215 Centennial Mall South, Ste 200
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

  1. What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website.
  2. Personal Information You Choose to Provide We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your email address, postal address, home or work telephone number and other personal information for such purposes as correspondence, placing an order, requesting an estimate, or participating in online surveys. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
  3. Website Use Information Similar to other websites, our site may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the sites visited just before and just after ours. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
  4. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing service and support and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of all personal information provided by our users. You may at any time to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
  5. What Are Cookies? Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
  6. How Do We Use Information Collected From Cookies? We use website browser software tools such as cookies and web server logs to gather information about our website users' browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our website and better serve our users. This information assists us to design and arrange our web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our website to better meet the needs of our users and prospective users. Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our website as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our website and evaluate our website's visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you.
  7. Notice of New Services and Changes Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. As a user of our website, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking on a response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email request.
  8. How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? When you send confidential personal information to us on our website, a secure server software which we have licensed encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches our website. Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security, credit card, or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
  9. How Do We Protect Your Information? Information Security -- We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction. Evaluation of Information Protection Practices -- Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with organization policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information. Employee Access, Training and Expectations -- Our organization values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of user information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
  10. How Can You Access and Correct Your Information? You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us using the contact form provided to you within the site structure of our website.
  11. Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties? We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, website traffic patterns and related website information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy.
  12. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
  13. Permission to Use of Materials The right to download and store or output the materials in our website is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without our express written permission is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on this site may contact us directly.
Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

Donation Refund Policy

We are grateful for your donation and support of our organization. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to our organization please contact us. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.

Automated Recurring Donation Cancellation

Ongoing support is important to enabling projects to continue their work, so we encourage donors to continue to contribute to projects over time. But if you must cancel your recurring donation, please notify us.
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Centers of Excellence

Nebraska Centers of Excellence

Center of Excellence (CoE) grants have been awarded to Nebraska school- and community-based Expanded Learning Opportunity (ELO) programs, nonprofit organizations, and industry leaders that have expertise in an area related to ELO needs. Each CoE develops professional development materials or curriculum resources, as well as shares best practices to Afterschool audiences across the state to help build capacity and enhance quality in Nebraska's Afterschool programs.   

Content areas are listed below. In addition to the resources listed below, coaching may also be available to Nebraska ELO programs by Beyond School Bells staff.  Please contact Alison O’Toole (aotoole@nebraskachidlren.org) if you are interested in coaching regarding specific content listed below.    

Civic Engagement-Service Learning 

https://www.civicnebraska.org/

Civic Nebraska creates a more modern, robust democracy for all Nebraskans via youth civic leadership, civic health programs, and voting rights initiatives.  As part of a BSB Service Learning Center of Excellence, Civic Nebraska developed a hub for professional development, resources, and information about service-learning projects in Greater Nebraska. 

For questions regarding Civic Nebraska resources, reach out to their Director of Youth Civic Leadership Programs. For questions regarding Beyond School Bells support to service-learning, reach out to Dakota Staggs at Beyond School Bells (dstaggs@nebraskachildren.org) 

Collective for Youth: Professional Development Workshops

https://collectiveforyouth.org

Collective for Youth offers numerous learning opportunities for youth development professionals that are designed to improve practices and outcomes, including regularly scheduled community workshops as well as customized trainings. Training participants usually receive childcare training hour credits for licensed school-age programs in Nebraska.

Collective for Youth: Online Resources for Families, Intermediaries, Educators and Caregivers.  

Wildlife Education

https://outdoornebraska.gov/educationalresources/

Nebraska Game and Parks works to connect people to the natural world and supports conservation in Nebraska.

Nebraska Game and Parks offers amazing resources to all of Nebraska Expanded Learning Opportunity providers through their Education Programs, Lesson Plans, Wildlife Education Trunks, Service-learning opportunities, Trail Tales, Watchable wildlife guides, virtual education resources, outdoor classroom guidance, and more.  

Wildlife Education Programming & Resources

Wild Curriculum Guides

High School Student Staffing Model

https://www.lexschools.org/program-services/after-school/

Lexington Afterschool Programs: Lexington Community Learning Centers was one of the first programs in Nebraska to implement a staffing model that engages and empowers high school students. Their model is built to provide real-world workforce experience to High School youth and enrich the afterschool experience of middle and elementary school students with a near-peer learning model. To learn more about Teens as Teachers models, contact Stephanie Vadnais (svadnais@nebraskachildren.org). 

Full Service Community Schools

https://clc.lps.org

Lincoln Community Learning Centers provide a delivery model to support youth, families, and neighborhoods as they strive to be successful, thriving, and strong. 

Webinar Series Overview Videos

Developing Local Partnerships

https://www.nppsd.org/o/kids-klub

North Platte Public Schools Kids Klub *For coaching and support with this model from Kid’s Klub program director, contact Carrie Lienemann at clienemann@nppsd.org

Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

https://www.omahazoo.com/education

Free Educational Resources (omahazoo.com)

Virtual Classes and Programs

Sea Lion Shores Curriculum: Students will focus on ocean health information, advocacy, and
engagement opportunities with emphasis on preserving biological diversity. Lessons focus on ocean health challenges faced by ocean wildlife (especially sea lions) and the conservation of the ocean.  

Action-Oriented Programming Delivered Online

https://rabblemill.org

Rabble Mill/The Bay has transformed The Bay’s in-real-life counterculture programming — skateboarding, music, and art — into three program tracks designed to uniquely engage upper elementary and middle school students: Skate School, Go Live (digital music), and Capture
It (digital photography)

Capture It & Creatives’ Collective Curricula:

Go Live Curricula:

Skate School Curricula:

Youth Videography Club:

  • Short Videos to support youth in developing their videography skills

Shoebox Science Kits

https://museum.unl.edu/education/

UNL Morrill Hall  Fourteen shoebox kits to choose from.  Small specimen collections included in the kits with an activity guide for educational use. Available for reservation for pick-up or mail delivery. Five activities in each box, including materials and activity guides.

Morrill Hall Shoebox Science Kits–Powerpoint

Virtual learning field trips are available for free to Nebraska schools and afterschool programs. 45-minute zoom tours of a museum exhibit with engaging discussion and questions. 

Virtual Learning field trips

UNO STEM 4 U

https://www.unomaha.edu/academic-affairs/ne-stem-for-u/index.php

UNO STEM4U provides quality educational after school activities focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for K-12 students

STEM 4U Character Introductions 

STEM4U Career Videos

Aquaponics and Gardening

https://whisperingroots.org/

Whispering Roots educates students in “Next Generation” farming techniques, hunger alleviation strategies and healthy food production through classroom instruction and hands on learning. 

Gardening and Growing PD Videos (15 videos)

STEM activities

Wildlife Safari Park

http://www.wildlifesafaripark.com/

Educational Programs

Nebraska Pollinators Curricula: contact the Education Department at (402) 738-2092 for more information.

Resources have been developed, researched and tested by Beyond School Bells.