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)
	A How-To Guide for Summer Food Sponsors on Purchasing High-Quality Summer Meals Outlines the importance of quality meals in combatting hunger and malnutrition and provides a guide for sponsors who purchase their summer meals to effectively work with vendors to improve the meal quality when necessary. (23 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 Program Toolkit: Building Sustainable High Quality After-School Programs This toolkit summarizes after-school programs found to be effective, lists core elements that contribute to the success of these programs, and provides a body of resources to sustain quality after-school programs.
	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. (80 pages)
	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 Exchange Afterschool Exchange connects afterschool programs with the educational resources of public television. Thirteen/WNET New York developed the Afterschool Exchange website of useful resources for Afterschool Activities, a database of information about both afterschool programs and public television stations, and "Student's Take," student's feedback on afterschool activities.
	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)
	Assessing Peer Conflict and Aggressive Behaviors: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners This brief defines peer conflict, how it differs by age and gender, what factors are associated with youth who engage in aggressive behaviors, and ways to reduce peer conflict. It includes specific questions to assess the prevalence of aggressive behaviors and peer conflict among students. (7 pages)
	BELL & Summer Learning Partnerships This brief discusses BELL Summer partnerships with schools in Baltimore, Springfield and Detroit and its positive impacts and outcomes on academic achievement and teacher/parent satisfaction. (6 pages)
	Building Quality In Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations The purpose of this paper is to review broadly the landscape of summer programs while focusing specifically on the resources available to support quality in the types of programs that typically serve youth living in high‐poverty urban centers.
	Building Sustainability: Locally, Statewide and Nationally A PowerPoint presentation highlighting afterschool programs, effective practices and further need for research and support. (13 pages)
	California After School Physical Activity Guidelines The intent of the California After School Physical Activity (CASPA) Guidelines is to create high-quality physical activity programs that expand learning opportunities of the regular school day. (58 pages)
	Childhood Obesity: Harnessing the Power of Public and Private Partnerships This report profiles three case studies of obesity prevention collaborations, documents the factors that led to successes and challenges, and shares four critical factors for collaborations in this area. (28 pages)
	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)
	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. (3 pages)
	Essential Elements Of Quality After-School Programs This report showcases after-school programs that have been deemed effective by National Dropout Prevention Center research, and it explains the core characteristics that made those programs effective. (73 pages)
	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)
	Florida Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs Outlines standards for quality afterschool programs in 7 key categories: administration and organization; program management and staff; communication and interaction, program structure and activities; health, safety and nutrition; program environment; and family and community involvement. (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)
	Great Ideas in After School 2009 The ideas featured in this booklet include some of the best run, exciting and innovative programs in the state. We hope these ideas spur creative thinking and build connections between after school professionals. (26 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)
	Healthy Behaviors for Children and Families: Developing Exemplary Practices in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Food Security in Afterschool Programs The guide is designed to help after-school program leaders and their partners strengthen obesity and health education and outlines six exemplary practices and indicator rubrics that programs can use to assess how they are and help them focus their attention on the areas they want to improve. (63 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.
	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)
	Preventing Obesity in Youth through School-Based Efforts This issue brief outlines the impact of obesity on youth, and highlights programs and policies that can prevent it. (8 pages)
	Programs to Help Youth Get Active This searchable database includes national, regional and local outreach programs working to GET YOUTH ACTIVE.
	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)
	Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Afterschool Programs Serving Preteens Outlines 6 guiding principles, as well as key indicators by which success can be measured, of quality programs that serve preteen youth. (25 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)
	Research in Action, Vol. I: Mentoring: A Key Resource for Promoting Positive Youth Development The Research in Action series is the first product to evolve from the work of the Council—taking current mentoring research and translating it into useful, user-friendly materials for mentoring practitioners. This report introduces the Positive Youth Development Perspective, how to be an effective mentor and provides sample mentor activity cards. (24 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)
	Science in Afterschool: A Blueprint for Action This report addresses these needs and opportunities and lays out a blueprint for how to build a sustainable system of afterschool STEM opportunities at a scale that makes a difference for young people, their communities, and the nation. (42 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 Bulletin This bulletin outlines the characteristics of effective summer learning programs, and highlights several examples of successful programs. (4 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)
	Summer Success: Challenges and Strategies in Creating Quality Academically Focused Summer Programs This brief looks at evaluations of 34 academically focused summer programs in order to distill challenges and compile promising strategies for creating quality summer programs. (14 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™. (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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