IMIN is changing the image of high school after school programs. If you are thinking of latchkey and detention that sounds nearly impossible, right? First off, you have to stop saying after school. IMIN is slang for “What I’m in” because no teenager says, “I participate in an after school program.” An IMIN is anything formally know as an after school activity and is a used as a noun, as in IMIN Dance or IMIN Photography.

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Contrary to liquor store lotto signs, professional athletes and reality game shows I have often said “to make money, you have to have money.” To reach your fullest potential takes a certain level of infrastructure.  That may involve wealth or knowledge, but it involves a certain level of social inheritance.  I have often heard that the American Dream means different things to different people.  I think that people often misinterpret that as free choice...

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The nation’s most expansive after school and out-of-school time conference is right around the corner.  The BOOST (Best of Out-of-School Time) Conference will be held April 30-May 3, 2008 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel, Palm Springs, California and plans to serve more than 2,000 after school professionals.  The goal for this meaningful and all-inclusive conference is to bring together key stakeholders in the field to share promising practices for the encouragement and development of quality programs and to create change in the communities we serve.   

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It might seem like the perfect job for a young adult.  Part-time.  Hanging out with youth- playing basketball, assisting with homework, doing arts & crafts, or helping out with cheer club.  It even fits into a typical college student’s schedule.   You show up at 2:45pm and by 6pm, you’re on your way back home or off to your evening class.  It is intrinsically rewarding.  Truly fostering learning and development, keeping children safe.

You are a role model, positively impacting and creating change in the lives of our children, our future.  Making a difference for tomorrow.

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