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This webinar explores what intermediaries are learning about what it takes to recruit and retain OST staff. The panel is facilitated by Angelica Portillo from NAA with panelists from Utah Afterschool Network, California Afterschool Network, Dallas Afterschool Network, and San Francisco Beacon Initiative. Strategies include hiring bonuses, compensation, flexibility, being involved in decision making, pre-service training and career pathways, and staff nurturing.
You for Youth (Y4Y) has been a virtual hub for Out-of-School Time (OST) providers. This website offers free professional development courses, tips on training staff, and resources and tools for designing high-quality programs. Although designed for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC), there are relevant resources across the OST field available to the public at no cost.
(This resource supports the COVID-19 response.)