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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Arts and Afterschool Programs: A Research Synthesis: This research synthesis examines the intrinsic and extrinsic value of arts instruction in afterschool programs and the extent to which arts instruction enhances overall learning and academic achievement.
The Rhythm of Mathematics: Classroom Compass, Vol. 4, No. 2, (Fall 1998): This issue of Classroom Compass focuses on the Alvord School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where instructors are using dance and music to make math more engaging for students.