Learn how to implement or modify an existing safety plan, develop trainings, practice safety procedures, and drills. Tools include: Communication with Families About Safety, Evacuation Steps, Incident Report Form, Saftey Through the Lens of Social Emotional Learning, Site Coordinator Safety Checklist, Training & Practice Plan

Child care licensing regulations & minimum standards related to: physical size of facility, safety features, cleanliness, and staff-to-child ratios

Resources include special health care plans, medication administration, health emergencies & first aid, safety & injury prevention (abuse & neglect, field trip safety, supervision, outdoor safety, checklists for playgrounds), healthy practices & disease prevention (handwashing, cleaning, disinfecting & sanitizing, head lice, immunizations)

Examples and resources for indoor space & room arrangement

Assessment of Recreational Needs, Resources, & Program Space

Searchable CPR & First Aid class database

Trainings include: School Safety, School Violence Prevention, First Aid/CPR

Resources include emergency planning template, incident report form, & emergency drill forms

Sample Policies & Procedures Table of Contents

Reporting Suspected Child Abuse & Neglect and information around mandated reporting

Tips and resources for parents & caregivers around recognizing & reporting abuse and neglect, including searchable map of services in ND

Best Practices for Nutrition

Best practices for healthy eating & physical activity in afterschool

School nutrition progarms, summer food service programs, fresh fruits & vegetables program, child & adult care food program

Food preparation, recipes, food safety & nutrition

Classroom management resources, strategies for creating a positive learning environment, ice breaker activities, implementation & observation checklists, transition strategies, behavior management trainings

Skill domains of social emotional learning, SEL program needs assessment, SEL activity planner

Activity Ideas for Creating a Warm & Welcoming Environment

Intaractions at the Core: The Life-Changing Power of Interactions in Any Setting

Do's and Dont's

Strategies to Start Sensitive Conversations

Behavior Management Strategies

Tips on building rapport, establishing structure, promoting social skills & self-regulation, & keeping youth engaged

10 Behavior Management Strategies as a Guide for Your Classroom

Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS): Basics for Afterschool Programs

Tools include family engagement calendar template, family activity guide, activity ideas, family engagement survey, and family engagement trainings

Family Engagement & Interest Survey

Template for Introductory Communication with Families

Community asset mapping, identifying partners, partnership evaluation

Identifying Potential Partnerships

Community Connections worksheet to identify partnerships

Tools include conversation starters for partnering with school day around health & wellness, initiating a partnership with the school day, family satisfaction survey

Template for Introductory Communication with Principals & School Staff

Shared Responsibility Worksheet for the Program Leader & Principal

Draft Agenda for Meeting with the Principal

Template for Communicating with School Staff

Topics to Address with School Staff

Identifying Program-School Alignment Opportunities Planning Template

School Day Alignment Progression

Aligning Afterschool Programming with School Day Learning Standards

Student goal setting & reflection guides, activity choice forms, sample activity schedules, SMART goal setting for students

Youth Development Checklist

Using Open-Ended Questions in the Classroom

How to Strengthen Student Engagement: Let Students Take the Lead

ND Early Learning Guidelines

Tips, tools, and resources for proacting planning, professional devleopment, policies, and examples of anti-bias education

Tools include: conducting your program needs assessment, data tracking packet, survey of student needs, family survey

Working with students on an Individualzed Education Program (IEP), legal foundations of inclusion, socially responsible language, environmental checklist, building an inclusive environment, expanding activities, accommodation plans

Steps for Effective Vocabulary Insruction, EL example activities, supporting english learners activity design planner & checklist

Sample Program Schedule

Sample Summer Program Schedule

Sample Youth Satisfaction Survey

Choice Ready chart & guidance to support all students to graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills, and disposition to be successful

Social Emotional Learning Goals for ND schools & educators by grade level & competency

CASEL social & emotional competencies aligned with employee social and emotional skills chart

Cultivating the social & emotional skills employers demand

Integrating social & emotional development and college & career readiness standards

Logic Model for 21st CCLC College and Career Readiness

Activities to increase College and Career Readiness

Intentional Activity Planner Template

Structuring Activities for Skill-Building Planning Template

Sample Activity Planner

Academic Enrichment Activity Planning Tool

Homework Help Tool

How to Improve Your Instructional Support Interactions

21CCLC Fiscal Guidance

Principals & Practices for Nonprofit Excellece in ND: Best Practices for ND Nonprofits

Implementing with Fidelity Guide, Intentional Program Design & Continuous Improvement Process planner, Project Rubric

Template and guide for creating sustainability plan for 21st century community learning centers

Sample Budget Worksheet

Program Goal Planning Template

Continuous Improvement Reflection Tool

Template and guide for data tracking in 21st century community learning centers

Program Observation Tools

External Evaluator Questions & Worksheet

Tips for Conducting Program Observations

Post-Evaluation Planning Tool

Evaluation Report Template

Sharing Evaluation Results Guide

Defining Advisory Board Purpose

Invitation for Advisory Board Member Sample

Template for Advisory Board Agenda

Community Communication: Tips for Developing & Adminstering Surveys

Logic Model Planning Tool

Data Discussion Guide

Evidence-based practices for recruiting, interviewing, and hiring afterschool program staff

Resources for conducting an interview, hiring employees, staff handbook, staff orientation checklist, job descriptions, staff coverage planner, center license ratios, and employee evaluation template

Competencies are grouped into 10 content areas, including: child & youth development, learning environment & curriculum, observation & assessment, interactions & engagement, cultural responsiveness, family, school & community relationships, program planning & development

Tips from research, culture & climate perception surveys, example culture statements, techniques for building culture & climate

Sample organizational chart, human resources planning checklist, sample policies, conducting effective interviews

Job Description Template for Program Staff

Job Description Template for Program Leader

Job Candidate Expertise Questionnaire

Sample Job Interview Questions

Professional Development Plan Template

Developing as an Afterschool & Expanded Learning Professional

Resources for budget management, marketing, consent forms (field trip permission, photography consent, medications, sunscreen, etc.), legal & insurane (ADA, For-Profit vs. Non-Profit, business insurance), and taxes & record keeping

Statement and examples of ethical conduct, ethical responsibilities to youth, families, colleagues & community

Sample Policies & Procedures Table of Contents