Sustainability Planning: Training for Statewide Afterschool Networks

In September 2005, the Afterschool Technical Assistance Collaborative hosted a one-day training session for network leadership on sustainability planning. The session provided participants with a structured process and tools to take back to their states to use as they engage in sustainability planning efforts for their networks.


10 Tips to Engage Business in Afterschool
Corporate Voices for Working Families

This documents foucses on the following ten topics:

Make the business case for afterschool

Have clear vision, goals, and strategies

Know exactly what to ask for

Understand business culture and avoid jargon

Find the right champions

Get business peers to help recruit others

Measure and report on results

Keep in touch and keep it brief

Encourage businesses to draw from multiple resources

(8 pages)

After School for All: A Call to Action from the Business Community
Corporate Voices for Working Families

A policy statement addressing the need for high-quality after school programs. (14 pages)

Engaging Business Partners
The Finance Project

A PowerPoint presentation on engaging business partners.

Facilitating Parental Involvement in Afterschool Programs: Research and Practice
Terry Peterson and Kimberly Parker

An overview of research supporting developing and nurturing family involvement in afterschool. (6 pages)

Media Outreach
FowlerHoffman LLC

A toolkit providing information on how to engage media in afterschool. (47 pages)

Spreading the Word About Afterschool: Strategic Communications
Afterschool Alliance

This kit is intended to help communicate the afterschool message to key audiences.(15 pages)

Supporting Student Success: A Governor's Guide to Extra Learning Opportunities
National Governors Association

The report focuses on Extra Learning Opportunities in the context of:

Make explicit connections between ELOs and related policy priorities

Build a state policy infrastructure to support collaboration and coordination

Coordinate funding and leverage new resources for ELOs

Engage new partners to support ELOs

Build on accountability system for improved ELO quality

Sustainability Planning
The Finance Project

A brief questionnaire for planning capacity assessment. (1 page)

The Family Participation in After-School Study: Executive Summary
Institute for Responsive Education, Northeastern University

This executive summary showcases results from the first phase of research involved conducting a survey of after-school programs to learn what efforts programs undertake to encourage family involvement. (4 pages)