible by public transit).  The Bridging the Bay conference is held annually for afterschool line staff, program coordinators and managers. This is a unique opportunity to share best practices with our partners across the Bay, and expand on AFA commitment to professional development.  This year’s conference has an exciting line-up of presenters, workshops and performers.  Michael Funk, director of the Afterschool Division at the Ca Department of Education, will keynote the conference and talk about the future of afterschool in California.  There will be workshops on afterschool and school day alignment, STEM, STEAM, the core competencies, behavior management and much more. This year will also include a new older youth track, for middle and high school programs. Conference attendees can expect to leave with new ideas, connections and tools they can start using right away. Please share the conference information with your coworkers and colleagues.

Please visit the Bridging the Bay website for regular updates about the conference. We will see you there!

Attend a Local Lights On Afterschool Event

Community members are invited to attend and Lights On Afterschool Event in their neighborhood. Click here for a list of events and contact a program near you to see if you can attend.