Fwd: Texas Partnership for Out of School Time (TXPOST) Conference Call

[Janet Mockovciak]

Hope you will join this conference call on Friday afternoon.  This is a call set up by the Advocacy Committee of TXPOST specifically for afterschool providers in Texas!  We'd like to have good attendance on what we hope will be the first of many advocacy information efforts in our state!  

Janet Mockovciak

Co-Founder, Board Chair, Dallas AfterSchool Network

Board Vice-Chair, TXPOST

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From: Mat Duerden <due...@tamu.edu>

Date: December 2, 2011 2:42:49 PM CST

Subject: Texas Partnership for Out of School Time (TXPOST) Conference Call

How might recent developments in Washington, DC, and Congress impact your afterschool or summer learning program?

From the process of updating No Child Left Behind to current debates over the deficit and spending, changes in federal support for out-of-school-time programs could be felt at the local level in the coming year.

To learn more: 

Join TXPOST on Friday, December 9^th  from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (CST) for a conference call with Erik Peterson, Policy Director for the Afterschool Alliance in Washington, DC, to learn more about recent federal afterschool and education policy developments and how they relate to local 21^st Century Community Learning Centers, Title I, and Supplemental Education Services (SES).   The conference number is 214-978-2095/code 503.

 

Mat Duerden, PhD

Assistant Professor – Extension Specialist

Coordinator, Sequor Youth Development Initiative

Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences

Texas A&M University

979-845-5983

due...@tamu.edu