Join us for a free, 3-hour virtual professional development experience designed to unite academic and non-academic professionals across Illinois. This symposium creates a dynamic space to learn, sharpen, and elevate your knowledge and skills in service of whole-child success. Together, we’ll explore strategies that strengthen practice, deepen collaboration, and drive the improvement, achievement, and long-term...
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21st CCLC Town Hall meetings are an opportunity for ACT Now to share information and policy updates with the entire 21st CCLC provider membership. These meetings are also an opportunity for ACT Now to lift up programs and elevate providers’ experiences in programming. These meetings occur virtually on a bi-monthly basis. |
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21st CCLC TA: Join ACT Now and Helix Education to learn the basics of human-centered design thinking, how to use it to identify and act on areas of improvement for your program, and leave with new tools that can be used well after this interactive workshop. Helix will introduce their 5 step model to show how human-centered... |
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Join us on January 21 for the next statewide 21st CCLC Community Call, co-hosted by ACT Now and ISBE, where we’ll focus on one of the most critical drivers of program quality: professionally developing staff. This session will highlight practical strategies, resources, and statewide promising practices to strengthen staff skills, build sustainable development systems, and support high-quality youth experiences.... |
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Elevating Program Excellence with the Illinois Afterschool Quality Standards: This in-person training is designed to empower out-of-school time (OST) professionals with an understanding of the Illinois Afterschool Quality Standards Framework, with a special focus on the Top 10 Quality Standards. Through interactive activities, collaborative reflection, and strategic planning, participants will explore how to embed these... |
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Join ACT Now for a dynamic 90-minute virtual panel focused on strengthening Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) practices in youth ages 5 - 12 at afterschool program spaces. Whether you're a frontline provider, program manager, or administrator, this conversation will offer timely strategies and real-world insight into fostering environments where youth—and staff—can thrive. Learn more and register here. |
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