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4 Dec 2015
Brief

Ready for Work? How Afterschool Programs Can Support Employability Through Social and Emotional Learning

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Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that ultimately contribute to success in school, work, and life is a priority for educators and employers. Young people need a variety of important skills to be ready to work, including understanding key work habits and having a strong work ethic. But another aspect of employability has gained attention in recent years—the need for strong social and emotional skills in order to be successful in the workplace.

Our series of briefs, Beyond the Bell: Research to Action in the Afterschool and Expanded Learning Field, is designed to make research on the afterschool and expanded learning field accessible and easy to read. In our second brief in the series we define employability skills with a focus on social and emotional competencies and then present research on why they are important. We share how social and emotional learning programs and practices can support the development of these skills and how afterschool and expanded learning settings are an ideal place for this to happen.

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4 Dec 2015
Toolkit

How Afterschool Programs Can Support Employability Through Social and Emotional Learning: A Planning Tool

Although young people need many skills to be successful in the workplace, one aspect of employability has gained attention in recent years—the need for workers to have strong social and emotional skills. Afterschool programs have a role to play in supporting the development of these skills for all youth. This planning tool is designed to help afterschool workers identify priority areas for employability skills building based on youth and employer input, and plan next steps based on that input.
Topic: 
Social and Emotional Learning, College and Career Readiness, Education, Afterschool and Expanded Learning
27 Jul 2015
Brief

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Supporting Social and Emotional Development Through Quality Afterschool Programs

During the past 20 years, the afterschool field has been held accountable in varying ways—first, on the ability to provide safe places for young people to spend time while their parents work; then, on success in helping to improve participants’ academic achievement as a supplement to the school day. This brief provides an overview of work done to date both in afterschool and school-based settings to define social and emotional learning, shares recent research on how afterschool programs contribute to the development of these competencies, and offers some next step recommendations to both practitioners and researchers.
Topic: 
Social and Emotional Learning, Education, Afterschool and Expanded Learning
11 Jul 2014
Toolkit

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Beyond the Bell - 4th Edition: A Toolkit for Creating Effective Afterschool and Expanded Learning Programs

Research shows that afterschool and expanded learning programs work best when they are high quality and evidence-based. Beyond the Bell ® is a suite of professional development services, products, and practical tools designed to help afterschool and expanded learning program leaders and staff members create and sustain high-quality, effective afterschool and expanded learning programs. The newly updated 4th edition was released on May 21, 2014 and has been revised to focus on a cycle of continuous improvement.
Topic: 
Education, Afterschool and Expanded Learning

Further Reading

  • Linking Schools and Afterschool Through Social and Emotional Learning
  • How Afterschool Programs Can Support Employability Through Social and Emotional Learning: A Planning Tool
  • Beyond the Bell: Turning Research into Action in Afterschool and Expanded Learning
  • The In-School and Afterschool Social and Emotional Learning Connection: A Planning Tool
  • ESSA │Afterschool and Expanded Learning
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Deborah Moroney

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Social and Emotional Learning
College and Career Readiness
Education
Afterschool and Expanded Learning

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