Professional Development
NAA publishes fresh, new content every week covering a wide variety of topics related to the field of aftershool. In addition, NAA offers a variety of opportunities for virtual professional development (PD) through meaningful content, conversations and connections. Click here to see full descriptions of virtual PD offerings.
Member-to-Member Tip Off: Staff Recruitment During the Pandemic
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 11:56In NAA's Reopening Afterschool Facebook group, members have been asked questions covering a variety of relevant and helpful topics with the goal of offering an exchange of tips between leaders and professionals in the field.
A Closer Look at Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 11:54According to the Science of Learning and Development (SoLD) Alliance, youth need a system of supports that enables healthy development, meets student needs and addresses learning barriers. Cross-sector collaborations are one way to provide these much-needed supports.
Member-to-Member Tip Off: Socially Distanced SEL Activities
Tuesday, 03 November 2020 10:21In NAA's Reopening Afterschool Facebook group, members have been asked questions covering a variety of relevant and helpful topics with the goal of offering an exchange of tips between leaders and professionals in the field.
Member-to-Member Tip Off: Family Communication
Monday, 26 October 2020 15:30In NAA's Reopening Afterschool Facebook group, members have been asked questions covering a variety of relevant and helpful topics with the goal of offering an exchange of tips between leaders and professionals in the field.
Book Discussions to Further Your Anti-Racist Work
Monday, 26 October 2020 15:28Are you a reader who is looking for resources in your journey to understand historical systemic racial oppression and to become an anti-racist afterschool professional or leader?
The New First Aid We Should All Be Practicing
Monday, 26 October 2020 15:26Afterschool professionals and leaders have a responsibility for providing healthy and safe environments, for young people and those who work with them.
What Drives Learning: Young People’s Perspectives on the Importance of Relationships, Belonging, and Agency
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:24To better understand young people's perceptions of the conditions that support their social, emotional, and academic learning and development, the Center for Promise at America's Promise Alliance conducted a survey, for which findings are outlined in the new report What Drives Learning: Young People's Perspectives on the Importance of Relationships, Belonging, and Agency.
Member-to-Member Tip Off: Building Enrollment
Monday, 19 October 2020 22:42In NAA's Reopening Afterschool Facebook group, members have been asked questions covering a variety of relevant and helpful topics with the goal of offering an exchange of tips between leaders and professionals in the field.
Ways to Go Contactless to Support the Safety of Your Afterschool Program
Monday, 19 October 2020 22:38Beyond Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health department guidelines, there are additional measures afterschool programs can take to help allay parents' worries and demonstrate their commitment to the well-being of the kids in their care.
‘We Are the Ones That We’ve Been Waiting For.’
Monday, 19 October 2020 00:00The National AfterSchool Association's immediate past chair of the board of directors, Tracey Lay, along with current chair Tommy Brewer II, recently joined Gina Warner, President & CEO, NAA, to discuss the ups and downs, crises, pivots, and transitions, that have recently transformed the field of afterschool.
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