Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today Through Expanded Learning APRIL 25-27 / GREENVILLE CONVENTION CENTER / GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA The NC CAP SYNERGY Conference is made possible by a number of collaborative partnerships. THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS AND SPONSORS! Welcome to the SYNERGY CONFERENCE 2018 Welcome to the Synergy Conference 2018: I am delighted to welcome our state’s afterschool professionals, educators and community partners to the 14th annual Synergy Conference! This is North Carolina’s only annual event dedicated to afterschool, summer and out-of-school time learning. It is designed to give all of you a platform to exchange ideas, discover novel opportunities, connect with colleagues statewide, meet new friends, and broaden your knowledge. The next three days are filled with keynote speakers, vendors, and 60 workshops on best practices and new developments in afterschool and summer learning. The theme of the Synergy Conference 2018 is “Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today Through Expanded Learning.” I hope the information and resources at the conference inspire you and that you are able to take a wealth of new ideas back to your communities. April 23-27, 2018 is recognized nationally by the National Afterschool Association as Afterschool Association as Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week. This week is a dedicated time to recognize and appreciate those who work with youth during out-of-school time hours. I thank you for all that you do every day to make North Carolina a wonderful place for all of our youth through your programs! If you are on social media, be sure to Tweet or Post using #Synergy2018 so that we can share in the conference experience together. Thank you for joining us in Greenville, NC! Most sincerely, Sheronda Witter, NC Center for Afterschool Programs Since 1986, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has been an indispensable and nonpartisan champion of better schools and the most trusted source in the state for research and analysis on vital education issues. The Public School Forum of North Carolina brings together leaders from business, education and government to study education issues, develop ideas, seek consensus and ultimately inform and shape education policy through research, policy work, innovative programs, advocacy and continuing education for educators and policymakers. Follow the Public School Forum of North Carolina on Twitter @theNCForum and visit ncforum.org for more information. The North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) is a statewide after-school and expanded learning network dedicated to increasing access to high quality after-school and expanded learning programs for all children and youth in North Carolina, helping them to succeed in and out of school. Our work includes research and best practices in the afterschool and expanded learning environment; convening key stakeholders (national, state, and local); advocating for policies to support afterschool and expanded learning; and professional development and technical support for afterschool programs. Follow us on Twitter @NCafterschool or on Facebook @ncafterschool and visit our website at http://www.ncafterschool.org #SYNERGY2018 SYNERGY 2018 | Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today 1 2 SYNERGY 2018 | Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today Synergy Conference 2018 Information NAMETAGS PHOTO RELEASE Please wear your nametag each day. This is your NC CAP will, from time to time, use photographs of entrance ticket for plenaries, meals and workshops. conference participants in its promotional materials. Please visit the registration desk if you lose your By virtue of your attendance at the conference, NC nametag. CAP reserves the right to use your likeness in such materials. MEALS We do our best in choosing a universal selection that will ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND HANDOUTS please the majority of conference participants. To receive NC CAP will post materials from this year’s conference a vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free or gluten-free meal, you on the NC Center for Afterschool Programs website, must have pre-registered for it. Please provide your dietary www.ncafterschool.org, following the conference, preference card (found with your nametag materials) to pending submission from presenters. your table server at the beginning of meals. CELL PHONES VENDORS Please be respectful by keeping your cell phone silent Professional and Commercial vendors are available on during workshop sessions and conference plenaries. the main corridor of the convention center throughout DISCLAIMER the duration of the conference. The contents of workshop sessions reflect the views CONFERENCE SOCIAL MEDIA of the presenters who are responsible for the facts and Tag your Synergy Conference 2018 social media accuracy of the information presented therein and do posts with what you are learning and share your new not necessarily reflect the views of the NC Center for connections with #Synergy2018 and follow the NC Afterschool Programs. Center for Afterschool Programs via Twitter at QUESTIONS & CONCERNS @ncafterschool and facebook.com/ncafterschool. Need information or assistance? Support will be LOST & FOUND available at the conference registration table throughout Please visit the Registration Table to turn in found the conference. Or, ask your workshop room host for items or to retrieve lost items. assistance. WORKSHOP CHANGES COMFORT DURING CONFERENCE In the case of circumstances beyond our control, We recommend layering your clothing. Temperatures there may be a time where a workshop is cancelled. can vary from room to room within the Greenville Changes will be posted at the location where the Convention Center. workshop was to be held. We apologize in advance for WORKSHOP SESSIONS & SEATING any inconvenience. Workshop sessions are available on a first come, WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE EVALUATION FORMS first-served basis and some sessions will fill Please take the time at the end of each workshop to quickly. You may want to consider having a first and fill out an evaluation form. Your comments help us second option selected, just in case. We will post a provide quality sessions at future conferences. The sign if a session is full. Please respect these signs presenter will distribute and collect evaluation forms so we meet fire code regulations and ensure we at the end of each workshop. An overall conference all stay safe and comfortable. Also, please try not evaluation will be distributed during the closing to enter and exit sessions after they have begun conference plenary on Friday. At the end of the to minimize disruptions. Thanks for your support conference, bring your conference evaluation to Studio in making sessions productive for you and your B in order to receive a certification of attendance. colleagues. #SYNERGY2018 SYNERGY 2018 | Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today 3 Agenda at-a-Glance * See STRAND DESCRIPTIONS listed on page 6. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018 9:00am – 10:00am 21st Century Community Learning Centers Semi-Annual Meeting Registration 10:00am – 1:00pm NC DPI 21st Century Community Learning Centers Semi-Annual Meeting (only for current 21st CCLC programs) 12:00pm – 2:00pm Synergy Conference Registration 2:00pm – 3:30pm Opening Conference Plenary 3:45pm – 5:00pm WORKSHOP SESSION A SESSION TITLE STRAND* LOCATION More than a Mentoring Program: Attacking Institutional Closing Gaps, Youth Development Gallery 1 Racism Scores to Scholarships: Get Your Students Ready! Closing Gaps, College & Career Readiness, Gallery 2 Public/Private Partnerships, Youth Development The Power of Families and Books: A Summer Approach Arts & Literacy Gallery 3 Advocacy 101 Organizational Capacity, Public/Private Gallery 4 Partnerships It Takes a Village: Community-Driven Care in Non- Organizational Capacity Gallery 5 Traditional Afterschool Programs The Red Boot Way: Remaining Engaged in our Organizational Capacity, Public/Private Gallery 6 Communities with Resilience and Enthusiasm Partnerships From Playdough to Portable DJ: Demystifying STEM S.T.E.M. Emerald Room East Through Free Innovative Tools & Techniques Keeping STEAM Simple, but Effective! Art & Literacy, College & Career Readiness, Emerald Room West S.T.E.M. 5:30pm – 8:00pm Dinner and Award Ceremony THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 9:00am – 10:15am WORKSHOP SESSION B SESSION TITLE STRAND* LOCATION Human Trafficking: Equipping Our Youth with the Tools Youth Development Gallery 1 for Healthy Relationships and Social Change Leveraging Collaborative Community Partnerships Public/Private Partnerships, S.T.E.M., Gallery 2 to Provide High Quality Out-of-School STEM Youth Development Programming Developing College-Going Behaviors through the College & Career Readiness Gallery 3 Creation of Cultures of Learning TuPortalSTEM – Engaging Hispanic Students in STEM S.T.E.M. Gallery 4 Education The HELPS Program Can Provide YOU with the Tools to Arts & Literacy Gallery 5 Help Struggling Readers Learn to Move, Move to Learn Public/Private Partnerships Gallery 6 Measuring the Magic: Engaging Evaluation Tools for Organizational Capacity Emerald Room East Extraordinary Services! Parent Engagement: Needed for Your Program Closing Gaps, Organizational Capacity Emerald Room West 3D Printing Public/Private Partnerships, S.T.E.M., Convention Center Youth Development Entryway 4 SYNERGY 2017 | Building Tomorrow’s Workforce Today Agenda at-a-Glance THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 10:30am – 11:45am WORKSHOP SESSION C SESSION TITLE STRAND* LOCATION Enriching Your STEM Youth Programs with the Center for Closing Gaps, College &