Resources for Educators & Program Providers

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

• 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.
• 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

• 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

• Harmony SEL (Social Emotional Learning): Free curriculum on SEL (social emotional learning)
• 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.

Mental Health

• 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

Training / Education

• 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.
• 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

Why out of school time matters

• 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

• 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