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This publication features some of the best resources, including webinars, briefs, and toolkits, available in the online NCASE Resource Library, developed for both practitioners and system builders. |
These selected resources, curated by NCASE, offer ideas and information for OST system leaders to support recovery from COVID-19. |
The NCASE Out-of-School Time Professional Development System-Building Toolkit was designed to assist states as they build professional development systems inclusive of school-age providers. |
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This webinar shares results of a survey from August 2020, finding that many parents are struggling to locate quality, affordable child care amid closures and capacity restrictions. While the survey was of parents with children birth-5, there are also findings for school-age children. For example, 38% of school-age parents will look for a child care provider if their school is not open in fall.
This webinar, the 8th in a series on early childhood education (ECE), is a topical, thoughtful discussion about systemic racism in early childhood education. It addresses the impact of racism on children, families, and child care providers.
This webinar explores issues related to virtual summer camp programming. A panel of three practitioners from different types of camps share their experiences and expertise in online programming.
This blog highlights key elements of quality in camp experiences, whether virtual or in person, such as building strong relationships and creating safe spaces. It offers frameworks for designing strong programs and as it is a quick but thought-provoking read, it could be an effective tool for staff professional development. This resource supports the COVID-19 response.
The American Camping Association has created this contingency planning framework to help summer and camp programs do business planning in these uncertain times, to prepare for possible options around programming.
This webinar is designed to prepare afterschool providers for gaining an understanding of trauma and trauma-informed practice. It defines trauma, explores its prevalence, and shows the impact of trauma on brain development. It shares best practices for trauma-informed practice and positive outcomes that can result.
This annotated bibliography provides a list of fifteen links to evidence-based practices, policy briefs, survey resources, and webinars to support Dual Language Learners (DLL). It is designed for policymakers, school administrators, and teachers in early child and primary education settings, and is helpful for Out-of-School Time (OST).
This webinar explores the new social emotional learning items for the YPQA tool with a focus on creating a safe environment, emotion coaching, and empathy. It is designed for program directors and staff, providing numerous concrete examples about how to raise the bar on outstanding staff practices on supporting social-emotional learning.
This database provides information on state laws and regulations applicable to camps. It identifies the governing body, provides license information, notes if a license is required for both day and residential camps, states what type of background checks are needed (e.g., criminal record and sex offender records), and describes requirements about minimum wage and overtime pay.
This series of reports provides a compilation of 41 key indicators for children ages 0-17. The statistics include measures on issues like poverty, homelessness, opioid use, and violence.