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Career Pathways for Students
The nature of work is evolving. Career awareness, exploration and preparation experiences help students develop the knowledge and skills to succeed no matter what path they choose after high school: college, trades, military, workforce or a combination. Explore ways to engage families, schools and community partners. Design activities that are age appropriate, inclusive, culturally relevant and informed by best practices.
Citizen Science
Including citizen science into your programs can provide your students with the opportunity to collaborate with professional scientists on real-world problems by gathering and analyzing data through hands-on research. Learn how citizen science fits into out-of-school time learning, how to select citizen science activities for your students and your program, and how to prepare for and implement a citizen science project.
Civic Learning and Engagement
Find strategies to deliver effective civics education, including how to set the foundation for civic learning and engagement activities and best practices for student engagement. Get tips, tools and examples to prepare your program for success.
Continuous Education
Learning during out-of-school time can boost academic engagement and achievement during the school day. Learn about key concepts such as building a shared vision for learning, coordinating curriculum and supporting partnerships with school-day staff.
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
In this course, you’ll walk through ways to help you create and sustain an environment where students, their families and program staff feel safe and supported, which will translate to increased engagement.
Family Engagement
Constructive relationships between 21st CCLC programs and families contribute to better results for students. Learn to forge strong links to students’ families, to involve them in 21st CCLC, and to support them in overcoming challenges.
Financial Literacy
In this course, you’ll build the knowledge and skills necessary to make financial literacy part of your program.
Fiscal Management
Your ability to manage your budget can make or break the quality of your program. And, good fiscal management can help you get future funding to sustain the program. Get basic knowledge, tools and resources to help you create, control and monitor your budget. Experienced program directors will be reminded of important considerations. New program leaders will build understanding of day-to-day fiscal management practices and 21st CCLC-specific guiding principles for planning and making decisions.
Health and Wellness for All
Learn why eating well, engaging in physical activity (including sleep), and managing self-care can support healthy learning and living. Get strategies, standards, and tools that help you plan, design, implement, and assess activities that will help students and adults practice healthy lifestyles.
Human Resources
This course takes program directors through the human resources elements of recruitment, hiring, onboarding and training staff. This treasure hunt for the right staff will provide participants with strategies to develop and manage a human resources plan that addresses typical challenges such as recruiting and retaining quality staff and balancing educational and business administration responsibilities.
Including Students With Disabilities
This course will equip 21st CCLC practitioners with the strategies they need to build an inclusive environment – one where all students feel welcome and engaged, including students with disabilities.
Introduction to 21st Century Community Learning Centers
The U.S. Department of Education defines the 21st CCLC program this way: a federal initiative that supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. In this course, explore the program's purposes and goals, as well as the impacts it has had on students, families and community members across the country. You'll learn about the laws, regulations, and guidance around 21st CCLC programs, and how to design and plan a successful program if awarded the opportunity.
Literacy
Literacy is at the heart of building essential skills to prepare students to be successful in college, careers, and life. Explore a wide range of strategies for developing and reinforcing literacy skills in your 21st CCLC program.
Managing Your 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
This course describes the importance of having a program management plan in place. You will explore the history of project management and see how project management practices can support the success of your 21st CCLC program. You'll learn about the critical tasks involved in effective project/program management and how to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close your 21st CCLC program.
Math Without Fear
You don’t have to be a math whiz to help students bust harmful math myths, fears, and stereotypes that may hold them back. Join Stevie and the Mathbusters League to learn about math anxiety (feelings of tension, apprehension, and fear of situations involving math) and the Mathbuster MUSTs (messages, understanding, skills, and thrills that fight math anxiety).
Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning is a student-directed learning strategy that emphasizes active learning and allows students to explore topics that interest them. Learn how to facilitate projects, see students collaborate to take charge of learning, and help young people make a difference in their world. Explore each phase of the process and take project-based learning one step further with civic learning & engagement, helping students to pursue social change and participate in civic life.
Social and Emotional Learning
Stages of Child and Adolescent Development
Understanding child development will help you interact with children and youth, design supportive learning environments and respond to various behaviors in your 21st CCLC program.
STEAM
Expand your traditional view of science, technology, engineering and math by incorporating the arts for a more comprehensive educational approach. Your 21st CCLC program is the perfect setting for experiential, interdisciplinary, inquiry-based projects where creativity and collaboration mimic real-world careers ranging from fashion design to space exploration. This course offers the skills and knowledge you’ll need to guide students on the journey.
Strategic Partnerships
Partnerships are key to ensuring long term success and sustainability. This course will walk you through the key strategies you will need to employ to ensure mutually beneficial partners to support your program.
Student Voice and Choice
The feeling of being heard is at the heart of true student engagement. In this course, you’ll gain the tools and tips you need to prepare your program, capture student voice and use your new data to implement programming that honors student choice.
Summer Learning
Use this course to help you understand how to implement a high-quality, 21st CCLC summer learning program. You will walk through an overview and history of summer learning, how to plan for an impactful experience and the continuous improvement process. The Implementation Strategies section is designed to take you step-by-step in how to effectively design your summer learning program to fit your students' needs. Jump in and learn how to curb summer learning loss!
Supporting English Learners
This course will equip 21st CCLC practitioners with the critical knowledge and skills necessary to create a supportive, high-quality and effective learning environment for English Learners.
The Virtual Edge
Go on a quest to build your technology power, equity power, relationship power and personalization power. Gain the virtual edge to be smart and flexible about adding hybrid and virtual settings to your in-person program. Learn strategies to help you select the right virtual tools, design effective activities and engage students. Help students learn to use virtual tools and technologies to communicate, collaborate and succeed in their school and career experiences.
Youth In Action
Out-of-school time programs can help students think like social entrepreneurs and develop skills such as leadership, empathy, critical thinking, adaptability, creativity, comfort with risk, and more.