NCASE Resource Library
Featured Resources
|
The Path to Quality resource portal provides state system planners with step-by-step guidance and resources to develop quality afterschool systems including information on: (1) designing quality standards, (2) resources and tools aligned to qualit |
Strengthening Systems and Supports to Build Positive Social-Emotional Climates in Out-of-School TimeFrom December 2018 through May 2019, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment facilitated a peer learning group (PLG) on social-emotional learning (SEL) in Out-of-School Time (OST) for 10 state teams. |
Federal, state, and local agencies are increasing investments and building capacity in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. |
Search for Resources ?
Search Results
Filter By
Pages
Reset Selections
Expand All Filters
Topics
- Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion (41) Apply Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion filter
- Health and Safety and Licensing (9) Apply Health and Safety and Licensing filter
- Professional Development (34) Apply Professional Development filter
- Program Design and Management (24) Apply Program Design and Management filter
- Quality Improvement (35) Apply Quality Improvement filter
- Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access (23) Apply Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access filter
- Summer Learning (17) Apply Summer Learning filter
- Supportive Learning Environment (51) Apply Supportive Learning Environment filter
- Systems Building (42) Apply Systems Building filter
Resource type
- (-) Remove Issue brief filter Issue brief
- Infographic (2) Apply Infographic filter
- Journal article (4) Apply Journal article filter
- Other (5) Apply Other filter
- Report (15) Apply Report filter
- Tool kit (17) Apply Tool kit filter
- Video/video series (5) Apply Video/video series filter
- Webinar (5) Apply Webinar filter
- Website (8) Apply Website filter
Publisher
- Administration for Children & Families (ACF) (1) Apply Administration for Children & Families (ACF) filter
- Afterschool Alliance (1) Apply Afterschool Alliance filter
- American Institutes for Research (AIR) (3) Apply American Institutes for Research (AIR) filter
- Collaborative Communications (2) Apply Collaborative Communications filter
- Harvard Family Research Project (1) Apply Harvard Family Research Project filter
- National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) (1) Apply National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) filter
- National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) (3) Apply National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) filter
- Office of Child Care (OCC) (2) Apply Office of Child Care (OCC) filter
- Other (15) Apply Other filter
- The Wallace Foundation (2) Apply The Wallace Foundation filter
Search Results
Filter By
This brief presents a framework that broadens our understanding of how, when, and where youth learn. It recommends ways for how youth development organizations can build partnerships with schools, juvenile justice, foster care, and families to support growth and development.
This issue brief identifies high impact strategies for actively co-creating opportunities for family engagement to support learning across the age continuum, both in school and during out-of-school time.
This issue brief highlights the challenges English language learners (ELLs) face in developing literacy proficiency and articulates how afterschool programs can play a central role in providing the supports to help ELL students thrive in school, work, and life.
This issue brief reviews the common knowledge of school-based programs designed to build social-emotional competence in middle and high school years. It reviews exemplary programs on skill-focused promotion, academic integration, teaching practices, and organizational reform.
This issue brief examines how three cities worked to sustain summer programs by integrating them into core district priorities and operations. The recommendations are based on interviews with more than 60 school personnel on how to build awareness and connect to district goals, create planning structures, and capitalize on existing experts and systems.
This issue brief identifies four important things to know about the transition to school, and it also mentions the transition that children and families experience to out-of-school programs: (1) transition is a matter of equity; (2) a smooth transition to school makes a difference for children's outcomes; (3) families play an important role in the transition to school; and (4) it's all about re
This issue brief provides an overview of the research and promising practices on the transition to kindergarten. It provides extensive examples of transition programs that focus on building relationships, alignment, and collaboration among families, preschool, and school.
The National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) is pleased to share a practice brief on Aligning Out-of-School Time Services for Children Experiencing Homelessness. This brief is the fifth in a periodic series published by NCASE to build awareness of promising practices in the field of school-age child care.
This guidebook provides a definition of access and how to measure access across different types of settings. It also describes indicators of access, how to measure the indicators, and what data sources exist. While it is primarily designed for birth to age 5, the model can be adapted for use in studying access for school-age care.
This issue brief highlights the ways afterschool and summer learning programs help youth with workforce development. It includes five city examples of workforce development programs, including mentoring, apprenticeships, and job placement activities.