Afterschool and Expanded Learning
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| Working Systemically in Action: Engaging Family & Community Many educators recognize the importance of family and community involvement in school improvement efforts and are seeking to reframe the way they engage these groups. This publication, which supplements Working Systemically in Action: A Facilitator’s Guide, provides practical guidance for educators who are seeking to engage family and community members in systemic school improvement efforts. |  |
| A Practitioner's Guide: Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs A Practitioner's Guide: Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs is designed to share with you the practices that can help you cover it all—great programming, terrific staff, positive relationships, and plenty of resources to lead and sustain successful afterschool programs. |  |
| Afterschool Training Toolkit: Building Quality Enrichment Activities
This online toolkit provides resources for developing fun, innovative, and academically enriching activities for afterschool and expanded learning programs. The toolkit includes promising practices and sample lessons in the arts, literacy, math, science, technology, and homework help. |
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| Afterschool Training Toolkit DVD: Short Videos of Promising Practices in Afterschool Brief videos illustrate promising teaching techniques in six key areas: the arts, homework, literacy, math, science, and technology. Use these free videos with afterschool staff to explore new ways to embed academics in fun afterschool activities. |  |
| Instructor’s Guides to the Afterschool Training Toolkit
For use with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit, these print guides help instructors master research-based teaching techniques that engage students and improve academic achievement. |
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| Professional Development Guides for the Afterschool Training Toolkit
For use with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit, these print guides give program directors and site coordinators resources for leading professional development courses on building engaging afterschool activities. |
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| Afterschool Lesson Plan Database This online database contains fun and enriching lesson plans for afterschool projects in the arts, literacy, mathematics, science, and technology. Expanded learning practitioners can also submit their favorite lesson plans for consideration. |  |
| Afterschool Curriculum Choice: Literacy Resources This online database provides access to high-quality literacy resources related to afterschool and expanded learning. |  |
| Afterschool Curriculum Choice: Mathematics Resources This online database provides access to high-quality mathematics resources related to afterschool and expanded learning. |  |
| Afterschool Curriculum Choice: Technology Resources This online database provides access to high-quality technology resources related to afterschool and expanded learning. |  |
| AfterWords AfterWords is the monthly e-newsletter of the National Center for Quality Afterschool. The award-winning newsletter provides up-to-date research on high-quality afterschool and expanded learning practices and methods that instructors and site coordinators can use to implement the practices in their own programs. |  |
| Implementing Randomized Controlled Trial Studies in Afterschool Settings: The State of the Field SEDL provided analytic and technical support to three large-scale randomized controlled trials assessing the effect of promising literacy curriculum in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. This research brief is the first in a series intended to provide the field with insights culled from this collaborative effort. |  |
| Key Issues and Strategies for Recruitment and Implementation in Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial Studies in Afterschool Settings SEDL provided analytic and technical support to three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the effect of promising literacy curricula in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. This research brief is the second in a series intended to address some of the key challenges faced during the studies to provide insights to the research and practice community. |  |
| The National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning Randomized Controlled Trial Studies of Promising Afterschool Programs: Summary of Findings SEDL provided analytic and technical support to three large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCT) assessing the effect of promising literacy curricula in afterschool settings on student academic achievement. This research brief, the last in a three-part series, presents an overview of the studies and a summary of the implementation and findings across the 2 years of funding. |  |
