Professional Development
NAA publishes fresh, new content every week covering a wide variety of topics related to the field of aftershool. In addition, NAA offers a variety of opportunities for virtual professional development (PD) through meaningful content, conversations and connections. Click here to see full descriptions of virtual PD offerings.
Your Afterschool Staff
Wednesday, 14 August 2013 08:23Your afterschool staff can make or break your business and we all know the childcare industry traditionally has very high turnover. The key to keeping away from this is to improve employee morale to decrease turnover as much as possible and create consistency for the program. To do this you must value, encourage, and energize your team to accomplish the center mission, vision, and direction.
New Direction in Youth Development
Wednesday, 14 August 2013 08:04New Directions for Youth Development: Theory, Practice, and Research is a quarterly publication focusing on contemporary issues challenging the field of youth development. The journal is dedicated to bringing together everyone concerned with helping young people, including scholars, practitioners, and people from different disciplines and professions.
STEM-Year of Science
Wednesday, 14 August 2013 08:02In a world in which STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning has become universally crucial, those individuals who will be able to enjoy the highest personal earnings will likely be those who possess the skills and creativity that position them as innovators and leaders. For our children and youth, increased STEM learning is imperative.
Trainer Quality
Wednesday, 14 August 2013 07:58The National AfterSchool Association developed the NAA Afterschool Trainer Quality System with support from the C. S. Mott Foundation to provide a quality assurance system for trainers in the afterschool field.
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