Missouri AfterSchool Network

Pipeline LIVE! Monthly Director Update
2025-06-17 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-05-20 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-04-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Join afterschool program directors from across the state on the third Tuesday of each month for an informative, virtual call. Each month, MASN provides information on all things afterschool happening in Missouri. The information often includes funding and partnership opportunities, policy highlights, events and professional development, and a chance to ask questions of your fellow program directors. The first part of the call is geared to all program directors. The second part of the call is specifically for DESE grantee program directors.

Director Networking Call
2025-06-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
MASN facilitates monthly Afterschool Program Director Networking Calls on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Each opportunity to collaborate will focus on a different topic, announced in advance, so program directors can prepare questions or be ready to share experiences and expertise.

Non-Grantee Technical Assistance: Virtual Office Hour
2025-06-06 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2025-05-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2025-04-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Through Child Care Development Funds provided by the Office of Childhood, MASN is now providing FREE Afterschool Technical Assistance for afterschool and summer enrichment programs.
MASN staff can guide you as you work through these processes.
Program Start-up Support
Talk with MASN staff regularly for guidance and moral support as you work one bite at a time ON this huge and important task
Support Subsidy
Includes a health serving of one on one support navigating the expectations, forms, and process to become registered to receive subsidy
Support Programs Seeking Licensing
Optional toppings include help navigating licensing rules, A licensing companion guide, a helpline, And training for staff on “what to expect” when becoming licensed

Entrepreneurship/CAPSA Youth Workforce Initiatives PLC
2025-06-04, 2025-05-07, 2025-04-01 - 2025-04-02
The Entrepreneurship in Afterschool Peer Learning Community (PLC) provides support and resources to afterschool programs engaging in entrepreneurship education. Although entrepreneurship education is available to all grades, this PLC focuses on opportunities for middle and high school students in out-of-school time programs. As a peer learning community, this group shares best practices and resources for developing a healthy youth entrepreneurship ecosystem around the state.
The Career Awareness and Post-Secondary Access (CAPSA) Peer Learning Community provides support and resources to middle school and high school afterschool programs engaging in college and career readiness/career awareness and post-secondary access activities. As a peer learning community, this group shares best practices and resources supporting students’ future hopes and dreams through career pathway planning.

Public Awareness Committee Meeting
2025-05-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2025-03-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join us quarterly to contribute to statewide systems-building work in the areas of Policy and Advocacy, Quality and Professional Development, STEM, and Public Awareness! Committees are open to all afterschool staff, administrators, and community partners. Committees meet virtually once each quarter. Meeting dates and times are published in the MASN Afterschool Pipeline.There is no charge to participate.

Ambassador Monthly Meeting
2025-05-20 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago), 2025-05-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2025-04-16 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago), 2025-04-16 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago), 2025-03-19 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York), 2025-03-19 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
The Afterschool Ambassadors program empowers up-and-coming leaders in the field of afterschool to confidently and effectively advocate for afterschool access for all Missouri children. By actively attending in-person meetings, program visits, phone calls, emails, and social media, ambassadors are able to build strong relationships with our federal, state, and local elected officials. Each year, MASN’s policy committee chooses 5-10 new applicants and provides the selected applicants with training, peer networking opportunities, and mentorship.

Quality/PD Committee Meeting
2025-05-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

Ambassador Applications due for 2024-2025 cohort
2025-04-30
The ambassador program empowers up-and-coming leaders in the field to confidently and effectively advocate for afterschool access for all Missouri children. MASN provides training and mentorship to help ambassadors build relationships with federal, state, and local elected officials through in-person meetings, program visits, phone calls, emails, and social media.

STEM Committee Meeting
2025-04-24 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)

Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-25
Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week is a time set aside to intentionally recognize those working in afterschool programs for the impact they have on students and to show them appreciation and gratitude for the work they put in throughout the school year. In partnership with the National Afterschool Association (NAA), afterschool programs across the state let their program staff know how much they are valued and loved.

Active Learning Institute (ALI)
2025-04-12
As the Active Learning Institute approaches, please find details in the Pipeline Newsletter (archive, sign up)

Policy Committee Meeting
2025-04-10 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)

Virtual Professional Development
2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
The Virtual Professional Development (PD) Series offers virtual trainings throughout the school year. These trainings typically consist of between four and six sessions and are often stand-alone sessions, meaning they don’t build on one another and staff can attend without the worry of having missed out on pre-requisite information. The first session will be in the early fall and the series will finish in early spring. (1.5 clock hours available for each session)

Student Leadership Summit
2025-04-03 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Harris-Stowe State University, ​3026 Laclede Ave, St. Louis, 63103, United States

Workforce Development in Afterschool Week
2025-03-31 - 2025-04-04

STEM PLC-Full Group #3
2025-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
