Out-of-School Time: Training Tools
for Staff and Volunteers
- Introduction to the CNCS/LEARNS Web-Based Tutor Training (video)
- Assessing High-Quality Education Placement Sites: A Checklist for Senior Corps Directors and Staff (PDF)
- Making an Impact on Out-of-School Time
- Service As a Strategy in Out-of-School Time
- Special Needs Inclusive Child Care Facts Sheet Are You Ready? (PDF)
- Tips for Effective Service-Learning Projects in Out-of-School Time Programs (PDF)
- The Tutor/Youth Impact - In-depth articles for tutor, mentor, and other youth-focused programs
- Ready-to-Use Training Activities and Curriculum
- Videos (view all LEARNS videos)
- Web-Based Tutor Training
- Introduction to the CNCS/LEARNS Web-Based Tutor Training (video)
- Making an Impact on Out-of-School Time
- Putting Research to Use. Activities to Help Children Read (PDF)
- Strategies for Working in Out-of-School Time: A Tool for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
- Tips for Motivating Struggling Students: A Toolkit for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
- Tutors can be Allies: Putting Allyship at the Top of Your Agenda for Students and Family (PDF)
- Volunteering in Today's Schools: A Tool for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
- Working with Children at Different Stages of Development: A Tool for Senior Corps Volunteers (PDF)
- The Tutor/Youth Impact - In-depth articles for tutor, mentor, and other youth-focused programs
- Ready-to-Use Training Activities and Curriculum
- Can You Help Me?: A Story Puzzler
- Literacy Training: Alphabet Recognition
- Literacy Training: Beyond Round Robin Reading
- Literacy Training: Building Comprehension Through Questions
- Literacy Training: Children's Literature
- Literacy Training: Choosing Books for Emergent Readers
- Literacy Training: Concepts of Print
- Literacy Training: Double Entry Journals
- Literacy Training: Frozen Pictures
- Literacy Training: Making Reading Games
- Literacy Training: Matching Sounds
- Literacy Training: Oral Language Development
- Literacy Training: Pre-reading Activities
- Literacy Training: Reading Big Words & Playing Word Detectives
- Literacy Training: Reading Fluency
- Literacy Training: Rhyme Time
- Literacy Training: The Hamburger Model of Writing
- Literacy Training: The Picture Walk
- Orienting Mentors: What is a Mentor?
- Orienting Mentors: Who Made a Difference for You?
- Seeing Culture through an Unbiased Lens (PDF)
- Student Management: Creating a Positive Learning Environment
- Tutoring Tips (PDF)
- Supporting Literacy Development of 3-, 4-, 5-year-olds: Developmentally
- Supporting Literacy Development of 3-, 4-, 5-year-olds: Making Collages
- Understanding School Culture: Becoming an Effective Border-crosser
- Understanding School Culture: Exploring Perspectives
- Understanding School Culture: Self-reflection
- Self-reflection Questions (PDF)
- Videos (View all LEARNS videos)