LEARNING RESOURCES
Welcome to the 21st CCLC NTAC Learning resources!
Here you will find a variety of resources in many different formats to meet the various needs and learning styles of 21st CCLC professionals.
Capacity-Building Courses
Learning Recovery
Description: This course will build your capacity to plan and implement ways to help students recover from missed learning opportunities. The first seven sections introduce learning recovery and provide key strategies. Complete those sections and Section 8 (Check Your Understanding) to receive a certificate of completion.
Intended audience: Program Leaders, Frontline Staff
Completion Time: 2-4 hours to complete
Toolkit
Coming Soon (Links to toolkit will be ready in April)
Training Kits
Coming Soon (Links to training kits will be ready in April)
Mini-Courses
Self-paced learning (1-2 hours) that builds core knowledge and skills in a specific topic area. A certificate of completion will be provided.
Microlearning
Bite-size learning (e.g., videos, audio briefs, infographics) and instant job aids (e.g., checklists, surveys, templates), ready to view, listen to, or download.
Note: No certificate of completion is available for microlearning.
Topic Area: Trauma-Informed Approaches
Trauma-Informed Approaches (Microlearning Module)
This video for out-of-school time professionals discusses the differences between positive stress, tolerable stress, toxic stress, and trauma. It also presents findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study, the effects trauma can have on a child, and strategies educators can use to address the needs of students exposed to trauma.
Time: 11:53 minutes
Audience: Program Leaders and Frontline Staff
Neuroscience Lesson Behind Student Trauma (Audio Brief)
This audio brief discusses the science behind emotional responses and behaviors and how out-of-school time staff can apply this knowledge. Awareness of the “staircase” that connects the upstairs brain (where basic fight, flight, or freeze responses occur) and the downstairs brain (where choices are made) can help us honor authentic feelings and take control of our actions.
Time: 8:22 minutes
Audience: Program Leaders and Frontline Staff
Role of a Mandated Reporter (Audio Brief)
Adults serving in any professional role around children and youth have a legal obligation to report suspicions of neglect or abuse to appropriate authorities, but not understanding that obligation can prevent staff from acting. This audio brief explains what a mandated reporter is, what reporting looks like, and how staff can act with confidence on behalf of students.
Time: 5:32 minutes
Audience: Program Leaders and Frontline Staff
Trauma-Informed Approaches for Elementary and Adolescent Students (Audio Brief)
Working with students who’ve experienced trauma is complex, but adults can use certain strategies to help students reduce the anxiety that’s so common in this population. This audio brief describes scenarios that help out-of-school time staff recognize signs of trauma in elementary and middle school students. It also offers age-appropriate ways to help put children on the path to better well-being.
Time: 11:23 minutes
Audience: Program Leaders and Frontline Staff
Toolkits
Topical toolkits include a user guide and tools you can use “as they are” or customize to fit your needs. Download each toolkit with a single click.
Becoming a Leader
Use these tools to help you understand and use a servant leadership approach to develop yourself, your staff, and your out-of-school time program.
Guiding Positive Student Behavior
Use the tools to explore and implement strategies to guide positive student behavior. Get guidance on creating a group norms agreement, engaging students, and providing feedback. Use the cue cards with challenge-solution scenarios to learn and practice on your own or as a team.
Summer Learning Implementation Planner
This planning template for summer programs is accompanied by a sample planner. A user guide walks you through the planner to show how you can use it to complete the steps of summer program planning. Download the zip file to get the template, sample, and user guide.
Training Kits
Each training kit includes a scripted PowerPoint (for program leaders to provide customized in-person or virtual staff trainings) and a recorded module (if you want frontline staff to engage asynchronously).
