Afterschool Programs Focus on the Whole Child
Academic measures of progress are but one measure of student success. Research has shown the social and emotional impacts afterschool programs play in the healthy development children. One of the…
Kids with Autism – Best Practices for Inclusion Webinar
Kids with Autism - Best Practices for Inclusion Thursday, January 8, 2015 1:00-2:00pm EST Webinar Description: NJSACC continues it's efforts for inclusion of children with disabilities in New Jersey's out-of-school…
Training New Staff
Training New After School Staff: Welcome to the world of School-Age Care! is an easy-to-use tool for school-age program directors with limited time and resources to help new staff “get up and running quickly” with their responsibilities.
Smart 365 Days a Year
From making a monster mask to going on a bike photo safari, 365 Smart Afterschool Activities will let kids’ imaginations soar with terrifically fun things to do during those valuable afterschool hours and beyond.
What Happened to Women in Computer Science?
Some of you are aware that periodically Google will offer little coding projects on their home search page. I like to partake in those,they are actually fun. The program that…
Who Wants to Play?
Would you like to infuse a burst of fun in your program? Transform groups into cohesive and caring teams? Do it all while playing games! Great Group Games has over 175 Games to wipe out boredom.
Adventures in Peacemaking
Another great resource for those after school teachers looking for ways to resolve conflict in their after school program. Is peacekeeping becoming the focus of your program instead of your day to day planned activities? Are children working together and you would like to continue the trend?
Kids React to Old Cameras
This is a wonderful video to watch with your students (has a learning component). The youtube video also has links to other reaction videos.
Challenging Behavior in Young Children
Challenging Behavior in Young Children, Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively provides in-depth background information and strategies to help pre-service and practicing teachers understand, prevent, and address the behavior problems found often in after school programs.
Everyone Wins!
Looking for new games and activities for your after school program? Great! We always have a resource for that. Everyone Wins! Cooperative Games and Activities is packing with over 150 games and activities for children in our programs.