Center for School, Family, and Community
Afterschool Training Toolkit
The National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning was formed in 2003 in response to the need to build academic enrichment into afterschool programming. The project is funded by the Department of Education through the 21st Century Community Learning Center program. Project partners conducted and reviewed research, identified and visited afterschool sites across the U.S., and documented connections between specific practices in each subject area and expected student outcomes and achievement.
Six promising practices in literacy were identified by NWREL and incorporated into the literacy section of the Toolkit. They are:
- Book Discussion Groups and Literature Circles
- Read Aloud
- Story and Literature Dramatizations
- Writing
- Family Literacy Events
- One-on-One and Small Group Tutoring
Within each practice area, you will find standards-based resources including: sample lessons, interactive activities, and video segments demonstrating the best practice in action taken from afterschool programs across the country. Whether you're an experienced afterschool program director or a new volunteer, you'll discover a range of user-friendly practices and sample lessons, research that tells you what works, specific how-to instructions, and outcomes to look for. Click here to go to the Afterschool Training Toolkit.