Featured Resources
American Camp Association – Field Guide for Camps
The Education Trust – Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens
Fortt Media – The Black Experience – The Course
Georgia State Afterschool Network & 50 State Afterschool Network – Summer Activity Guide
MENTOR – Social and Emotional Development in Early Adolescence: Tapping into the Power of Relationships and Mentoring
National Academies of Science – Shaping Summertime Experiences
NationalAfterSchoolAssociation – Site Leader’s Guide to Summer Planning
National Center for Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) – Listening Session: The State of School-Age Child Care – Summer 2020
National Summer Learning Association (NSLA)
- A Summer Like No Other: Lessons from the Field During COVID-19
- Summer Learning: A Bridge to Student Success and America’s Recovery, a COVID-19 Playbook
- Summer Starts in September Planning Guide
- 2021 Summer Learning Guide: Investing in Resilience and Relationships
Scholastic – Yale Child Study Center + Scholastic Collaborative for Children & Family Resilience
Springboard Collaborative – Family-Educator Learning Accelerator
- Summer Learning Toolkit – Academics & Enrichment
- Every Summer Counts
- Getting Support for Summer Learning: How Federal, State, City, and District Policies Affect Summer Learning Programs
- SEL+OST=Perfect Together: A Conference Report
- The Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Podcast
- Schools and OST Programs Implementing Social and Emotional Learning
- Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework
Supercharging Academics and Enrichment in the Summertime
American Camp Association – COVID-19 – Resource Center for Camps
AppleEducation – Learning from Home
ISTE – Building Educator Capacity for Effective Digital Learning 2021 Information for State Education Leaders
Learning PolicyInstitute – Learning in the Time of COVID-19: The Importance of Getting Tutoring Right
- COVID-19 and learning loss—disparitiesgrow and students need help
- COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime
- COVID-19 and learning loss—disparitiesgrow and students need help
- Early childhood, Primary and Secondary Education
NWEA – How is COVID-19 affecting student learning? Initial findings from fall 2020
- PBS KIDS Talk About: Race & Racism
- Camp PBS LearningMedia!
- Bring the World to Your Classroom
- Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching
- Teachers Lounge
- KIDS Scratch Jr (youth coding)
Powering Healthy Minds and Bodies
After-School All-Stars – 3E Framework Training Guide
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
- COVID-19 Resources
- HealthyAt Home
- Permission to Pause (Self-Care)
- STEM, Health, and Mental Health
- Moving Towards Health Equity – At Home, School, and in Your Community
- Health and Wellness
- Research Study on the 2020 Summer Camp Counts Survey
- Effectiveness of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Child and Staff COVID-19 Cases in US Summer Camps
- Virtual Program Resources — COVID-19
CDC – Integrating Out of School TimeAcross the WSCC Framework
Common Threads (Cooking Lessons) – Virtual Program Menu
Southern Poverty Law Center – LearningFor Justice
The Wallace Foundation – Summer Learning Recruitment
Strength and Conditioning in Program Operations & Partnerships
Boston After School & Beyond – Summer Lessons Learned for Fall Re-entry
Denver Afterschool Alliance – COVID-19 School Year Program Toolkit
Education Week – To Help Traumatized Students This Summer, Let Them Play, Sen. Chris Murphy Says in Q&A
Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care – Massachusetts Child and Youth Serving Programs Reopen Approach: Minimum Requirements for Health and Safety
The Mott Foundation – Mizzen by Mott
National AfterSchool Association
- Best Summer Ever! Leveraging the Summer Learning Toolkit for Continuous Improvement
- The Afterschool Guide to Beating the Summer Slide
- How to Stop the Summer Slide with STEM
Ohio Department of Education – Reset and Restart Planning Guide
Pittsburgh School District – Summer Dreamers Academy CampSite Planning Template
Tulsa Public Schools &The Opportunity Project – TulsaReady to Reopen
The Wallace Foundation – Navigating Uncertain Times: A Scenario Planning Toolkit for the Arts and Culture Sector
Raising the Bar on SEL and Cultural Relevance in Summer Programs
American Institutes of Research (AIR) – Social and Emotional Learning Practices: A Self-Reflection Tool for Afterschool Staff