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EXTERNAL RESOURCE LIBRARY
Here you’ll find free resources from government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and others in the field, curated by our team with 21st CCLC professionals in mind. The external resource library includes videos, web pages, publications, and more to help you learn about and implement evidence-based strategies and best practices. All were screened for their relevance to out-of-school time, and many are specific to 21st CCLC programs.
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This 38-page guide identifies federal funding streams that providers, districts, summer and afterschool intermediaries, municipal government leaders, and state government leaders can tap to support equitable access to high-quality programs.
- Source: Wallace Foundation
- Resource Type: Leadership and Management Practices
- Year: 2022
This article provides bullying prevention strategies for coaches, instructors, and extracurricular activity leaders. Out-of-school time professionals can find strategies to help them recognize, understand, prevent, and respond appropriately to bullying behaviors.
- Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices, Research
- Year: 2021
This toolkit includes messages and tips that multiple stakeholders can use to help improve student attendance in school and in out-of-school time programs.
- Source: Puget Sound Educational Service District
- Resource Type: Best Practices, Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Policy/Guidance Documents
- Year: 2019
This website provides hundreds of free K-12 activities for out-of-school time programs. Categories include math, science, literacy, art, engineering, culture, and health,
- Source: Boston Children's Museum
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies
This web page describes possible opportunities to engage AmeriCorps volunteers to help grow or sustain your out-of-school time program. AmeriCorps supports educational, health, Native nations, and rural efforts with "people power" (and some funding).
- Source: AmeriCorps
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices
- Year: 2023
This web page includes free resources to help you bring NASA's Afterschool Universe astronomy program to the middle-schoolers in your out-of-school time program.
- Source: NASA
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies
This web page summarizes information about the benefits of student participation in afterschool programs and includes links to relevant information and resources.
- Source: Youth.gov
- Resource Type: Innovation and Best Practices
This non-regulatory guidance document provides program definitions, information on State allocations, guidance on State competitions and subgrantee use of funds, and requirements for monitoring and program evaluation.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education
- Resource Type: Policy/Guidance Documents
- Year: 2024
This "key insight" web page describes the potential benefits of out-of-school time (OST) programs and the elements of quality OST programs, with links to a variety of resources for OST education and programming.
- Source: The Wallace Foundation
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices, Policy/Guidance Documents, Research
This practice guide includes five recommendations to help district and school administrators and out-of-school program providers design out-of-school time programs that will increase learning for students. It describes the research supporting each recommendation, how to carry out each recommendation, and how to address implementation roadblocks that might arise.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
- Year: 2009
This practice guide from the Office of Special Education Programs summarizes evidence-based, positive, and proactive practices that support and respond to students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs in classrooms and similar teaching and learning environments.
- Source: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
- Year: 2024
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This 38-page guide identifies federal funding streams that providers, districts, summer and afterschool intermediaries, municipal government leaders, and state government leaders can tap to support equitable access to high-quality programs.
- Source: Wallace Foundation
- Resource Type: Leadership and Management Practices
- Year: 2022
This article provides bullying prevention strategies for coaches, instructors, and extracurricular activity leaders. Out-of-school time professionals can find strategies to help them recognize, understand, prevent, and respond appropriately to bullying behaviors.
- Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices, Research
- Year: 2021
This toolkit includes messages and tips that multiple stakeholders can use to help improve student attendance in school and in out-of-school time programs.
- Source: Puget Sound Educational Service District
- Resource Type: Best Practices, Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Policy/Guidance Documents
- Year: 2019
This website provides hundreds of free K-12 activities for out-of-school time programs. Categories include math, science, literacy, art, engineering, culture, and health,
- Source: Boston Children's Museum
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies
This web page describes possible opportunities to engage AmeriCorps volunteers to help grow or sustain your out-of-school time program. AmeriCorps supports educational, health, Native nations, and rural efforts with "people power" (and some funding).
- Source: AmeriCorps
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices
- Year: 2023
This web page includes free resources to help you bring NASA's Afterschool Universe astronomy program to the middle-schoolers in your out-of-school time program.
- Source: NASA
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies
This web page summarizes information about the benefits of student participation in afterschool programs and includes links to relevant information and resources.
- Source: Youth.gov
- Resource Type: Innovation and Best Practices
This non-regulatory guidance document provides program definitions, information on State allocations, guidance on State competitions and subgrantee use of funds, and requirements for monitoring and program evaluation.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education
- Resource Type: Policy/Guidance Documents
- Year: 2024
This "key insight" web page describes the potential benefits of out-of-school time (OST) programs and the elements of quality OST programs, with links to a variety of resources for OST education and programming.
- Source: The Wallace Foundation
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices, Policy/Guidance Documents, Research
This practice guide includes five recommendations to help district and school administrators and out-of-school program providers design out-of-school time programs that will increase learning for students. It describes the research supporting each recommendation, how to carry out each recommendation, and how to address implementation roadblocks that might arise.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
- Year: 2009
This practice guide from the Office of Special Education Programs summarizes evidence-based, positive, and proactive practices that support and respond to students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs in classrooms and similar teaching and learning environments.
- Source: Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
- Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
- Year: 2024
This resource was developed by the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC), funded under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and administered by Synergy Enterprises, Inc. under Cooperative Agreement No. 287E230009 with the Department’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the Department or the Federal government. The 21st CCLC NTAC project officers are Dr. La' Shawndra Scroggins and Ms. Andrea Jackson.
