Afterschool and Expanded Learning
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Services
SEDL’s afterschool staff provide a number of services and solutions for afterschool and expanded learning practitioners. We offer tools and resources in print and digital form and provide face-to-face and online professional development to help assess and strengthen the effectiveness of expanded learning programs. We offer on-demand service consultations with expanded learning practitioners to analyze their needs. Our staff also draw on their expertise in school improvement, youth development, adult learning, and research and evaluation to help practitioners provide high-quality afterschool programming that leads to student success.
Service on Demand
SEDL’s National Center for Quality Afterschool offers customized “service on demand” training and assistance that spans the entire life cycle of an expanded learning program, from engaging the community to evaluating the program. Local leaders and state coordinators in expanded learning can use SEDL materials to improve instruction, engage the community, and educate board members.
Virtual Academy for Afterschool
The Web-based Virtual Academy for Afterschool provides interactive professional development modules in the arts, literacy, mathematics, science, and technology.
- Arts: Using Your Afterschool Program to Build Skills in the Arts: Gives instructors materials to help engage students in the arts, build students’ arts skills through projects, and connect the arts to other academic subjects.
- Literacy: Teaching Literacy Through Read Alouds in Afterschool Programs: Prepares instructors to engage students in reading, to model fluent and expressive reading, and to build important literacy skills.
- Math: Afterschool Math Centers: Learning Through Purposeful Play: Prepares instructors to engage students in math-related activities and build students’ problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Science: Investigating Afterschool Science Through Inquiry: Equips instructors with the activities, materials, and resources they need to guide student inquiry in science.
- Technology: Utilizing Technology to Discover and Solve Real-World Problems: Equips instructors with the materials they need to help students develop problem-solving skills through systematic practice.
