Building the Field of
Afterschool Education

More than ever, out-of-school time is seen as a resource for children's learning and healthy development. But not just any program will do. Research shows that children need high-quality programs with skilled staff.

For all children to have access to programs that make a difference, high quality has to be the norm and the standard, not the exception. As a field, we need to:

• Identify best practices and effective content for programs with diverse goals, objectives, and resources
• Develop systems of effective education and training for skilled staff at all levels
• Establish indicators or standards for quality of programming, staffing, and training
• Address national policies and sustainability

The Center works to build the field of afterschool education by:

1. Contributing to system-building for quality efforts to establish and sustain effective staffing and leadership
2. Developing and building capacity for practical strategies to best reward: using afterschool time to support in-school success afterschool time to support in-school success
3. Advocating for afterschool as an additional educational space with distinct approaches

Read articles from the field. Topics include:

• Quality in afterschool time
• Global learning in afterschool time
• Connecting to Content in afterschool time

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