Conference Purpose: To enable adults who work with young people to expand their understanding of the methods, theory, and research that support effective youth engagement and overall youth development. An emphasis is given to practical strategies shown to result in meaningful change. This year’s event will focus on “Engaging Our Future” with an emphasis on engaging all youth in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) opportunities. Register HERE!

The Million Girls Moonshot is helping re-imagine who can engineer, who can build, who can make. It is inspiring and preparing the next generation of innovators by engaging 1 million girls in STEM learning opportunities through afterschool and summer programs over the next five years. Learn more and join at www.MillionGirlsMoonshot.org

For more than a decade, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has made investments in networks of diverse group of organizations and champions to come together to build public will and systems for afterschool and summer learning. Now reaching every state, the 50 State Afterschool Network fosters partnerships and policies to develop, support, and sustain high-quality opportunities for children and youth.

Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network (MRTQ PDN) works to promote and support professionalism in the field of early childhood education and to improve quality through the provision of a statewide system of professional development. 

MRTQ PDN consists of a partnership between the Cutler Institute  at the University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, and the Maine Afterschool Network.