Resources on Afterschool

Programs

	After-School Worlds - Creating a New Social Space for Development and Learning Case studies and research on promising practices, outreach opportunities and afterschool research. (109 pages)
	A General Overview of Physical Activity and Nutrition Intervention Programs A listing of nutrition programs stratified by grade/age group, goals, accomplishments and contact information. (25 pages)
	Academics After-school Style An article describing informal, experiential approaches to learning, with flexibility for after-school programs. (5 pages)
	Active Hours Afterschool: Childhood Obesity & the Role of Afterschool Programs as a Solution A background paper promoting afterschool programs as an ideal opportunity to help stem the tide of childhood obesity. (15 pages)
	After-School Sports and Fitness A report designed to assist providers in planning and developing a wide array of health and fitness afterschool activities. (4 pages)
	Afterschool Advantage: Powerful New Learning Opportunities This compilation of strategies is a guide for building quality afterschool programs, covering a range of issues including arts, technology and entrepreneurship.
	Afterschool and Family Involvement: Ideas and Voices from the Field This brief article highlighting the results of a recent national survey that gathered the opinions of 21st Century Community Learning Center coordinators and gives tips on how to increase parental involvement in afterschool program and community learning centers. (2 pages)
	Afterschool and Service-Learning An issue brief on service learning. (2 pages)
	Afterschool and Students with Special Needs A brief focused on special needs. (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs Meet the Needs of Youth in Rural America A brief focused on rural afterschool programs. (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs: Helping Kids Succeed in Rural America This updated issue brief makes the case for why afterschool programs are critically important in rural communities and provides examples of promising rural programs. (4 pages)
	Afterschool, Community Service and Volunteerism An issue brief on community service and volunteerism. (2 pages)
	Afterschool: A Natural Platform for Career Development An issue brief on career development opportunities for older youth. (5 pages)
	Arts and Afterschool and the Creative Economy A speech on the role arts play in afterschool programming. (12 pages)
	Building Sustainability: Locally, Statewide and Nationally A PowerPoint presentation highlighting afterschool programs, effective practices and further need for research and support. (13 pages)
	Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Learning What Works This article in The Prevention Researcher journal examines both the incentives and barriers that affect adolescents' participation in out-of-school time programs. THERE IS A CHARGE FOR THIS PUBLICATION.
	Expanding Learning Opportunities: It Takes More than Time This brief outlines how successful implementation of extended learning time must incorporate the proven practices of quality afterschool programming. (6 pages)
	Exploring Quality Standards for Middle School After School Programs: What We Know and What We Need to Know Summit This publication summarizes key themes from the Exploring Quality Standards for Middle School After School Programs Summit, hosted by the Harvard Family Research Project and the National Institute for Out-of-School Time. This summit brought together after school staff, administrators, researchers, and funders to discuss how quality assessment looks and feels different for after school programs that serve middle school youth. (4 pages)
	Finding the Right Hook: Strategies for Attracting and Sustaining Participation in After-School Programs This article from The School Administrator magazine offers promising recruitment and retention strategies to school administrators seeking to boost participation rates in their school-based after school programs. (7 pages)
	Focus on Families! How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School This comprehensive, easy-to-read guide is designed to help program leaders, local decision makers, funders, and others understand how to engage families in after school programs. It offers a research base for why family engagement matters, concrete program strategies for engaging families, case studies of promising family engagement efforts, and an evaluation tool for improving family engagement practices. (51 pages)
	Food and Nutrition Programs: Getting Connected A brochure describing how families can qualify and apply for food assistance through three federal nutrition programs: food stamps- Women, Infants, and Children- and school meals, afterschool snacks, and summer food. (2 pages)
	Harnessing Technology in Out-of-School Time Settings This issue brief reviews the role of technology in OST programs, highlighting the evaluation methods and findings about implementation and youth outcomes. (8 pages)
	Helping Children Achieve: The Wellness Connection A brochure outlining how eating right and being more active can help children do better in school and live longer, healthier lives. (2 pages)
	Hip Hop Curriculum: A Valuable Element for Today's Afterschool Programs An essay on the importance of incorporating mainstream culture, such as hip hop, in urban afterschool programs. (8 pages)
	Information Resource Center: Out-of-School Time Clearinghouse A Web based clearinghouse of out-of-school time efforts and different approaches to effective programming strategies.
	Issue Brief—Preventing Obesity in Youth through School-based Efforts A brief defining youth obesity. (1 page)
	Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth A ten case study profile of afterschool programs in action that illustrate the scope and impact of programming on local communities throughout the nation.
	Making the Most of After-School Time A compilation of ten case studies drawing from practical experiences of principals who have created strong programs and have experienced first-hand the contributions these programs can make to achieving the educational mission of their schools. (97 pages)
	Model Technology Integration in Afterschool An overview of eight model programs that provide diverse approaches in harnessing technology. (51 pages)
	Nutrition Guidelines for Afterschool & Summer Programs A fact sheet including the MyPyramid for Kids food pyramid, sample menus, and the meal pattern requirements for participation in federal programs. (2 pages)
	Nutrition in Afterschool Talking points on the importance of quality childhood nutrition and supplemental materials discussing: healthy ideas for classroom snacks and parties- classroom food safety- and alternatives to using food as a reward. (6 pages)
	Ohio Action for Healthy Kids: Physical Activity Toolkit A toolkit designed to assist school personnel, wellness committees, community health and fitness organizations, parents and parent organizations in developing new and enhancing existing physical activity opportunities for school age children and youth. (46 pages)
	Parents: Join Your School Wellness Team A brochure calling for parent involvement and to support of healthy food, quality physical education and hands-on nutrition education in their children's school, afterschool and summer programs. (2 pages)
	Physical Activity in Afterschool Talking points as to how physical activity in afterschool programs can promote skill-building, practice continual movement, and are positive to the development of the child. (2 pages)
	Programs to Help Americans Get Active An interactive database—"Get America Active"—of more than 100 national, regional, state and local outreach programs.
	Promoting Quality in Afterschool Programs through State Child Care Regulations This publication provides states with strategies for adapting state child care regulations to better promote quality in afterschool programs. There is also discussion of how states can align child care regulations with other strategies for improving the quality of afterschool programs (40 pages)
	Recipes for Success: Promising Practices from Rural Afterschool Programs A "cook-book" of nationwide practices outlining examples of innovative afterschool programs that serve children in rural areas. (110 pages)
	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)
	Start Serving Suppers at Your Afterschool Program A brochure describing how the Child and Adult Care Food Program can provide federal funds to afterschool programs that serve supper to children age 12 and under during the school year. (2 pages)
	Striving for Good Nutrition on a Tight Budget A brochure addressing the challenge of feeding a family on a budget including ideas, resources, suggestions and tips. (2 pages)
	Summer Learning Opportunities in High-Poverty Schools A report profiling five summer ELO programs that have contributed to improved student achievement in high-poverty schools. (84 pages)
	Tips on Homework Help and Academic Skill-Building Activities An outline of ideas to make homework an afterschool program in the schools. (2 pages)
	Using Afterschool and Summer Programs to Amplify Family Connections for Student Success A newsletter compiling articles about increasing parent involvement in afterschool programs including varied case studies, strategies and tools. (12 pages)
	Video Project: Show Your Afterschool Spirit! This innovative project for students encourages them to demonstrate what they love about their afterschool programs by creating videos to air on YouTube™. Designed as a competition, the first place winner will receive professional video training and have his/her video turned into a PSA and the top 10 videos will be linked on the NC CAP website. (2 pages)
	Where Is After-School Headed and How do Science Learning Opportunities Fit into the After-School Landscape An article outlining the blueprint on the future of afterschool programs. (5 pages)

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