This amazing event will bring out the brightest and most creative youth entrepreneurs in Houston! Start your Christmas shopping early or pick up unique gifts for yourself. The whole family is sure to find something they’ll love at the YBK Day Market. There will be food, games, giveaways and so much more. In the heart of Pearland Towncenter, don’t miss this opportunity to support the next generation of amazing creatives!
Do you have a young entrepreneur or a performer you would like to have showcased at the event? Be sure to sign them up at www.jbriellehmg.com/ybkday. More than just a one day event for youth, they will also get:
- Access to a four day virtual training program that will help them adequately prepare for the market and maximize their success.
- A swag bag full of goodies to take home after the event.
- Attendance to the pre-show meet and greet for all registered participants.
Sign them up for only $35! ONLY 25 SPOTS AVAILABLE! Register today at jbriellehmg.com/ybkday!
It’s back our “2nd Annual Future of STEM Conference” on November 11, 2023.
This conference is intended for middle and high school students, and it is HYBRID! We will be hosting the in-person event at Greentown Labs Houston, but there is limited space. The conference will be streamed virtually for all to join nationwide!
Please join us to gain information about STEM careers, learn the future of STEM, and talk to STEM professionals to learn what it takes it have a career in the field.
Register Here: https://bit.ly/BGDESTEMConference2023
To learn more information or how you can help sponsor the conference, contact us at info@blackgirlsdoengineer.org
The Early REACH program is creating 800-1,000 new spaces within existing high-quality child care programs to serve additional children across Harris County. Developed with the input of stakeholders across the county, this program is meant to pilot a new approach to funding child care for young children, as well as support child care centers recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused many centers across the county to close. Register here.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and mental health shape high-quality out-of-school time (OST) programming. Hosted by the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE), this interactive webinar will begin with a presentation on building SEL and mental health capacity for OST programming followed by a facilitated discussion with system leaders on the best strategies to equitably address the SEL and mental health needs of children and families with consideration for culture, ethnicity, linguistic needs, income, historical context, and other factors. Webinar will take place June 29 at 2 PM CST. Register here!
The Arts for Learning Collaborative (ALC), formerly Arts for Learning Lab, is a cohort of teaching artists and classroom teachers dedicated to best teaching practices in the field of arts integration. ALC is a year-long training cohort encompassing approximately 40 hours of training and classroom implementation to support foundational arts-integration knowledge and strategies for implementation. This program provides compensated training for artist and educators who complete the program.
Classroom teachers and Teaching Artists accepted into the ALC Cohort will learn arts integration implementation skills through an approach that includes professional development, modeling, observation, co-teaching, and mentoring in a collaborative setting. Educators are paired with Teaching Artist for a hands-on learning experience. This program provides compensated training for artist and educators who complete the program and includes TEA-approved PD hours for educators.
Application Deadline: July 15, 2023.
All educators, youth service providers, and artists are eligible to apply.
Application link: HERE
Download Informational Flyer: HERE
At Out 2 Learn, we know that the work that our partners do for our youth is so important to building up a future generation of movers and shakers. For the month of July and in future months, we will begin highlighting our Out 2 Learn partners. Stories can be anything related to youth programming or related to staff in these programs. Examples include, but are not limited to, the progress story of a youth, an accolade of a staff, a success story of a family, or shouting out the hard work of a peer! If you would like to share your story, we can either do an interview or just send us your information to out2learn@unitedwayhouston.org. Pertinent information includes an excerpt of not longer than 2,000 characters, a photo, and your organization logo. If highlighting a minor, please submit acknowledgement from parent/guardian consenting to sharing their story.
Do not be shy to share your triumphs! We love to see it <3
Summer is quickly approaching and we would be happy to share your programming. If you have summer programs that you would like for O2L to update on our Program Finder, please contact out2learn@unitedwayhouston.org for further steps.
We welcome you to join us this Fall for the Out 2 Learn Quality cohort where we are catching Qualemon! Qualemons are four fanciful creatures related to our four domains in quality: Safe, Supportive, Engaging, and Interaction.
In this cohort, we will discuss and learn best practices to “catch” Qualemon and creating a quality improvement process for our Pokestops (programs), using the YPQI tool. The quality portion is also designed to to provide staff opportunities for staff and leadership to network and receive professional development in the context of quality.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Genesis @ gponce@unitedwayhouston.orgDeadline to sign-up is July 31!
Our friend’s at the Mayor’s Office of Education are looking to hire a Program Manager who would work on efforts of the Out 2 Learn Initiative. Please apply or share to those that might be interested! Apply here: Job Opportunities | Career Pages (governmentjobs.com)