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 Professional Development filter Professional Development
- Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion (7) Apply Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion filter
- Health and Safety and Licensing (3) Apply Health and Safety and Licensing filter
- Program Design and Management (6) Apply Program Design and Management filter
- Quality Improvement (10) Apply Quality Improvement filter
- School & Community Partnerships (2) Apply School & Community Partnerships filter
- Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access (10) Apply Subsidy, Eligibility, and Equal Access filter
- Summer Learning (3) Apply Summer Learning filter
- Supportive Learning Environment (7) Apply Supportive Learning Environment filter
- Systems Building (11) Apply Systems Building filter
Resource type
Publisher
- (-) Remove National Afterschool Association (NAA) filter National Afterschool Association (NAA)
- (-) Remove National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) filter National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
- (-) Remove Office of Child Care (OCC) filter Office of Child Care (OCC)
- (-) Remove The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation filter The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation
- (-) Remove US Department of Education filter US Department of Education
- Administration for Children & Families (ACF) (6) Apply Administration for Children & Families (ACF) filter
- Afterschool Alliance (6) Apply Afterschool Alliance filter
- American Institutes for Research (AIR) (4) Apply American Institutes for Research (AIR) filter
- BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network (1) Apply BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network filter
- Child Trends (2) Apply Child Trends filter
- Harvard Family Research Project (1) Apply Harvard Family Research Project filter
- National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) (1) Apply National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) filter
- Office of Head Start (1) Apply Office of Head Start filter
- Other (31) Apply Other filter
- The Wallace Foundation (3) Apply The Wallace Foundation filter
- US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Education (3) Apply US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Education filter
Search Results
Filter By
You for Youth (Y4Y) is a virtual hub for Out-of-School Time (OST) providers. This website offers free professional development courses, tips on training staff, resources and tools for designing high-quality programs, and answers to questions.
This issue brief explores research data, as well as interview and survey data, to frame efforts to support and retain afterschool leaders of color. It suggests approaches for changes in institutional structures and policies that may currently pose barriers to people of color advancing up the career ladder.
Strengthening Systems and Supports to Build Positive Social-Emotional Climates in Out-of-School Time
From 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.
This guide is designed to supplement National AfterSchool Association (NAA) Core Knowledge and Competencies for Afterschool and Youth Development. It includes eight field-tested, research- and evidence-based practices and who, why, and how to implement these practices.
This issue brief identifies four things to keep in mind to support the five percent of children in our care who are--or will grow up to become--gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. It also provides a link to an online module about this topic and to other positive youth development modules by Better Kids Care. This resource supports resiliency.
This Practice Brief, the fourth in a periodic series published by the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE), was developed following a Peer Learning Community (PLC) designed to strengthen workforce systems to advance both individual career development and program quality.
Taking a cross-sector approach can be an effective strategy to engage out-of-school time (OST) programs in quality improvement systems. From December of 2016 through March of 2017, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) engaged cross-sector planning teams in an OST collaboration on topics including: readiness and stages of change in building cross-sector partnersh
This issue brief reviews what states need to know to meet CCDF (Child Care Development Fund) regulations for training and professional development (PD).
This research brief summarizes a study of the impact of a before-school physical activity program. The children have physical activities and receive nutrition information in a program that has expanded to 2,200 schools in 4 states. The research found that as a result of involvement, family perceptions and habits on physical activities and nutrition have shifted.
This article outlines the dual importance of building the capacity of educators and of families who have successful family engagement. There are links to other valuable resources.