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2023-24 – Call for 21st CCLC External Evaluators
MASN will offer the certification for 21st CCLC external evaluators for the 2023-24 program year. Read more about the criteria and process for becoming a certified external evaluator.
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A look back at 2023, a look ahead at 2024
As 2024 kicks off, MASN looks ahead to providing another record-breaking year by supporting the needs of the afterschool programs in Missouri. As a team, we are adapting to meet the ever-growing needs of afterschool professionals. In 2023, we added three new team members including two we recruited from the Read more…
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MOSAC 2023, celebrating 30 years of afterschool connections
This year marked the 30th gathering of MASN’s Missouri School Age Conference (MOSAC)! Attendees celebrated building MOSAC to what it is today, 30 years of cultivating connections in professional development sessions, at networking socials, and with MASN’s resource partners. Brad Lademann, MOSAC coordinator, reflects on community-building benefits found in the Read more…
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Program Highlight: Jacket SWARM
Students and teachers get to choose their own adventure before and after school at Jacket SWARM. The first half of the program is dedicated to academic support and individualized tutoring to promote the students’ learning. Afterwards, they spend time in an enrichment activity crafted and proposed by a participating teacher Read more…
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Program Highlight: Tiger Academy
Traci Critser became the new program director of Tiger Academy this summer, after 15 years with the Hollister School District, 10 of them with the program. She did not attend an afterschool program growing up, which may be one reason she feels so drawn to it. “My parents both worked. Read more…
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Middle School Student Leadership Summit
MASN, 220 Leadership and VentureLab will host their 2nd annual Middle School Student Leadership Summit from 9:00am to 3:00pm on September 19, 2023, at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.
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New MASN White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellow
The Missouri AfterSchool Network (MASN) couldn’t be more excited to announce that our very own Ashlee Liska has been selected as a 2023-2024 White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellow. This year’s fellows will spend 10 months developing a capstone project which will support afterschool programs and opportunities in their home state. Liska Read more…