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
- Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion (7) Apply Culturally Responsive Practice & Inclusion filter
- Family and Community Engagement (4) Apply Family and Community Engagement filter
- Professional Development (2) Apply Professional Development filter
- Program Design and Management (1) Apply Program Design and Management filter
- Quality Improvement (4) Apply Quality Improvement filter
- Supportive Learning Environment (9) Apply Supportive Learning Environment filter
Resource type
- (-) Remove Issue brief filter Issue brief
- (-) Remove Journal article filter Journal article
- (-) Remove Report filter Report
- Tool kit (1) Apply Tool kit filter
Publisher
- (-) Remove American Institutes for Research (AIR) filter American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- (-) Remove The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation filter The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation
- Administration for Children & Families (ACF) (11) Apply Administration for Children & Families (ACF) filter
- Afterschool Alliance (9) Apply Afterschool Alliance filter
- Afterschool Matters Journal (3) Apply Afterschool Matters Journal filter
- BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network (3) Apply BUILD, QRIS National Learning Network filter
- Child Trends (7) Apply Child Trends filter
- Collaborative Communications (2) Apply Collaborative Communications filter
- Harvard Family Research Project (3) Apply Harvard Family Research Project filter
- National Afterschool Association (NAA) (3) Apply National Afterschool Association (NAA) filter
- National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) (2) Apply National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) filter
- National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) (4) Apply National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) filter
- National Women's Law Center (3) Apply National Women's Law Center filter
- Office of Child Care (OCC) (9) Apply Office of Child Care (OCC) filter
- Opportunities Exchange (1) Apply Opportunities Exchange filter
- Other (47) Apply Other filter
- The Wallace Foundation (8) Apply The Wallace Foundation filter
- US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Education (1) Apply US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Education filter
Search Results
Filter By
The American Institutes for Research updated their landscape scan of state afterschool networks to find out which states have developed various quality supports. The summary shows which states have or are in process with their quality standards, quality assessment tools, core knowledge and competencies, aligned professional development, credential systems, QRIS, and skill-building initiatives.
This issue brief explores how afterschool and summer programs and systems are well positioned to be strong partners in supporting children and families as things reopen during the pandemic.
This guide compares purpose, structure, content, and technical properties of assessment tools for out-of-school time programs.
This issue brief provides an overview of the prevalence of mental health issues for children and youth. It explores how schools are often the de facto mental health system for children; therefore, schools could be a first step for afterschool programs wanting partnerships for support on mental health needs.
This issue brief explores how in-school educators, afterschool providers, families, and policy makers can work together to build social emotional skills youth need to succeed. The brief explores the policy context for social-emotional learning, how it is currently implemented in afterschool and school settings, and suggestions for how the two can partner on this issue.
This executive summary reports on a three-year study of Youth Program Quality Improvement in 87 sites in four states that included quality assessment, improvement plans, coaching by managers, and staff training. The approach led to higher quality instructions across programs even where there was manager turnover, low staff education, and varying adult-youth ratios.