The Maine Out of School Time Conference

Maine Afterschool Network

Igniting Purpose: Leading with Professionalism, Presence, and Passion. Sept. 11-12. Network, learn, and rejuvenate.

97 Summit Rd

Welcome to the 2025 Maine Out of School Time Conference: Igniting Purpose: Leading with Professionalism, Presence, and Passion.Visit our website: <a href="https://www.maineost.org" title="https://www.maineost.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.maineost.org</a>Date: [September 11 &amp; 12, 2025]Location: Sunday River Grand Summit Hotel &amp; Conference CenterStep away to the scenic mountains of Maine for the Maine Out of School Time Conference, a conference tailored to meet the unique needs of Out-of-School-Time professionals and those who support them. Youth serving professionals from around the state will gather together to learn, network, and share best practices. This event is intended to reignite your passion, provide skills to enhance high quality programming, and offer tools and resources that will inspire you to create positive change. During this conference participatants will also be guided through a journey of self discovery, exaimining key moments in their afterschool journey, thinking about their why, and learning steps they can take to ensure job quality standards for the afterschool field.

KeynotesDAY ONE: Heidi Hamm, National Afterschool AssociationEven a year later, the world continues to buzz with news about megastar Taylor Swift and how she structured her record-smashing concert tour as a chronological exploration of the chapters in her career. Eras--Taylor Swift isn’t the only one who has them. All people do. Inspired by this pop phenomenon, together, we’ll explore the eras and markers of an Out of School Time career journey, remember the past, honor the present, and set the stage for the future. Join the journey, identifying key moments that shaped you and envisioning how you can build on your strengths to make an impact through a mapped career in OST. Keynote Follow Up with The Flourish Lab Your Why- Staying Connected to the Heart of Your Work: Creating supporting environments for young people starts with the adults in those spaces. The Flourish Lab is an experiential learning series designed to positively shift the way adults show up for young people.Whatever your reason for working with young people, your WHY matters. You may want to make a positive impact your community. You may want to pay forward the impact of a positive adult in your life. You may want to teach invaluable life lessons. When we’re able to hone in on WHY we work with young people, we’re able to have a bigger impact in the work we do. Come discuss why you do the work that you do and how it can keep you grounded in what matters most, especially when things feel hard.Discover...• your WHY• the value in knowing your WHY• strategies for keeping your WHY alive DAY TWO: The Flourish Lab, Presence: Showing Up MattersBeing truly present means consciously choosing to show up with a heightened level of awareness. And it matters bigtime! Positive or negative — the choice is always ours, but either way, count on a ripple effect. Once we understand that our adult actions and attitudes have a direct impact on the youth we serve (and all who support them), we can choose to show up differently.Discover…• mindful strategies for showing up positively• the ripple effect of adult attitudes &amp; behaviors• how your presence impacts relationships Lodging <a href="https://www.sundayriver.com/resort-lodging/book-lodging?Group=86G44Y&amp;resultFilterValue=S&amp;Checkin=09%2F10%2F2025&amp;Checkout=09%2F12%2F2025&amp;pid=44256#/room" title="https://maineost.org/location/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">You may resreve lodging through our roomblock</a>.

Day 1

Networking breakfast

Welcome & Announcements

Keynote

Stretch Break / Coffee Fill Up

Group Training

LUNCH

Guided Networking

Spark Sessions

Break and Snacks

Learning Sessions A

Learning Sessions B

Fire Pit and S'mores Networking

Day 2

Networking Breakfast

Guided Reflections

Learning Sessions C

Learning Sessions D

Closing

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