By Sarah Suydam, National AfterSchool Association A recent brief from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) examined why and how states should use child care relief funding to increase compensation for their workforce. The report shares a...
By Child Care Technical Assistance Network Apprenticeships are gaining momentum in out-of-school time (OST) as an alternate career pathway that supports equity in the workforce. Learn why apprenticeships are a useful strategy for OST staff, programs, and field leaders....
By Child Care Technical Assistance Network National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment hosted this webinar to share strategies and resources around this alternative career pathway.
By Learning Policy Institute This toolkit is designed to give state policymakers and education leaders a set of strategies, tools, and resources to advance whole child policy and systems change.
By Jennifer McCombs, Director of Research, Learning Policy Institute; Nikki Yamashiro, Vice President of Research, Afterschool Alliance; Brodrick Clarke, Vice President, Programs, National Summer Learning Association; Lorna Smith, CEO, Horizons National; Matthew Hathaway, Teachers in the Parks in Pennsylvania...
By GSAN /Summer Learning Council In December 2020, GSAN convened the Greater Atlanta Summer Learning Council to develop a shared region-wide summer learning agenda, increase and coordinate funding from public and private sources, and ensure that all of Greater...
By National AfterSchool Association The purpose of the NAA Code of Ethics is to raise awareness of our personal commitment to ethical conduct as we carry out our professional responsibilities, conforming to accepted professional standards of conduct. Our Code...
By Erika Petrelli for the National Afterschool Association We have historically focused on developing “hard skills”– we call many of our trainings “skill-based,” or give merit to fact-building. But only in recent years have we given the “soft skills”...
By National Center On Afterschool and Summer Enrichment The Equity Planning Checklist is designed to support out-of-school (OST) time programs and organizations in fully assessing policies and practices that foster equity. This checklist includes guiding questions to consider during...
By Beyond the Bell In Chapter 2, you learned about several ways to shape your program plan around the assets and needs in your community. You can identify the needs you should address by conducting a needs assessment. In...