After School/Out-of-School Time
Issue Brief: Afterschool/Out-of-School Time Policy
Briefs
- 11/02/2007
- Using Assessment Tools to Evaluate Afterschool Programs: A Look at the Youth Program Quality Assessment with Charles Smith, Director, Youth Development Group High/Scope Educational Research Foundation; Nicole Yohalem, Program Director, Forum for Youth Investment; Judy Mills, Director, New York State Advantage After School Program; and Jeanne Leland, Director, North Branch Area Community Education. (Forum Brief)
- 6/15/2007
- Afterschool for All: California's Launch of Proposition 49 with Joseph Ames, Principal, Ames & Associates; Steve Fowler, Partner, FowlerHoffman; and Jennifer Peck, Executive Director, Bay Area Partnership for Children and Youth. (FORUM BRIEF)
- 5/10/2007
- The Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform: Career and Technical Education Responding to Industry Needs with Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute and Executive Director, The Center for Workforce Success, Duane Crum, California State Director, Project Lead the Way. (Forum Brief)
- 12/1/2006
- The Youth Violence Reduction Partnership: Philadelphia's Approach to Combating Youth Crime with John Delaney, Deputy District Attorney, City of Philadelphia, Denise Clayton, YVRP Coordinator, and Wendy McClanahan, Vice President for Research, Public/Private Ventures. (FORUM BRIEF)
- 11/09/2006
- The Impact of Afterschool Programs on Personal and Social Skills: Recent Findings from a Scientific Review with Joseph A. Durlak, Professor, Loyola University Chicago, and Lena Miller, Founder and Director of Development, Bayview Safe Haven, San Francisco, CA. (FORUM BRIEF)
- 11/03/2006
- Cooperation and Accountability: Spotlight on the Jefferson County Afterschool System with Darrell Aniton, Division Director, Louisville Metro Department of Youth Development, Marty Bell, Deputy to the Superintendent, Jefferson County Public Schools, Robert Rodosky, Executive Director, Accountability, Research & Planning, Jefferson County Public Schools, and Don Shaw, Executive Director, Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of America. (FORUM BRIEF)
- 09/22/2006
- Citizen Schools: Putting Students on a Pathway to Academic and Social Success with Eric Schwarz, President and Co-Founder of Citizen Schools, Lara Fabiano, Senior Researcher, Policy Studies Associates, and Chris Harris, Campus Director, Citizen Schools, McKinley Middle School, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (FORUM brief)
- 09/15/2006
- Youth Mentoring: Programs and Practices that Work with Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston; David L. DuBois, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago; and Andrea S. Taylor, Ph.D., Director of Training, Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University.
- 1/13/2006
- Charter Schools Providing Academically-Based Workforce Development for Out-of-School Youth: with Ann Higdon, president and founder of Improved Solutions of Urban Systems ISUS and Phil Matero, Deputy Director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps. (Forum brief)
- 10/07/2005
- Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs: Learning What Works with Priscilla Little, Associate Director of Harvard Family Research Project and Project Manager of its Out-Of-School Time Learning and Development Initiative, Sherri Lauver, HFRP Consultant and Assistant Professor at the Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, and Stephanie Davolos Harden, Regional Director for Massachusetts at Citizen Schools. (Forum Brief)
- 5/13/2005
- Out-of-School-Time Programming for Youth in Philadelphia, with David Fair, Director, Philadelphia Department of Human Services/Community Based Prevention Services; Naomi Gubernick, Director, Non-School Hour Services, Philadelphia Public Schools; JoAnn Lawer, President and CEO, Philadelphia Safe and Sound; and Laura Shubilla, President, Philadelphia Youth Network. (Forum Brief)
- 5/6/2005
- Building Quality, Scale and Effectiveness in After-School Programs, The Results of a Five-Year Evaluation of Programs Supported by The After-School Corporation (TASC), with Lucy N. Friedman, TASC President, and Elizabeth Reisner, Project Study Director, Policy Studies Associates. (Forum Brief)
- 2/18/2005
- The Role of Community-based Organizations in Serving Youth in the Out-of-School-Time featuring Chris Myers, Executive Director, Sunflower County Freedom Project; Sonya Clark-Herrera, Executive Director, East Palo Alto Mural Art Project; and Spencer H. Holland, Executive Director, Project 2000. (Forum Brief)
- 1/14/2005
- The Role of National Youth-Serving Organizations in Out-of-School-Time Programming for Older and Harder-to-Serve Youth, featuring Carla Herrera, Senior Policy Researcher, Public/Private Ventures. With roundtable discussion by Harriet Mosatche, Senior Director, Girls Scouts of the USA; Eric Killian, Associate Professor/ Area Extension Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension; Andy Millikan, National Director for National Teen Programs and Service Learning, Camp Fire; and Sharon Williams, Specialty Consultant for Teens, YMCA of the USA. (Forum Brief)
- 11/12/2004
- The Role of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs in Improving Academic Outcomes for Children and Youth. With Janet Dunn, Coordinator, Extended Learning Opportunities; Theresa Einloth, Academic Advisor, BUGS After School Program; Ayeola Fortune, Director, Extended Learning Opportunities and Council of Chief State School Officers; Brad Grochowski, Program Manager BUGS After School Program; Rhonda Lauer Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc.; and Chrisandra Richardson, Director of Academic Support, Mongomery County Public Schools. (Forum Brief)
- 10/1/2004
- Statewide Afterschool Networks: Creating Public-Private Partnerships for High Quality, Sustainable Afterschool Programs. With Audrey Hutchinson, Program Director for Education and Afterschool, Youth, Education, Family Institute, National League of Cities; Janelle Cousino, Vice President, FowlerHoffman, LLC, consultant to the Afterschool Alliance; Jennifer Becker Mouhcine, Director, Illinois Afterschool Partnership; and Nancy Kellogg Harper, Director of Kansas Enrichment Network, The Institute for Education Research and Public Service, University of Kansas School of Education. (Forum Brief)
- 4/30/2004
- Outcomes for Children and Youth in the Out-of-School Time: What the Evidence Says, Interest in out-of-school time (OST) programs for youth has grown enormously over the last few years. These programs embrace a wide variety of goals, such as providing safe and caring environments critical to the healthy development of youth and promoting youth academic development through remediation, reinforcement, and application of academic skills. Panelists at this forum identified problems faced by practitioners and researchers of OST programs, and issued recommendations for policymakers, funders, and program leaders. (Forum Brief)
- 2/7/2003
- Sustained Funding for Youth and Out-of-School Time Programs: Perspectives from Cities, with Margaret Brodkin, Coleman Associates for Children and Youth, Janice Ellis, Partnership for Children, and Jeanne Mullgrav (invited), Commissioner, Department of Youth and Community Development. (Forum Brief)
- 7/24/2002
- Perkins Act Reauthorization (Discussion Group)
- 6/21/2002
- Dimensions of School-Community Collaboration: What It Takes to Make Collaboration Work, with Julie King-Leutnegger, YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Mary Hallums, Executive Director, Comprehensive Reform, Sumter School District #2, Sumter, SC; Ann M. Foster, Director, Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning, Poudre School District, Fort Collins, CO; and Irv Katz, President/CEO, National Assembly/National Collaboration for Youth. (Forum Brief)
- 4/12/2002
- Moving an Out-of-School Agenda : Lessons and Challenges Across Cities, co-sponsored with the Youth Investment Forum, with Deborah Craig, Executive Director, YouthNet of Greater Kansas City; Renae Ogletree, Director, Youth Services Division, Chicago Department of Human Services; Joan Wynn, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. (Forum Brief)
- 6/22/2001
- Federal, State and Local Leadership for Extra Learning Opportunities, with Sharon Deich, Program Manager, The Finance Project; Karen Johnson, Program Director, National Conference of State Legislatures; Theresa Clarke, Policy Analyst, National Governors Association; Mark Emery, Project Director, Council of Chief State School Officers; Audrey Hutchinson, Program Director, National League of Cities; and Adriana de Kanter, Partnership Liaison, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education. (Forum Brief)
- 3/31/2000
- After-School Programs in American Neighborhoods: A Golden Opportunity for Youth Development? co-sponsored by the Coalition of Community Schools and the DC Children and Youth Investment Corporation, with Reginald Clark of Clark and Associates; Carter J. Savage, Senior Director of Education Program Services; Michelle Hailey, Director of Education and the Arts, Boys & Girls Club; and Marty Blank, Director, Institute for Educational Leadership. (Forum Brief)
- 2/18/2000
- Use of TANF Funds for After-School and Community School Programming, with The Finance Project and local practitioners. (Forum Brief)
- 4/28/1999
- Perspectives of Young People on Youth Employment and Training ProgramsServing At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth, with Ed DeJesus, Youth Development and Research Fund and Young People. (Dinner Seminar IV)
- 3/24/1999
- Perspectives from "Research and Evlauation: Improving the Quality and Efficacy of Programs Serving At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth," with speakers: JoAnn Jastrzab, Senior Research Associate, Abt Associates, Inc.; Antonio Perez, Executive Director, Milwaukee Community Service Corps; and Donna Walker James, Senior Policy Associate, American Youth Policy Forum. (Dinner Seminar III)
- 2/24/1999
- Perspectives of Administrators of Programs Serving At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth, with speakers: Taylor Frome, Executive Director, YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School; Diane Cottman, Deputy Director, Planning and Development; and Lorenzo Harrison, past Deputy Executive Director/Vice President of STRIVE, East Harlem, and currently Administrator for Youth Programs, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. (Dinner Seminar II)
- 1/27/1999
- The first of a series of dinners and discussions on Programs Serving At-Risk and Out-of-School Youth. Speakers: Alan Zuckerman, National Youth Employment Coalition and Elton Jolly, former president of Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America. (Dinner Seminar I)
- 6/13/1997
- Finding New Funds for Out-of-School Youth, with David Gruber. (Forum Brief)
- 4/18/1997
- What's Really Happening with America's Out-of-School Youth? with Andrew Sum, Director, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, and Marion Pines, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. (Forum Brief)
- 10/6/1995
- Strategies and Successes In School Dropout Prevention, with Jay Smink, Executive Director, National Dropout Prevention Center, Clemson University. (Forum Brief)
Trip Reports
- 5/31/2005-
6/1/2005
- Site Visit to Boston, MA , with visits to Another Course to College, Boston Community Leadership Academy, Hyde Square Task Force, Boston Collegiate Charter School, and Boston Day and Evening Academy and meetings with Superintendent Payzant and the partners in the high school reform efforts. (Field Trip)
- 5/23-24/2006
- Philadelphia: Serving Older Youth Through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System
A short publication has been produced that highlights lessons learned by participants at the May 2006 AYPF field trip to Philadelphia about the best practices the city uses to sustain its comprehensive out-of-school time system. (FIELD TRIP) - 11/18/2002 -
11/19/2002 - Comprehensive High School Reform and Extended Learning in New York City. Visits to several comprehensive high schools implementing educational reform programs and to high school-level after-school programs. (Field Trip)
- 4/24/2002 -
4/26/2002 - Interventions for Youth in the School- and Out-of-School Hours in Denver, Colorado, focusing on Colorado's Small Schools Initiative and high school reform, including a visit to Manual High School; and community schools and extended learning opportunities, with a visit to Cole Middle School, the site of a Beacon Neighborhood Center; adolescent youth programming, and visits to The Spot, downtown Denver's award-winning, nonprofit, drop-in youth center, and YouthBiz, a Youth Opportunity Grant site. (Trip Report)
- 3/1/2000
- Community Schools and Beacon Models in New York City. (Trip Report)
- 10/23/1997 -
10/24/1997 - High School Reform and Programs Serving Out-of-School Youth in New York City, with site visits to STRIVE/East Harlem Employment Service, Young Adult Learning Academy, Federation Employment and Guidance Service and several public schools. (Trip Report)
Publications
| Serving Older Youth Through a Comprehensive Out-of-School Time System: Lessons from the AYPF Philadelphia Field Trip, May 2006 This short publication highlights lessons learned by participants at the May 2006 AYPF field trip to Philadelphia about the best practices the city uses to sustain its comprehensive out-of-school time system. |
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| Helping Youth Succeed Through Out-of-School Time Programs This report reviews the current research and literature on out-of-school time (OST) programs especially with regard to their effectiveness; explores the range of OST programs and activities as employed by the various youth-serving sectors; considers the untapped possibilities of OST programs to meet the needs of young people, including academic enhancement, career and college preparation, leadership development, and civic engagement; and provides policy guidance on how to support and sustain high quality OST programs as part of a system of supports for older youth. |
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Lessons Learned About Effective Policies and Practices for Out-of-School-Time Programming |
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Finding Fortune in
Thirteen Out-of-School-Time Programs The out-of-school time (OST) programs profiled in Finding Fortune in Thirteen Out-of-School-Time Programs, a new compendium of evaluation summaries from the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), make the case that participation in OST programs improves outcomes for youth in the key areas of academic achievement improvement and higher developmental outcomes. The new report contributes to the evidence needed to make reasoned decisions regarding the future of after-school and out-of-school-time OST programming. This is especially important at a time when increased funding and support to OST programs have been challenged, specifically, by one high profile study that showed little difference in academic outcomes between program participants and non-program students. |
