This toolkit was created to help families of English learners choose education services that meet their children’s needs. Out-ofschool time programs may share the toolkit as a resource for English learners and their families.

• Source: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Implementation Strategies
• Year: 2023

This rubric helps nonprofit organizations, school districts, and higher education institutions align tutoring, mentoring, postsecondary transition coaching, student success coaching, and support coordination programs with community-engaged learning principles. It addresses six elements: reciprocity, academic or career integration, reflection, sustained collaboration, public impact, and mutual understanding.

• Source: Partnership for Student Success
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Leadership and Management Practices
• Year: 2026

This user-friendly webpage explains the U.S. Department of Education's five-step process for using evidence-based practices to support student learning and learning recovery. It provides guidance on how to identify local needs, select and implement relevant evidence-based practices, and examine and reflect on the outcomes associated with a practice's use.

• Source: Institute of Education Sciences
• Resource Type: Evidence-Based Practices

This one-hour training module explores executive functions and explains why many students struggle with cognitive processes related to learning. It then examines why it's critical for teachers to explicitly teach these students when, where, and how to use effective study strategies.

• Source: IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Research
• Year: 2022

This 2.5-hour training module is a companion to the Executive Functions Part 1 module. It includes strategies that can help students who have difficulty with executive functions, such as time management and focus. These strategies include graphic organizers, notetaking, mnemonics, organization of materials, time management, comprehension strategies, and self-regulation strategies.

• Source: IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Research
• Year: 2022

This webpage describes the GEAR UP discretionary grant program, which may be of interest to out-of-school time programs focusing on career prep. GEAR UP provides grants to States and partnerships seeking to prepare low-income middle and high schools to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

• Source: U.S. Department of Education
• Resource Type: Leadership and Management Practices

This webpage is for contractors and neighborhood organizations, including faith-based organizations, that provide program services to beneficiaries under a grant or subgrant. The stated purpose for the page is to provide a clear and uniform understanding of the fundamental principles that apply to award recipients, along with guidance and regulations for implementing their awards.

• Source: U.S. Department of Education
• Resource Type: Policy/Guidance Documents

This webpage provides access to the HOST Assessment and other tools to help OST programs plan and implement best practices to create a healthier OST environment for students.

• Source: Healthier Generation
• Resource Type: Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies, Innovation and Best Practices, Research
• Year: 2023

This playbook provides information and tools to support out-of-school time providers and support networks interested in expanding or beginning to offer high-impact tutoring programs. 

• Source: National Student Support Accelerator (a program of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning and EdSolutions at Stanford University)
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Implementation Strategies
• Year: 2023

This guidance document and supplemental resources present research-based methods and best practices to maximize instruction for students with disabilities.

• Source: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center
• Resource Type: Implementation Strategies, Research

This report includes insights about afterschool programs, trends, and recommendations for school districts, OST providers, advocates, and policymakers.

• Source: Afterschool Alliance
• Resource Type: Best Practices, Evidence-Based Practices, Leadership and Management Practices, Research
• Year: 2023

This webpage provides suggestions and examples to help you publicize your out-of-school time program to increase visibility, encourage attendance and engagement, celebrate successes, and "tell your story" to stakeholders. 

• Source: Afterschool Alliance
• Resource Type: Innovation and Best Practices, Leadership and Management Practices