Summer Programs
Young Audiences transforms the lives and education of our youth through the arts by connecting educators, professional artists, and communities.
Summer Learning Initiative Tools and Webinars from You for Youth – Here you’ll find all the tools you need for developing your Summer Learning Program. Please be sure to visit the corresponding step along the path!
CREATING A PROGRAM TEAM
CONDUCTING YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT
WRITING SMART GOALS
DETERMINING LOGISTICS
INTENTIONAL ACTIVITY DESIGN
INTENTIONAL STUDENT RECRUITMENT
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
ADDITIONAL TOOLS
Ultimate Camp Resource is a site that provides staff training methods, program designs and activities for camps including videos and PDFs.
Organize an inexpensive summer camp with these ideas for a low cost day camp. Enjoy cheap do it yourself summer camp fun and games. Plan summer fun for kids today.
Teen Ink is a website full of magazines, website content, and books written by teens for teens. They also provide resources to teens, here are some regarding teen health.
SuperCamp is the original organization dedicated to bridging academic, life skills, and career training. SuperCamp originated in 1982 and has since become a worldwide leader in student educational programs. Programs can help students increase grades, confidence, and motivate students to become their best self.
Summer Matters Campaign has created tools and resources such as a summer learning timeline and how to implement the Continuous Quality Improvement process in your summer programming.
Discover how to make learning a fun part of your everyday summer routine. Stop the summer brain drain with the summer learning guides and games for Grades K-6.
Practical tools and resources for planning summer learning programs
A high-quality summer program is shaped by the local community and the students and families it serves. There is not a singular pathway or simple formula to follow when creating a summer program; instead, there are many evidence-based elements that should be considered within a local context and infused into programming to ensure quality and student success.
The Summer Learning Toolkit is a companion document to the Summer Learning Best Practice Guide. The aim of this resource is to bring forward the Key Elements of Quality Summer Programming from the Best Practice Guide in the form of easy, accessible and practical tools to support the planning of robust summer programs.
The Wallace Foundation’s Summer Learning Toolkit features evidence-based tools and guidance for delivering effective programs.
During the summer, low-income students lose ground compared to their wealthier peers. But summer can also be a time to help level the playing field through high-quality, summer learning programs that research shows produce measurable benefits in math, reading and social and emotional learning.
With more than 50, evidence-based tools and resources—drawn from the work of five urban school districts and their partners, and aligned with research from RAND—the Summer Learning Toolkit helps educators deliver programs that make a real difference.
Avoid the “summer slide” and keep the spirit of curiosity alive with these informal, anytime learning resources. This collection of videos and activities encourages students in grades PreK-12 to spend the summer asking questions, spinning stories, and exploring all the ways that learning can be fun.
These videos include key practices, recommendations, and program models for school district and community-based providers looking for guidance on planning fun, engaging, and collaborative summer learning programs. These are all highlights from PCY’s 2021, 2022, and 2023 Summer Game Plan webinar series.
-Relationships Are Keys to Success
-Short Timelines Planning and Changing Models
-Program Planning, Partnership, and Co-Design
-Summer Staffing Solutions
-Effectively Managing Site Operations
-Program Scheduling
-Daily Operations: Tips and Recommendations