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"Linking Afterschool Professional Development to Youth Outcomes: Using the Georgia Afterschool Institute (GAI) to Improve Program Quality and Increase the Impact of Afterschool on Georgia Youth"
Gives a snapshot of the Georgia Afterschool Institute (GAI) and how it fits into the work of the Georgia Afterschool Investment Council. (1 page)
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Academic Content, After-School Style: A Notebook and Guide (ACAS)
A guide providing information, tips, tools and references to help experienced and novice teachers, administrators, program designers, youth workers and afterschool educators at all levels merge academic content with afterschool projects and activities. (292 pages)
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After School Issues: From Contrast to Concrete, Issues in Building a Stable Out-of-School Time Workforce
An issue paper providing a general overview of the major issues involved in building a skilled and stable workforce in the field. (6 pages)
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After School Issues: New Roles are Emerging - Will Practitioners Have a More Expanded Career Menu?
A brief featuring in-depth information on strategies for addressing staffing issues. (7 pages)
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After School Time
An article on history, philosophy and professionalization of afterschool. (4 pages)
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After-School Homework Help
A resource brief presenting both the promises and challenges of ways TASC afterschool programs can support homework help and meet the homework goals of their host schools. (4 pages)
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Afterschool Academies: Guidebook for Action
This guide is designed for leaders and organizations who want to build from the Academies model to create their own professional development that makes a difference: professional development for afterschool education and educators. (140 pages)
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Afterschool Training Toolkit
A staff development toolkit designed to help practitioners enhance afterschool learning through activities in literacy, math, art and science that students already enjoy.
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Afterschool: A Powerful Path to Teacher Recruitment and Retention
This brief illustrates ways in which the afterschool field can be utilized to promote teacher recruitment and teacher retention. (4 pages)
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Beyond the Bell
A suite of products designed to help afterschool directors, coordinators and staff create and sustain high-quality, effective afterschool programs.
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Core Competencies for Afterschool Educators
This document is a guide designed to be used in conjunction with other existing resources to help program staff and supervisors improve their practice and program quality. (22 pages)
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Core Competencies for Afterschool Trainers
The core competencies for afterschool trainers outlined in this document are intended to set a standard of quality for effective trainers or facilitators working with afterschool professionals. (20 pages)
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Cornerstone for Kids Survey: Human Resources Capacity of CBOs
A survey sample intended to gather information by practitioners who work in local and regional non-profits and year-round programs on human resource services in afterschool programs and youth serving organizations. (4 pages)
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Delaware Competencies for School-Age Professionals
The purpose of this document is to establish a set of core knowledge and competencies for professionals working in the after-school field in Delaware. (58 pages)
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Federal Programs And Youth Workers: Opportunities to Strengthen Our Workforce
The Next Generation Youth Work Coalition completed a scan of a broad range of federal programs, looking at whether training, professional development, or other worker supports were required, recommended, or allowed in programs’ statutory authorization and/or implementation. The study also looked at how youth programs at the state level might be using federal funds to support youth worker development. (31 pages)
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Growing the Next Generation of Youth Work Professionals: Workforce Opportunities and Challenges
This report uses the results from several studies of youth work professionals to suggest policy and practice strategies that will strengthen the field of youth work, which includes those working with after-school programs. (42 pages)
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Guidelines for After-School Physical Activity and Intramural Sport Programs
A guide providing teachers, school activity directors and administrators and program leaders with basic information for planning and implementing physical activity and intramural programming for children in grades K-12. (4 pages)
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Guidelines for Appropriate Physical Activity for Elementary School Children
A report providing meaningful physical activity guidelines for parents, physical education teachers, classroom teachers, youth leaders, health professionals and others. (29 pages)
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How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice
A tool kit offering step-by-step instructions for implementing and adhering to the four components of the elements of effective practice—program design and planning, program management, program operations and program evaluation. (204 pages)
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Human Resource Capacities Survey Results: Community-Based Organizations and Afterschool
An overview and results from the Cornerstone for Kids Survey on human resources. (4 pages)
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Identifying Staffing Needs and Recruiting Qualified After-School Staff
A resource brief presenting methods for identifying and recruiting qualified staff for TASC-supported afterschool programs along with presenting examples of promising practices from TASC sites. (4 pages)
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Introduction to the Rhode Island Core Competencies for Afterschool and Youth Development Professionals
These core competencies are established as the foundation of Rhode Island’s HOPE Initiative. HOPE stands for Harbor of Opportunities for Professional Excellence. The HOPE Initiative is Rhode Island’s plan for building its career development system. (28 pages)
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Kansas and Missouri Core Competencies for Youth Development Professionals
This is the first edition of the Kansas and Missouri Core Competencies for Youth Development Professionals. These core competencies represent the combined efforts of groups from Kansas and Missouri to define the core competencies for youth development professionals in these states – that is, what youth development professionals need to know and be able to do to provide quality services for youth and their families. (28 pages)
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Kansas and Missouri Core Competencies for Youth Development Professionals
This brief defines the core competencies for youth development professionals in Kansas and Missouri and outlines what youth development professionals need to know and be able to do to provide quality services for youth and their families. (1 page)
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Leading After-School Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do
A guide helping principals to collaborate and form effective partnerships with after-school programs to maximize learning, discussing principles of quality programs, methods to advocate for programming, involving the community, infrastructure and evaluation. (16 pages)
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Matching After-School Staff to Project Needs and Activities
A resource brief exploring ways that TASC Program Directors can help program staff to become active and effective problem solvers. (4 pages)
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Moving Beyond the Barriers: Attracting and Sustaining Youth Participation in Out-of-School Time Programs
An issue brief focusing on OST information from several implementation and impact evaluations to develop a set of promising strategies to attract and sustain youth participation in OST programs. (16 pages)
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Professional Development Action Plan
This document outlines the action plan for professional development of afterschool providers. (4 pages)
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Promising Practices for Out-of-School Time Professional Development Workshops
Provides 10 tips for effective professional development workshops for out-of-school time professionals. (1 page)
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Quality Time After School: What instructors can do to enhance learning
The publication identifies characteristics of after-school activities that are linked to youth engagement and learning across a rich diversity of out-of-school-time activity areas. (72 pages)
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Recruiting and Training Staff for Out-of-School Time Programs
A resource brief outlining key strategies for recruitment and training. (8 pages)
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Research Review: School Improvement
An annotated bibliography of educational research such as: behaviorism, brain-based learning, control theory, experiential learning, learning styles, multiple intelligences, Piaget's developmental theory among others. (22 pages)
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S3 - The Foundational Elements of After-school Learning: Creating a Stimulating Learning Environment for Youth
A PowerPoint presentation identifying youth development concepts. (7 slides)
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School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students
A guide designed to help schools respond to the special nutrition concerns of low-income students in their wellness policies. It addresses family and community involvement, increasing access to school meals, establishing nutritional guidelines for all school foods, addressing cost concerns about changing competitive food policies and increasing physical activity and recreational opportunities. (69 pages)
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Strategic Plan: Building a Skilled and Stable Out-of-School Time Workforce
A strategic plan focusing on three recommendations for systemic change toward building a field where people choose to work and choose to stay. (7 pages)
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Strengthening After-School STEM Staff Development
This report examines how staff development can support the inclusion of high-quality STEM learning opportunities in after-school settings. (34 pages)
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The Evaluation Exchange: Professional Development
An issue brief focused on professional development in four key sectors affecting children, youth and families: K-12 education, early childhood education, child welfare and youth development. (24 pages)
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Training Institute
This website introduces the Training Institute, an organization which works with mentor programs, workplaces, professional associations and community collaborations, as well as educational, government and faith institutions, to ensure that they have the information and resources they need to support more young people and to enhance the mentoring experience for all.
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Voices and Choices: Illinois Youth Work Professionals Discuss Opportunities, Challenges and Options for the Profession
This report comes from focus groups in eight communities around the state, discusses themes that emerged from the focus groups, and highlights front-line workers' perspectives on the field of youth work and out-of-school time. (28 pages)
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Youth Programs in the Community Context
A report comprised of essays focusing on afterschool programs, partnerships and community engagement. (64 pages)
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