QUALITY
QUALITY COUNTS
A recent Child Trends' policy brief highlights the quality imperative. Programs that follow best practices in youth development lead to better youth outcomes. Low quality programs have no effect; equivalent to not attending a program at all. Join the Maryland Out of School Time (MOST) Network's quality learning community by attending one of our upcoming events.
Download the Maryland Out of School Time Program's Quality Standards Framework HERE.
General Resources
(From the National Center for Quality Afterschool Programs)
A Practitioner's Guide: Building and Managing Quality Afterschool Programs
Afterschool Training Toolkit
Curriculum Database
Afterschool Lesson Plan Database
Professional Development and Training Resources
MOST has compiled a list and detailed descriptions of relevant professional development services to support afterschool program providers in Maryland. Topics cover different aspects of staff and youth development, curriculum training, and general non-profit organizational development. Trainings are available for all those involved in afterschool programs, including executive directors, program staff, and youth. To review the catalog, click HERE.
Help us expand the database! The professional development services catalog features trainings relevant to afterschool program providers in Maryland. If you would like to be added to the catalog, please download the template by clicking HERE and e-mail the completed form back to: info@mdoutofschooltime.org.
Additional PD/Training Links
Center for Afterschool Education, Foundations
Maryland Association of Nonprofits
National Afterschool Association
National Center for Quality Afterschool, SEDL
The After-School Corporation
Research
After School Alliance
Child Trends
Forum for Youth Investment
Harvard Family Research Project
National Institute for Out-of-School Time
Public/Private Ventures