Clubs are a programming choice that can contribute a great deal to your after school program. After school clubs create opportunities for personal growth for children. They give children practice in making manageable longer-term commitments and create an opportunity for skill and attention span development. Such groups also provide children with an avenue to self-esteem: a means to excel at something they enjoy.
Summer can be a challenging time for staff and students, so why not make it easier using great resources available to you straight from the network.
Afterschool and summer program directors are often in a pinch and settle for the first person that can fit scheduling needs that suddenly appear out of nowhere. But you don’t have to settle, let me say that again, you don’t have to settle. Hiring smart the first time will prevent headaches
A great addition to our resource library is Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success Compendium. This groundbreaking series includes reports, commentaries and studies from more than 100 leaders from elected officials, educators, researchers, advocates, and other authors.
This member-only benefit can come handy to your program and staff. Our library includes books, kits and videos all containing research and ideas to enhance your program.
Family Engagement: A Guide to Tools, Strategies and Resources, a new toolkit by TASC (The After-School Corporation), lists strategies and tools to improve family engagement. Not all family engagement strategies…
In a follow-up to the Wallace Foundation’s report, Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts, released last November, a new video series documenting the…
