Afterschool Webinars

It's On! This year's Lights On Afterschool celebration will look and feel different, but that won't stop us from having the brightest celebration yet! Whether this is your first Lights On Afterschool or your 21st, join us for this webinar to inspire and help you get the most out of your celebration - whether happening in-person or virtually.

In this webinar, we will highlight the "Blueprint for How Afterschool Programs & Community Partners Can Help,” as well as other tools & messaging guides.

When schools reopen this fall, it won't be business as usual. New health and safety standards developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitate a radical rethinking of the way we serve students.

We all have an afterschool story. This interactive workshop discusses what works and what doesn't when communicating about afterschool. and how to tailor your message for key audiences, leverage social media, and build overall support for your program.

In the United States, involvement with the juvenile justice system can have a long-lasting negative impact on a person’s life. When youth are placed in detention facilities, their education, ties to society, and lives are disrupted; yet any involvement with the justice system—regardless of incarceration—can have implications for one’s future career and educational opportunities.

The National Town Hall celebrates the many ways afterschool programs have risen to the moment to help their communities respond to the pandemic, and looks ahead toward afterschool and summer learning programs' critical role in recovery. Read the follow-up Q&A document here.

When schools began to shut down many students and families turned to their afterschool providers to learn how to stay connected with the resources and information they would need. The briefing will focus on afterschool programs' role responding to the pandemic and for our nation's recovery. It will feature perspectives from education, afterschool programs, research, and economic development on the social, emotional, and academic support being provided to students and their families.

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and widening existing social justice gaps in education broadly and out-of-school time is no exception. Given this unprecedented time, we focus on real-time approaches that afterschool and summer learning programs can use to move the needle on issues of equity and access.

Recent developments in brain science have shown that adolescence is a crucial time for influencing social, emotional, and cognitive growth. In adolescence, the brain is particularly well-suited to acquire social and emotional competencies that are vital for youth to navigate the world, and yet we often see a fall-off in participation in youth development programs during this time.