Resources on Afterschool

Systems

	Teachers At Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design In this new Education Sector report, Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva highlights promising models of school design and calls for a new approach to addressing the teacher quality challenge in public education. (17 pages)
	Active Hours Afterschool A Web based clearinghouse providing obesity prevention resources, promising practices, advocacy and policy.
	Active Hours Afterschool: Childhood Obesity Prevention & Afterschool Programs An issue brief focusing on childhood obesity and afterschool programming targeting this issue. (2 pages)
	Afterschool Programs and the K-8 Principal: Standards for Quality School-Age Care An article sharing a formula - eight ways to quality afterschool instruction. (3 pages)
	Building and Sustaining After-School Programs: Successful Practices in School Board Leadership A report presenting ways school boards can promote student success and community engagement by supporting extended learning opportunities. (38 pages)
	Elements of Effective Practice The research- and experience-based guidelines for safe and effective mentoring programs. (12 pages)
	Evaluation Exchange: Building the Future of Family Involvement This double issue of The Evaluation Exchange examines the current state of and future directions for the family involvement field in research, policy, and practice. Featuring innovative initiatives, new evaluation approaches and findings, and interviews with field leaders, the issue is designed to spark conversation about where the field is today and where it needs to go in the future. (40 pages)
	Extended Learning Opportunities Resource List A list of resources that serve to help enhance and expand afterschool programs. (5 pages)
	Fresh from the Farm: Using Local Foods in the Afterschool and Summer Nutrition Programs This guide outlines strategies and approaches for accessing local products such as working with an organization that is already using local produce, collaborating with the area school food service director or operating the Farm to School program independently. (21 pages)
	Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-of-School Time Programs A paper reviewing the current research and literature in OST programs including effectiveness, academic enhancement, career and college preparation, leadership development and civic engagement; and provides policy guidance on how to support and sustain high quality OST programs as part of a system of support for older youth. (60 pages)
	Hours That Count A brief highlighting ways to use afterschool programs to help prevent risky behaviors and keep kids safe. (4 pages)
	Integrating Education and Afterschool Initiatives An outline of a project designed to help municipal officials design afterschool program in ways that support the academic achievement of students in their communities. (3 pages)
	Introduction to the Academy for Educational Development and Promising Practices in Afterschool System A PowerPoint presentation focusing on the cooperative extension system, the distinction between practice and activity, promising practices and the application of the above to afterschool programs. (18 pages)
	Lessons Learned About Effective Policies and Practices for Out-of-School Time Programming A report sharing stories and challenges behind the many policies and practices that communities have developed to support OST programming. (57 pages)
	M.O.S.A.I.C.: Afterschool Time An Education Development Center Mosaic issue featuring highlights from an expert panel discussion on staffing and professional development, research and evaluation, the role of afterschool programs and directions for the future. It also addresses afterschool in the context of science, engineering, technology and media, and provides an overview of EDC’s current projects and a program evaluation.
	Meeting the High School Challenge: Making After-School Work for Older Students This report examines the challenges of engaging teens in after-school programs and describes three programmatic approaches, examining the situations in which these approaches work best, and warns of possible pitfalls. (20 pages)
	Mentoring Clearinghouse A Web based clearinghouse providing tools and resources to add a mentoring component to afterschool programs and resources to implement, manage and strengthen afterschool programs.
	Out-of-School Time Audio Conference: High School After-School and School Reform An audio conference proceeding centered on how and why the high school reform and afterschool movements need to be woven together to produce a solid system of learning opportunities and developmental supports designed to help all young people prepare for the future. (12 pages)
	Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary #10: Rethinking the High School Experience: What's After-School Got to Do With It? A report focusing on how and why the high school reform and afterschool movements need to be woven together to produce a solid system of learning opportunities and developmental supports designed to help all young people prepare for the future. (8 pages)
	Partnership for Excellence A brochure addressing structural and functional components of community schools as a vehicle for afterschool success. (16 pages)
	Promising Practices in Afterschool: Creating Engaging Learning Environments for Children and Youth A PowerPoint presentation focusing on promising practices, the link between practice and activity and new quality developments. (25 pages)
	Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for How School Districts Promote Family Engagement The purpose of this brief is to distill promising practices from six districts that are actively working to develop the critical components of systemic family engagement and to examine the implications of their work for federal, state, and local policy. (16 pages)
	Superintendents’ Perspectives on the “New Day for Learning” Report This series of reflections from five superintendents addresses a framework detailed by a national task force convened by the C.S. Mott Foundation. It provides an impetus for school system leaders to work with communities as equal and committed partners to provide children with meaningful learning experiences during the school day, before and after school and year‐round. (23 pages)
	Supporting Student Success: A Governor’s Guide to Extra Learning Opportunities This document outlines a number of strategies that governors can employ to support improved extended learning opportunities' quantity and quality in their states. (32 pages)
	The Afterschool Hours: A New Focus for America's Cities A compilation of case studies focusing on accomplishments of eight cities, lessons learned and recommendations for municipal officials engaging in afterschool. (76 pages)
	The Learning Compact Redefined: A Call to Action: A Report of the Commission on the Whole Child This report looks at the need for an improved system of education that looks at the whole child, and provides educators, communities and policymakers recommendations for improvement. (36 pages)
	The NAA Standards for Quality School-Age Care A for-purchase only publication on NAA's Program Improvement process.
	The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings This brief, published by Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, offers an overview of the features of high-quality after school settings, including an examination of key research on links between program quality and developmental outcomes. The brief also reviews current practice in program quality assessment, and a set of quality-related considerations for policymakers. (16 pages)
	The State of City Leadership for Children and Families This 2009 National League of Cities report identifies "the nation's 32 most cutting-edge city innovations to help children and families thrive," and features emerging and established trends in municipal leadership that promote child and family well-being. The report describes new directions in after-school programs, community wellness (measures to combat childhood obesity), early childhood care, public education, family anti-poverty efforts, agency effectiveness, and programs surrounding youth civic engagement, violence prevention, and transitional services. Taken together, the work of cities to respond to these needs make up a national network of public policy "laboratories" -- continually testing new hypotheses and experimenting with creative approaches to complex, evolving problems. (146 pages)
	Washington Regional Action Project (WRAP) Improving Program Quality ( IPQ ) Fact Sheet Fact sheet on the Washington Regional Action Project (WRAP) Improving Program Quality ( IPQ). The IPQ Project is designed to improve the quality of afterschool programs across the state of Washington through free on-site technical assistance for licensed and certified programs; more information available to all afterschool programs about best practices, program evaluation, and accreditation; and increased community education about the importance of high-quality afterschool programs. The project builds upon the current Washington Regional Action Project (WRAP) to deliver these services in every region across the state. (2 pages)

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