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
- Brain Science Inside out: A handy guide for social emotional learning from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Politsit: Help with childcare for political advocacy. Are you interested in getting involved and advocating for your family? But you need help with childcare? Politisit is a nonpartisan nonprofit that pays for childcare so parents and guardians of minors can be civically engaged without worrying about the cost of childcare. Please find more information at www.Politisit.org or email us at Politisit@gmail.com.
- Harmony SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Free curriculum on SEL (social emotional learning)
- Spanish Health and Safety Guidelines for Childcare Oregon: Spanish Health & Safety Guidelines videos from Child Care Resource and Referral of Washington County, Oregon, created to be a tool for child care providers in communicating about the guidelines to parents/families.
- Health & Safety Guidelines for Child Care - Oregon: Health & Safety Guidelines videos from Child Care Resource and Referral of Washington County, Oregon, created to be a tool for child care providers in communicating about the guidelines to parents/families.
Covid
- Breathe for Change: Family resources and classroom guides that support self-care and well-being
- Spanish Health and Safety Guidelines for Childcare Oregon: Spanish Health & Safety Guidelines videos from Child Care Resource and Referral of Washington County, Oregon, created to be a tool for child care providers in communicating about the guidelines to parents/families.
- Health & Safety Guidelines for Child Care - Oregon: Health & Safety Guidelines videos from Child Care Resource and Referral of Washington County, Oregon, created to be a tool for child care providers in communicating about the guidelines to parents/families.
- 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
DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)
- 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.
General
- Brain Science Inside out: A handy guide for social emotional learning from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Drug Facts: To understand a drug, you need to understand its effects, why people use it, and the risks and possible penalties for its use. Information from We are the Drug Policy Alliance.
- Drug Education Resources: High school curriculum plus booklets and fact sheets from the We are the Drug Policy alliance. Tips for parents and information for young adults. Links to videos included.
- Maternal and child health resources; particularly for new parents: Being a parent is a big job. Washington County Health and Human Services- Maternal, Child & Family Programs can help you along the way. We serve families in Washington County with no cost programs and services, that promote the health and well-being of families from pregnancy through childhood. 833-868-4769
- Harmony SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Free curriculum on SEL (social emotional learning)
Mental Health
- Brain Science Inside out: A handy guide for social emotional learning from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Drug Facts: To understand a drug, you need to understand its effects, why people use it, and the risks and possible penalties for its use. Information from We are the Drug Policy Alliance.
- Drug Education Resources: High school curriculum plus booklets and fact sheets from the We are the Drug Policy alliance. Tips for parents and information for young adults. Links to videos included.
- Breathe for Change: Family resources and classroom guides that support self-care and well-being
- Harmony SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Free curriculum on SEL (social emotional learning)
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
Self-care
- Breathe for Change: Family resources and classroom guides that support self-care and well-being
Training / Education
- Drug Facts: To understand a drug, you need to understand its effects, why people use it, and the risks and possible penalties for its use. Information from We are the Drug Policy Alliance.
- Drug Education Resources: High school curriculum plus booklets and fact sheets from the We are the Drug Policy alliance. Tips for parents and information for young adults. Links to videos included.
- Harmony SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Free curriculum on SEL (social emotional learning)
- 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.
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.:
- 2018 Oregon Child Care Market Price Study: Affordability of early care and education: Oregon early learners facts and findings
- Listening to what kids and parents want: Parent desire for afterschool
- After school programs make a difference
- After school programs in high demand
- Long-term outcome study: A longitudinal study of LA's BEST students' persistence and graduation rates: Impact of after school.
Research
- NBC's Brian Williams on Summer Learning Loss: Video showing graphic effects of summer learning loss (2014)
- Building opportunities into Adolescence: Mapping the Gaps between Expert and Public Understanding of Adolescent Development
- Community Action Annual Report 2018-19: Poverty; # children served
- Washington County Grad Rate Trends 2018-19: Excel analysis of extracted data
- Washington County Grad Rates 2019: Grad rates