Culture
Safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for all participants.
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide (ELCRG) – Program Environment and Safety
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Keys to Quality Afterschool: Environments, Relationships, and Experiences
By Laurie Ollhoff and Jim Ollhoff with additional narrative by Roberta Newman
IMAGINE – Afterschool Spaces that Work
By Mav Pardee with support from New Jersey School Age Care Coalition
Develops, nurtures, and maintains positive relationships and interactions among staff, participants, parents and communities to support the program’s goals.
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Community Partnerships and Collaboration
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Leading Afterschool Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do
By National Association of Elementary School Principals
SEDL Insights – Building Supportive Relationships in Afterschool
By Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
The Critical Ingredient: Caring youth-staff relationships in after-school settings
By New Directions for Youth Development
Establish a strong partnership with families and communities in order to achieve program goals.
More Than Just Another “To-Do” on the list: The Benefits of Strong School, Principal, and Afterschool/Community Relationships
Gail Connelly, Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals
Paul Young, Former Executive Director, National Afterschool Association and Adjunct Professor at Ohio University
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Family Involvement
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert: Supporting Family Involvement in Schools
By Afterschool Alliance
The After-School Corporation: Increasing Family and Parent Engagement in After-School
By The After-School Corporation (TASC)
Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success
By The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project
You for Youth: Online Professional Learning and Technical Assistance for 21s CCLCs
Online Professional Learning and Technical Assistance for 21s CCLCs
Programming
Provides a well-rounded variety of activities and opportunities that support the physical, social and cognitive growth and development of all participants.
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Program Assessment and Design
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Nutrition and Physical Activity
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Summer Programming
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Promoting Diversity, Access, Equity, and Inclusion
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Afterschool Programs: Helping Kids Succeed in Rural America
By Afterschool Alliance
Strategies for Improving Out-of-School Programs in Rural Communities
By Child Trends Research to Results Brief
Promising Practices in Rural Communities
By Afterschool Alliance
Supporting Literacy in Out-of-School Time: Summary of Evidence
Prepared by Research for Action
Extending and Enhancing Literacy Learning in Afterschool Programs: A Practice Guide
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
The Achieve, Connect, Thrive Framework: A practical approach for teen-serving organizations to focus on building skills for success
By Louise Harland, Deputy Director, Boston After School & Beyond
Frontiers in Urban Science Exploration Resource Guide: Strategies to advance informal science education in afterschool
By The Collaborative for Building After-School Systems
Science After School: How to Design and Run Great Program Activities – A guidebook for program leaders
The After-School Corporation
How to Schedule Expanded Learning: Three Cities, Three Ways
By The After-School Corporation and The Collaborative for Building After-School Systems
Staff works closely with school staff to ensure that after-school academic components and activities are aligned with and enrich school standards and curriculum.
Aligning Afterschool with the Regular School Day: The Perfect Complement
By the Afterschool Alliance
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Alignment and Linkage to School Day
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success
By The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project
You for Youth
Online Professional Learning and Technical Assistance for 21s CCLCs
Provides opportunities for participants to participate in planning, to exercise choice, and to engage in a rich variety of offerings and opportunities.
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Youth Development
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Getting It Right: Strategies for Afterschool Success
By Rebecca Raley, Jean Grossman, and Karen Walker of Public/Private Ventures
Afterschool Programs: Inspiring Students with a Connected Learning Approach
By Afterschool Alliance
City Strategies to Engage Older Youth in Afterschool Programs
By National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families
Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success
By The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project
Afterschool Matters – Teen Engagement in Developing Program Best Practices
By After School Matters Youth Advisory Council
Infrastructure
A coherent vision/mission and a plan for increasing capacity that supplies continuing growth.
Sustaining 21st Century Community Learning Centers: What Works for Programs and How Policymakers Can Help
By The Finance Project
The Cost of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs
Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Program Administration and Finance
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
MDE 21st Century Community Learning Centers Sustainability Action Plan
By Mississippi Department of Education
Well-developed infrastructure and sound fiscal management to support and enhance worthwhile programming and activities for all participants.
Getting It Right: Strategies for Afterschool Success
By Rebecca Raley, Jean Grossman, and Karen Walker of Public/Private Ventures
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Program Administration and Finance
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
SEDL A Practitioner’s Guide – Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs
By Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
National Center of Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing – Making Afterschool Programs Better
By National Center of Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
Recruits, hires and trains diverse staff members who value each participant, understand their developmental needs, and work closely with families, school partners and co-workers to achieve the program goals.
Afterschool Professional Development: Resources, Outcomes and Considerations.
By New York State Afterschool Network
SEDL A Practitioner’s Guide – Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs
By Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)
Expanded Learning Collaborative Resource Guide – Staff Recruitment and Professional Development
By San Francisco Expanded Learning Collaborative
Core Competencies for Afterschool Educators
Funded by C.S. Mott Foundation
You for Youth
Online Professional Learning and Technical Assistance for 21s CCLCs
Evaluation
A system for measuring outcomes.
AfterZone: Outcomes for Youth Participating in Providence’s Citywide After-School System
By Tina J. Kauh, Public/Private Ventures, The Wallace Foundation
Taking a Deeper Dive into Afterschool: Positive Outcomes and Promising Practices
By Afterschool Alliance
Afterschool Youth Outcomes Inventory
Partnership for After School Education
Afterschool Evaluation 101: How to Evaluate an Expanded Learning Program
By Erin Harris, Harvard Family Research Project
Afterschool Impacts Database
By Afterschool Alliance