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Activities & CurriculumInternational Reading Association
Literacy Strategies Guide
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
Reading is Fundamental
Mizzen by Mott App
Campaign for Grade Level Reading Resources
Summer Activity Guides – activities can be geared for in-person or virtual instruction and are applicable for summer and beyond!
Remote and Distance Activity Brainstorm
UNH Digital Adventures
New Jersey Virtual Afterschool Resource Guide
Creative Minds for OST
The Afterschool and Expanded Learning Project
Afterschool Alliance
The After-School Corporation
The Forum for Youth Investment
Council of Chief State School Officers
National Conference of State Legislatures
National League of Cities
Ready by 21
SparkAction
Statewide Afterschool Networks
Creative Minds Out-of-School Arts Curriculum
Antiracism and Equity resources from Afterschool Alliance
Social Justice Resources
Teaching Tolerance
Resources to Promote Belonging and Inclusion in Afterschool
For Information on Race, Equity, and SEL
Equity in Food and Agricultural
My Reflection Matters
Sustainable Connecticut
Interaction Institute for Social Change
The Obama Foundation
The Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity
National AfterSchool Association
National School Boards Association
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association for Family Child Care
National Education Association
ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Supporting youth with special needs in OST
Afterschool Alliance Guest Blog: Inclusive OST
Understood
Kids Included Together (KIT)
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
California After School Resource Center
Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in After School and Summer Programs: A Guide for Families and Professionals (PDF)
CT After School Quality Self Assessment Tool (PDF)
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Out-of-School Time Program Research and Evaluation Database
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Connecticut Association for Non-Profits
Connecticut Charts-a-Course
Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance
Connecticut Parent Information and Resource Center
Connecticut Voices for Children
Connecticut Mentoring Partnership (CMP)
Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Youth Development Training & Resource Center (YDTRC)
Connecticut Parent Information and Resource Center (PDF)
Connecticut State Library
The National Center for Families Learning
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
National School Lunch Program
NAA Professional Development page
NIOST Professional Development page
AIR Professional Development page
4-H Afterschool
National AfterSchool Association Core Competencies for After School Trainers (PDF)
National AfterSchool Association Code of Ethics (PDF)
ABC…123: Starting your Afterschool Program (PDF)
Smart-E San Carlos example
Heathcote PTA example
Washington Family Center Parents Manual example (doc)
The Value of High Quality After School Programs Fact Sheet (PDF)
Connecticut After School Fact Sheet (PDF)
The Achievement Gap is Real (PDF)
Afterschool Programs that Follow Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Social and Emotional Development Are Effective (Durlak & Weissberg, 2013) (PDF)
Infographic: High Quality Afterschool Programs Accelerate Student Achievement (PDF)
Expanding Minds and Opportunities Compendium (Peterson, 2013)
ExtendED Notes (Formerly known as School Age Notes)
A New Day For Learning (PDF)
Creating Quality School-Age Child Care Space (PDF)
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Harvard Family Research Project
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Bringing Universities into the Mix: New Opportunities for Enhancing Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs (PDF)
Building a Culture of Attendance: Schools and Afterschool Programs Together Can and Should Make a Difference! (PDF)
Topical Research and Resources (Vermont Afterschool)
THINK Together Alignment Research (PDF)
RAND Out of School Time website
CDC Out of School Time website
Connecticut After School Network Member Resource Library Catalog (PDF)
Data Quality Campaign’s Data + OST Partnership = Success Infographic
Communities In Schools
National Network of Partnership Schools
Connecting School and Afterschool: 15 Ways to Improve Partnership (PDF)
Wallace Foundation’s Strengthening Partnerships (PDF)
Kids Care
National Youth Leadership Council
Learning by Doing: Students Take Greening to the Community, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)
Service learning articles from Edutopia.org
Example from Rhode Island
Social and Emotional Learning for Connecticut
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development
Supporting SEL through high quality After School Programs by AIR
The In-School and After School SEL Connection by AIR (PDF)
Research Based SEL programs for Out of School Time:
Wallace Foundation Report on Social Emotional Learning in Out of School Time Settings
Beyond the Bell Toolkit (American Institutes for Research)
Afterschool Alliance
How to Start a Neighborhood After-School Program (PDF)
Beyond the Bell Toolkit (American Institutes for Research)
The Quality Imperative: A State Guide to Achieving the Promise of Extended Learning Opportunities (PDF)
North Central Regional Education Laboratory – American Institutes for Research
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory/National Partnership for Quality Afterschool
Assessing Staff Relationships Among Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
American Institutes for Research
50 States Networks
CT State Department of Education STEM Modules for Middle and High School After School Programs
Afterschool Alliance STEM PD’s
Exploratorium Digital After School Library
eSchool News
NASA Afterschool Universe
JASON Learning
Immersion Learning
STEM Gems
Click 2 Science