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Do you know someone whose service, research, and action in the areas of STEM influence and have an impact on large numbers of youth and families?

 Nominate those individuals who are doing great things for NAA's Most Influential in STEM today! Nominations close January 23, 2015.

Empowering Afterschool Providers to Create Healthier Communities: January 29, 2015, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PST

Due to the number of U.S. children who attend various types of afterschool care, it is becoming increasingly clear that out-of-school time staff can play an essential role in helping young people eat healthy and stay active.

Trainer to the First Family will deliver the keynote speech at NAA's annual convention.

Cornell McClellan is a member of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, and a fitness consultant and personal trainer to the First Family. He is also the owner of Naturally Fit, a training and wellness company in Chicago.

TIES FeePay—convenient for parents, smart for districts—is an online fee payment system that gives parents what they want and schools what they need.

FeePayTM eliminates double entries, saving staff time and making business sense. It also interfaces with general ledger systems for receivables and collections.

Top 25 Most Influential People in Afterschool

December's National Computer Science Week and Hour of Code brought a variety of coding-related activities into classrooms and afterschool programs around the country.

Fully loaded kits are ready to go with hands-on activities that will entertain children for at least an hour of fun.

The New Year is the perfect time to evaluate the efficacy of programming thus far, and ensure high quality in what's planned for the second half of the academic year.

During this winter season, it's important to keep the interest of your students, and energize their creativity.

Terry K. Peterson, PhD, is the executive editor of Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success, a Senior Fellow at the College of Charleston, and a consultant to the CS Mott Foundation. Dr. Peterson has taught at all levels of education and been a parent and community organizer. He has served as chief education deputy for an education reform governor and the U.S. Secretary of Education, both for eight years, and in those leadership capacities helped launch and implement a number of successful nationwide and statewide initiatives, such as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, E-Rate, Advanced Placement course expansion, early childhood program growth, family engagement strategies, teacher quality and recruitment enhancements, and school-community-business partnership growth.