21st Century Community Learning Centers

Resources and Links

Family Engagement

Promising Practices in Afterschool

• Staff Development Tool with downloadable worksheets

• Enrichment activities database searchable by academic content area and age level

• http://www.afterschool.org/aea/index.html

SEDL

• Resource Guide for Planning and Operating After School Programs, broken down with resources for each section: management, communication, programming, school day integration, community building, and evaluation

• http://www.sedl.org/pubs/fam95/introduction.html

• Emerging Issues in School, Family & Community Connections

• http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam32.html

• A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement

• http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam33.html

• Thriving Together: Connecting Rural School Improvement and Community Development

• http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam22.html

You 4 Youth

• Involving families in 21st CCLC programs can be challenging. Explore common challenges and potential solutions to engage families

• Create a culture in your program that enables you to get to know families of the students you serve

• Key activities can support family involvement. Learn how to tailor activities to meet families’ needs while helping students achieve academically

• You provide services to families in your community, but to know what you achieve, you need to collect and make sense of data that can guide your next steps

• http://www.y4y.ed.gov//Publish/CourseLanding.aspx?CourseMasterID=5

• http://www.y4y.ed.gov/Publish/CoachingChapter.aspx?CoachingModuleID=67&CourseMasterID=5&ChapterMasterID=89

 

For additional information please contact Tom Denning at: denning_t@cde.state.co.us or 303.866.6971

(Last Updated 1/3/2013)