The Afterschool Landscape: Getting to Know Your Potential Partners

Who is “Afterschool”?Afterschool Providers4-H; Boys & Girls Club; YMCA/YWCA; Girls, Inc.; 21st CCLC; Libraries; Parks & Rec; Comm. Centers; Religious Orgs

National OrganizationsAfterschool Alliance; National Afterschool Association; National Summer Learning Association

State & Local OrgsStatewide Afterschool Networks (48 states); City intermediaries (e.g. Every Hour Counts); School district managers

Philanthropic & Corporate FundersC. S. Mott; Noyce; Bechtel; NSF, CNCS (VISTA)

Key Players

“Where” is afterschool?

Schools National Providers

Libraries Science Centers & Museums

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Public 43%

Private 11%

YWCA 5%

YMCA 15%

Boys & Girls Clubs 18% 7%

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4-H 5%

Parents say their kids attend afterschool here*:

* Not all categories of afterschool sites reported on are represented in this chart.

How is afterschool unique?Youth Development Goals

• Empowering young people• Socio-emotional competence• Non-academic skills like

leadership, confidence, teamwork, service

• Positive relationships with adults

Approach to STEM Learning

• Hands-on, experiential• Project-based• Experimentation & failure• New entry points to science• Connected to communities,

home cultures, and student knowledge & experiencesEnvironment

• Low-stakes• Flexible in time and space• Community partnerships

State of Afterschool Science2014 Afterschool Science Networks Study from SRI International

• 87% of sites offered science (48% weekly+), but only 22% offered science frequently and with deep science experiences.

• Partnerships brought deeper science learning opportunities to program sites – 63% had a partner to support science programming.

California’s publicly funded afterschool programs

415 sites | 9 case studies

America After 3PM

• Household survey of how kids spend the hours after school

• Attendance & demand much higher in low-income, African-American, & Latino households

Equity as Access

Source: The After School Corporation (TASC)