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Afterschool Publications and Resources

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Philosophy & Practice

Read the paper that started it all – PASE Concept Paper.

Evaluation

PASE reaches organizations throughout New York City and the country to increase their awareness and understanding of the need to identify and measure outcomes, as well as their capacity to identify and measure appropriate outcomes for their programs.

• Learn more about PASE's Afterschool Youth Outcomes Inventory (2010)
• Search additional evaluation and outcomes resources

Curricula, Guides and Directories

Afterschool Kitchen Crew: Health Snacks and Activity Guide (2009) - Introduce young people in program to healthy eating habits with easy recipes and activities compiled from afterschool programs in New York City. Bound, color copy available for purchase $10 at 212-571-2664 or download free copy.

College Prep Afterschool (2009) - provides youth practitioners a guide to effective college prep programming for middle and high school youth.

• Download College Prep Afterschool
• Learn more about PASE's College Prep Work

Dollars & Sense: Building Financial Dreams (2007): a financial literacy curriculum created for the 18-to-24 young adult.

• Download the Curriculum

Summer Learning Guide (2006): Provides practical tools and ideas for afterschool staff on how to create and support an environment of learning in summer programs.

• Download Summer Learning Guide
• Learn more about PASE's Summer Learning Work

Cultural Partnerships for Youth (2007): Outlines a twelve-week course of study designed to provide afterschool arts education experiences for middle school programs using the arts as a tool for educational and social/emotional development. The guide demonstrates how to link activities to ELA and Arts Learning standards.

• Download Cultural Partnerships for Youth Guide
• Download Cultural Partnerships for Youth Training Guide

Manuals & Curricula

• Sidewalk Arts Curriculum

Youth Arts Career Guide (2006) introduces New York City youth to the fascinating world of professional arts work. Covering careers from cartoonist to museum curator to casting director, the Guide includes profiles of arts professionals, advice on getting started, and a directory of free and low-cost resources and opportunities for youth in NYC. Download

New York Family Guide to Afterschool Programs (2008): Find an afterschool program in your neighborhood or throughout New York City.

• New York City Family Guide to Afterschool Programs Download
• Update Your Agency's Directory Information

Partners In Healing: Directory of Mental Health Programs for Youth & Families in New York City is designed to assist the staff of community based youth agencies in making appropriate referrals to mental health professionals.

• Download Partners in Healing Directory
• Learn more about PASE's Current and Past Work in Mental Health

YouthConnect! Resource Guides helps youth to strengthen their communities through collaborative service and advocacy projects.

• The Resource Directory includes an agency listing, a bibliography and abbreviated funder prospect list.
• Project Profiles offer background information and specific project examples of youth-led services in the areas of:
  • Arts & Media
  • Peer Education
  • Youth Councils
  • Intergenerational Service
  • Environmental Stewardship
  • Advocacy
  • Service Learning

PASE Peer Mentoring Guide: A guide for agency-to-agency peer mentoring.

Reports

• A Look at New York City's Afterschool Workforce (2008)
• PASE Survey of Children's Health In NYC (2008)
• Developing the Afterschool Professional & the Profession: Addressing Quality & Scale (2001)
• Building the Capacity of Community-Based Youth Serving Organizations to Respond to Trauma - A 9/11 Report(2002) - To receive a copy of this report, please contact PASE at 212.571.2664.

Jobs & Outreach

Jobs Bulletin: A free listing of jobs in the youth development and afterschool field. If you'd like to advertise a job opening, please complete the Jobs Bulletin Submission by clicking here (you must be a member of PASE to submit a job opening).

PASESetter: A PASE newsletter that combines best practices, youth program profiles, coverage of legislative and advocacy issues affecting afterschool education, along with special events, workshops and other topics. To view past PASEsetters, click on the links below.

• Alternate Routes to "Literacy": Feeding Literate Selves
• School Reform & Community-Based Organizations: What are the Connections?
• Heroic Voices & Visions: The 5th Annual PASE Conference
• Report on New Government Funding
• Arts in the Afterschool Context
• Rethinking the Concept of Expert: The Practitioner-Expert in Afterschool
• Chasing the School Bus: Community-School Collaboration
• Understanding the Complex Experience of Immigrant Youth

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