AfterSchool Programs Conference

Posted by on July 7, 2006

[posted from Promising Practies in After School]

Spread the Word in Your Community! The NC Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) is hosting SYNERGY: Windows of Opportunity on September 20-22, 2006 at the Joseph S. Koury Center in Greensboro, NC.

Register AND book your Koury Center hotel room before the $100 Early Bird rate ends on JULY 15 for a chance to win an iPod, gift certificates, and more!

Visit http://www.nccap.net or call 919.781.6833 ext 133 to secure your space. Pre-conference space is limited!

Book your hotel room at a special low rate by calling 1-800-242-6556 and mentioning code ?NC CAP? before July 15.

SYNERGY unites over 500 community- and school-based afterschool providers for training and sharing of best practices.

The statewide summit will feature over 70 workshops, including:

* NetSmartz: Keeping Children and Teens Safer on the Internet
* GangSSS (Signs, Symbols, and Solutions)
* Using the Arts to Build Literacy Skills
* Marketing 101
* Interacting with the Latino Community
* Nature Recreation for Afterschool Programs
* Are you my mother? Behavior Management and the Obstacles Within

SYNERGY keynote speakers include:

Gary Moody, former CEO of Arnold?s All-Stars
Steve Fowler, PR Consultant, Afterschool Alliance

Training credits will be offered by:
Department of Public Instruction
DHHS/Division of Child Development

SYNERGY PARTNERS:
Office of the Governor
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Communities in Schools
Boys & Girls Clubs
NCSU 4-H Youth Development

SYNERGY SPONSORS:
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Health and Human Services

About NC CAP:
The North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) is a comprehensive, statewide network of afterschool stakeholders, including state agencies, state and local policy makers, afterschool providers and the private sector, that:

* Builds the capacity of the State and local communities to develop high quality afterschool programs for all N.C. children, especially for those at-risk for education failure.
* Builds support at the State and local level for expanding and sustaining afterschool programs throughout North Carolina.

NC CAP was created in 2003 by Governor Mike Easley to bring together the state?s afterschool providers, community leaders and policymakers to address the need for greater access to high quality afterschool programs that help children and youth succeed in school and out. The organization is supported by public, private and nonprofit entities dedicated to making access to quality afterschool a reality for all children and youth.

Jamie Knowles
Program Officer
NC Center for Afterschool Programs
http://www.nccap.net
Public School Forum
919.781.6833 x 115
919.781.6527 fax