This fact sheet describes and defines comprehensive afterschool programs and their underlying principles. It includes an infographic and links to the evidence base for expanded learning programs.

• Source: Afterschool Alliance
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
• Year: 2021

This one-pager describes four ways to put high school students on the path to career success. Out-of-school time programs could use this handout to advocate for the inclusion of college and career readiness activities in their programs or to create buy-in for these activities with partners.

• Source: U.S. Department of Education
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Leadership and Management Practices
• Year: 2024

This guide is most pertinent to school administrators but may be useful for out-of-school time leaders who want to partner with the school to help families apply for Medicaid or to offer health screenings.

• Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Leadership and Management Practices
• Year: 2023

Grounded in extensive research in youth development, resiliency, and prevention, this framework outlines 40 positive supports and strengths that young people need to succeed. Half of the assets are external, focusing on the relationships and opportunities they need in their families, schools, and communities. The other half are internal, focusing on the strengths, values, and commitments that are nurtured within young people. Out-of-school time programs can use this framework to assess how well they are providing the community-based relationships and opportunities and to assess what assets struggling students might be lacking.

• Source: Search Institute
• Resource Type: Research
• Year: 2006

These playbooks provide a roadmap for the creation, design, and adoption of policies, processes, programs, and practices that State and local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, families, and communities need to support and implement high-quality, effective, inclusive, and evidence-based dual language immersion programs.

• Source: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies

This web page organizes information about the Department's promotion of school infrastructure and environmental sustainability through multiple communications and outreach tools designed to share best practices and connect schools with partnerships and resources. Out-of-school time programs can share how they are advancing environmental sustainability for a chance to be highlighted.

• Source: U.S. Department of Education
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Leadership and Management Practices
• Year: 2024

This toolkit is intended to help out-of-school time programs, nonprofits, schools, and school districts consider where and how to bring corporate volunteers in to serve as tutors, mentors, student success coaches, student support coordinators, and/or postsecondary transition coaches.

• Source: National Partnership for Student Success
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices
• Year: 2023

This toolkit was created to help families choose education services that meet their child’s needs. Schools and programs may share the toolkit as a resource for English learners and their families.

• Source: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Implementation Strategies
• Year: 2023

This succinct web page shares information and resources from the Every Day Counts Summit. It includes links to several resources out-of-school time programs may find useful.

• Source: The White House
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies
• Year: 2024

This user-friendly web page explains the U.S. Department of Education's five-step process for using evidence-based practices to support student learning and learning recovery. It provides guidance on how to identify local needs, select and implement relevant evidence-based practices, and examine and reflect on the outcomes associated with a practice's use.

• Source: Institute of Education Sciences
• Resource Type: Evidence-Based Practices

This 1-hour online module explores executive functions and explains why many students struggle with cognitive processes related to learning. It then examines why it's critical for teachers to explicitly teach these students when, where, and how to use effective study strategies.

• Source: IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Research
• Year: 2022

This 2.5-hour module is a companion to the Executive Functions Part 1 module. It includes strategies that can help students who have difficulty with executive functions like time management and focus. These strategies include graphic organizers, notetaking, mnemonics, organization of materials, time management, comprehension strategies, and self-regulation strategies.

• Source: IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Research
• Year: 2022