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On-Site Staff / Partnerships and Building Relationships / Program Design, Development, and Quality / Staff Leadership and Management / Sustainability

Champion Wellness With Fitness Professionals: 3 Tips To Get Started

Daniel W. Hatcher No Comments

The nation’s celebration of afterschool, Lights On Afterschool, is just around the corner. Now is a great time to engage new partners and participants in your out-of-school organization. This fall try something new by partnering with local fitness professionals to attract attendees and strengthen your organization’s commitment to wellness – who knows, you might get the attention of a new funder or political champion! Not sure where to start? Here are 3 tips from my friend Haley Hopkins at The Am... Read More

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Program Design, Development, and Quality / Staff Leadership and Management

Your Voice Matters

Jeff Davis No Comments

You are after school, you are expanded learning, and your voice is more important than you know. Youth voice is critical to the success of an after school expanded learning program. Seeking youth voice helps to develop caring relationships between staff and students, and increases the program’s relevance and meaning for youth participants. While practitioners consistently seek the voice of their youth and other stakeholders (parents, teachers and principals, partners) they often underestim... Read More

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Program Design, Development, and Quality

The Lights On Afterschool Movement and the Future of 21st CCLC

breakfastclubguest No Comments

So much has been going on in the afterschool movement these past few weeks, it is hard to know where to begin. We’ve had inspiring moments. Intensely frustrating policy developments. Exhilarating waves of grassroots action. And very worrisome threats to the future of 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC). I’m on my first cup of coffee this morning, so let me start with the good news. More than a million Americans celebrated the 12th annual Lights on Afterschool last Thur... Read More