Educators & Program Providers Archives

Activities

Who Am I: Activities that adolescents can engage in to develop their sense of self identity
Washington County Cooperative Library Services: Live homework help, distance learning resources, etc
The Mizzen Minute from the Mott Foundation: A blog created for afterschool, summer and out-of-school time professionals. We’ll bring you tools, tips, resources and stories to support your work.

Child Abuse

Child Abuse Awareness (WA County Sheriff resource): Kody Harris Kody_harris@co.washington.or.us Hotline 503-681-6917

Childcare

NBC's Brian Williams on Summer Learning Loss: Video showing graphic effects of summer learning loss (2014)
Being a culturally responsive and anti-racist youth development leader: Webinar -A recent edwebinar, presented by Holly Pope, Ph.D., National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and moderated by Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed., Founder & CEO of Immersed Games, addressed this topic from several angles. As part of the webinar, participants were able to focus specifically on being an anti-racist educator and what that truly means. That meant starting with the definition of racism: A marriage of racist ideas and racist policies that produces and normalizes racial inequity.

Covid

We Keep Each Other Safe - a guide by and for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, POc, and LGBTQ communities navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Designed by and for our communities to help us keep each other safe during the pandemic and to support all of us in getting the best care possible if any of us or any of our loved ones become sick with COVID-19.
CDC: Covid related resources about wearing and making masks for your protection

General

America's Childcare Crisis on The Daily Show: America's childcare crisis is obvious to many Americans; Trevor Noah gets it and explains it well!
Why a kid's relationship with teachers is more important than ever: Here’s how to make sure your child isn’t sitting in the virtual back row. Pandemic or not, students perform better when they have a good relationship with their teacher. And studies have shown that a supportive teacher-student relationship positively impacts students beyond the classroom, while a negative one can stymie a child’s academic and social-emotional development.
National Afterschool Association: NAA’s mission is to promote development, provide education and encourage advocacy for the out-of-school-time community to further the afterschool profession.
Oregon ASK: OregonASK is a collaboration of public and private organizations and community members which seek to support, expand, and educate on quality expanded learning opportunities for children, youth, and families throughout Oregon.
Washington County Cooperative Library Services: Live homework help, distance learning resources, etc

Racism

Being a culturally responsive and anti-racist youth development leader: Webinar -A recent edwebinar, presented by Holly Pope, Ph.D., National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and moderated by Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed., Founder & CEO of Immersed Games, addressed this topic from several angles. As part of the webinar, participants were able to focus specifically on being an anti-racist educator and what that truly means. That meant starting with the definition of racism: A marriage of racist ideas and racist policies that produces and normalizes racial inequity.
State of Access and Equity: Report on Oregon provider survey, focus groups, and interviews looking at equity and access barriers for out of school time programs
Kids tough questions: How to have discussions about racism with your kids
Pedagogy and practice
Teaching about racism

Training / Education

2018 Oregon Child Care Market Price Study: Affordability of early care and education: Oregon early learners facts and findings
Being a culturally responsive and anti-racist youth development leader: Webinar -A recent edwebinar, presented by Holly Pope, Ph.D., National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and moderated by Lindsey Tropf, M.Ed., Founder & CEO of Immersed Games, addressed this topic from several angles. As part of the webinar, participants were able to focus specifically on being an anti-racist educator and what that truly means. That meant starting with the definition of racism: A marriage of racist ideas and racist policies that produces and normalizes racial inequity.
MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement): MESA's mission is to provide students underrepresented in STEM fields with opportunities. Invention Clubs are an opportunity for 5th to 12th-grade students who do not have a MESA chapter at their school or are home school students, to participate in the MESA experience. Students must also qualify for free/reduced lunch in order to participate.
Behavioral Challenges Communication with Parents: Slides from OST Providers Training
The Impact of COVID-19 on student achievement and what it may mean for educators: Report on projections of the effect of loss of school time to student achievmenent during rthe pandemic

Why out of school time matters

History of Afterschool

This video of the history of afterschool also talks about current issues and the future of afterschool.

America's Childcare Crisis on The Daily Show: America's childcare crisis is obvious to many Americans; Trevor Noah gets it and explains it well!

Reports

In 2018 Meyer Memorial Trust supported a series of Community Conversations and an online survey for parents and guardians. Their responses documented their experiences with obtaining and using early childhood, afterschool, and summer care for their kids and youth. WCK produced the 2019 “Imperative to Act” report and “Executive Summary” reviewing research on the topic, outlining the results of parent and guardian experiences, and making recommendations for further action.:

Download The Imperative to Act Report

Download The Imperative to Act Executive Summary