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Highlighted Publications:

New Briefs Back to the Future: Engaging Older Youth & Making the Case: Quality Afterschool Programs Matter Briefing Papers prepared by NIOST for the Massachusetts Special Commission on After School and Out-of-School Time on afterschool program quality and engaging older youth.

The Afterschool Program Assessment System (APAS) Brochure

Connecting School and Afterschool: 15 Ways to Improve Partnerships

Promising Afterschool Practices: a showcase of innovative, creative & succcessful afterschool programs (June 2007) New publication from New Jersey After 3 and the National Institute on Out-of-School Time highlights promising afterschool practices in New Jersey After 3 affiliated afterschool programs.  Practices range from strategies to support staff development to incorporating youth voice into program activities.  Read about and share practices that contribute to high quality afterschool programs!

Discovery Community Activity Guide: Activities for Afterschool Programs
The project activities highlighted in this publication were conducted within the framework of school-based afterschool programs operated by community-based organizations. The intention of the activities is to foster greater collaborations and mutual respect between schools and communities, and to help create a foundation for positive change in school culture and relationship between students, teachers, and community members.

Links to Learning Curriculum Planning Guide
“Links to Learning” is a new Curriculum Planning Guide developed by NIOST to assist afterschool program providers in responding to the call for academics in non-school time, while addressing the full range of children’s developmental needs. The Guide provides an overview of learning and child development as they relate to out-of-school time care; offers tools for selecting, planning, developing and evaluating afterschool activities; and demonstrates how to link these activities to both learning and quality standards.

Healthy Choices Afterschool
A report on physical activity and nutrition curriculum choices for afterschool programs, linking with the National Afterschool Association Program Standards.