LEARNING RESOURCES
Welcome to the 21st CCLC NTAC Learning Resources!
Here you will find a variety of resources in many different formats to meet the various needs and learning styles of 21st CCLC professionals.
Fact Sheets
Fact sheets are topical resources developed in collaboration with other organizations. Download each fact sheet with a single click.
Full-Service Community Schools
This fact sheet explains ways 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) programs and Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) are similar and ways they differ. State and local program leaders for both of these federally funded programs can use this information to identify shared priorities and opportunities for coordination and collaboration.
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Toolkits
Topical toolkits include a user guide and tools you can use “as they are” or customize to fit your needs. Download each toolkit with a single click.
Becoming a Leader (Flipbook)
Use these tools to help you understand and use a servant leadership approach to develop yourself, your staff, and your out-of-school time program.
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Financial Literacy Toolkit (Flipbook)
This toolkit includes a user guide and eight tools, including activity ideas, a partnership planner, links to free resources, a sample social media campaign, a Financial Literacy Lingo Bingo game, and two Lifehack$ graphics to help you promote your program’s financial literacy activities. Download Toolkit
Guiding Positive Student Behavior (Flipbook)
Use these tools to explore and implement strategies to guide positive student behavior. Get guidance on creating a group norms agreement, engaging students, and providing feedback. Use the cue cards with challenge-solution scenarios to learn and practice on your own or as a team. Download Toolkit
Literacy Toolkit (Flipbook)
This toolkit consists of 23 tools and a user guide to help programs infuse literacy into out-of-school time activities. Download Toolkit
Math Toolkit (Flipbook)
This toolkit consists of 19 tools and a user guide to help out-of-school time programs plan and implement activities that support math learning and learning recovery by building students' math competence and confidence. Download Toolkit
STEAM (Flipbook)
This toolkit consists of 24 tools and a user guide to help programs plan and implement science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM) activities that support student learning and engagement. Download Toolkit
Summer Learning Implementation Planner(zip)
This planning template for summer programs is accompanied by a sample planner. A user guide walks you through the planner to show how you can use it to complete the steps of summer program planning. Download the zip file to get the template, sample, and user guide.
Training Kits and Job Aids
Each training kit includes a scripted PowerPoint for customized in-person or virtual staff training and a recorded module for asynchronous frontline staff engagement. Job aids are downloadable PDFs offering quick-reference strategies and guidance to support effective 21st CCLC programming.
Community Asset Map
Use this tool to create an map of potential assets or partners to help your OST program engage community stakeholders, meet program needs, and provide a variety of opportunities for students and families.
Embedding Academics Into Enrichment Activities Training Kit
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- PowerPoint(pptx)
ESEA Title IV, Part B Reference Guide
This job aid includes the full text of Title IV, Part B of the Federal statute that authorizes and defines the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program. An annotated table of contents includes cross-references to the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st CCLC Non-Regulatory Guidance, with quick links to official information sources. Available in two formats, both with searchable text:
