After School Programs Resources

Lesson Plans (611KB - pdf)

After School Advocacy; Foundation Consortium
http://www.foundationconsortium.org

After School Alliance
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org

After School Catalog
http://www.schoolagenotes.com/

After School Curriculum (six different sites):
http://www.kidshub.org

http://www.middleschoolhub.org

http://www.highschoolhub.org

http://www.quizhub.com

http://www.spellinghub.com

http://www.teachershub.com

After School Connections
http://www.afterschool.gov/cgi-binh/home.pl

After School Program Staff Resources (pdf)

After School Programs Information
http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc

After School Training & Resource Center
Dedicated to promoting high quality after-school and school-age programs in California, but also has national information and resources.
http://www.gse.uci.edu/casp/

American Psychological Association: Reactions and guidelines for children following trauma/disaster - Guidelines for Teachers and Parents
http://www.apa.org/practice/ptguidelines.html 

Assembly Ideas

"Beyond the Bell: A Toolkit for Creating Effective After-School Programs"
This toolkit is designed to help staff plan and make good decisions in six critical areas: management, collaboration, programming, integration with the traditional school day, evaluation, and communication.
http://www.ncrel.org/after/bellkit.htm

Checklist for parents to evaluate After School Programs: e-mail
70742-3012@compuserve.com or call 323-292-7405

Center for Mental Health Services website. After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/parents.htm 

Center for Mental Health Services website. After Disaster: What Teens Can Do
http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/teens.htm

Children's Advocate List of After School Funding Sources
http://www.4children.org/news/998supp.htm

Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org

Dairy Council of California - Nutritional Links of Interest to Educators
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/edu/edu_link_main.htm

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
http://www.fightcrime.org

Funding Strategies
Information on funding strategies for out-of-school time.
http://www.financeproject.org

Future of Children - David and Lucile Packard Foundation
An excellent site for background and statistical information, specifically programs after school.
http://www.futureofchildren.org

Kids Time - A CA Dept. of Education training program
http://www.calsac.org

National Association of School Psychologist: Coping with a National Tragedy
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html 

National Child Care Information Center
Site of state profiles which lists state-by-state information, including demographics, state licensing regulations, and resource & referral contacts.
http://www.nccic.org

National Institute on Out of School Time
http://www.niost.org

National School Age Care Alliance
http://www.nsaca.org

Recipes For Learning
http://news.mywebpal.com/index.cfm?pnpid=773

Report on California's new After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Program http://www.foundationconsortium.org/site/shortcut/library/asp-iss.html

Report on the Federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers
http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc/eval.html

Responding to Tragedy: Resources for School-Based Programs 
http://www.healthinschools.org/tragedy.asp 

Safe and Smart: Making the After-School Hours Work for Kids
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SafeandSmart

Student Safety
http://www.ready.gov/kids/home.html

Technical Assistance Partnership of CDE and the Foundation Consortium
http://www.CFIER.org

Technology for After School Programs
http://www.youthlearn.org/

Tools for Teaching - FredJones.com - Discipline, Instruction, Motivation
http://www.fredjones.com/PAT/index.html

UCLA Evaluation of L.A.'s After School Programs
http://www.lasbest.org/learn/eval.html

USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program
http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/cacfp.html

Youth Learn
This site has plenty of activity ideas, including lesson plans, resources and tools for integrating technology into out-of-school programs.
http://www.youthlearn.org

For More Information

Contact:
Julie Jarrett - Administrator
Butte County Office of Education
1859 Bird Street, Oroville, CA, 95965
Phone: (530) 532 - 5613
Fax:     (530) 532 - 5699
Email: jjarrett@bcoe.org