NCASE Resource Library
Featured Resources
|
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. |
Search for Resources ?
Search Results
Filter By
Reset Selections
Expand All Filters
Topics
- (-) Remove Family and Community Engagement filter Family and Community Engagement
- (-) Remove Program Design and Management filter Program Design and Management
- (-) Remove Quality Improvement filter Quality Improvement
- (-) Remove Summer Learning filter Summer Learning
- Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion (3) Apply Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion filter
- Professional Development (4) Apply Professional Development filter
- School & Community Partnerships (2) Apply School & Community Partnerships filter
- Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access (1) Apply Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access filter
- Supportive Learning Environment (2) Apply Supportive Learning Environment filter
- Systems Building (4) Apply Systems Building filter
Resource type
- (-) Remove Infographic filter Infographic
- (-) Remove Journal article filter Journal article
- (-) Remove Tool kit filter Tool kit
- Issue brief (9) Apply Issue brief filter
- Other (2) Apply Other filter
- Report (5) Apply Report filter
- Video/video series (1) Apply Video/video series filter
- Webinar (5) Apply Webinar filter
Publisher
- (-) Remove Afterschool Matters Journal filter Afterschool Matters Journal
- (-) Remove BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network filter BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network
- (-) Remove National Afterschool Association (NAA) filter National Afterschool Association (NAA)
- (-) Remove National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) filter National Summer Learning Association (NSLA)
- (-) Remove The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation filter The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation
- Administration for Children & Families (ACF) (7) 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
- Child Trends (1) Apply Child Trends filter
- Collaborative for Acadmic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2) Apply Collaborative for Acadmic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) filter
- Kids Included Together (KIT) (1) Apply Kids Included Together (KIT) filter
- National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) (2) Apply National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) filter
- Office of Child Care (OCC) (3) Apply Office of Child Care (OCC) filter
- Other (28) Apply Other filter
- The Wallace Foundation (1) Apply The Wallace Foundation filter
- US Department of Education (1) Apply US Department of Education filter
Search Results
Filter By
The purpose of this playbook is to provide a long-term and sustainable framework for planning and executing evidence-based practices and partnerships for high-quality summer programs. It has a user-friendly design and includes sections on quality, safety, policies and funding, planning, and partnerships.
The National Afterschool Association has collected a range of financial planning resources created by the Wallace Foundation that can be helpful for a broad range of nonprofit organizations and also for fiscal management training and college courses.
This toolkit is designed to support professionals at all levels to integrate digital learning into afterschool and summer programs. It includes 9 interactive or text-based modules that explain the importance of digital learning in OST as an issue of equity and access, plus a 16-page brief.
This journal article documents one OST director’s journey through the process of becoming credentialed. It explores fears and challenges and what she—and her program participants, families, and staff—ultimately gained from the process. This story can bring a personal experience to life for state system planners creating or supporting a school-age credential.
This article explores the challenges and potential of school-afterschool partnerships. Based on interviews with school administrators, afterschool leaders, and front-line staff in three schools, the findings reveal both disconnections and opportunities for fuller communication and collaboration.
This infographic provides useful information about the significant impact to school-age children during summer months, in the absence of quality summer programs.
This journal article describes how Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) can be used as an effective means for staff development with out-of-school time (OST) providers. Based on a research project involving six experienced facilitators, it offers a framework, potential formats, and tips on how to structure PLCs to meet the needs of OST staff and programs.
This infographic lists the 10 categories of the NAA (National Afterschool Association) core knowledge and competencies (CKCs). The CKCs articulate what professionals need to know and be able to do for a program to be considered high quality. This infographic presents the 10 core knowledge areas in an easy-to-read-and-remember format.