Successful bullying prevention includes education, preparation, and teamwork.  For this purpose, this Toolkit provides specific insights, strategies, activities, and resources to address bullying.  It is designed especially for caregivers and parents of preschool and school-age children and youth to use in child care programs, after-school and youth programs, and camps.  (Eyes on Bullying is a project of the Education Development Center Inc, Newton, Massachusetts, with funding from the IBM Global Work/Life Fund.)

 In this video, Governors, their senior policy advisors, and other leaders discuss strategies to expand access to and improve the quality of afterschool programs.  Windows Media Player is required to view the video.  (The NGA Center for Best Practices is a service of the National Governors Association.)

Use this toolkit to build your afterschool program, in professional development settings, for activities and ideas, and as a research base in effective afterschool programming.  The topics are (a) literacy; (b) math; (c) science; (d) arts, (e) technology; and (f) homework.   Each subject area is filled with standards-based multi-media resources including: research-based practices, sample lessons, interactive activities, and video segments taken from afterschool programs across the country.  The web site demonstrates different ways to use the toolkit to promote staff development and support collegial learning.  (The primary contactor of this collaborative project, SEDL, ...

The Afterschool Investments Project provides technical assistance to Child Care and Development Fund grantees and other State and local leaders supporting afterschool efforts.  Webinars and audio conferences on afterschool topics are freely available, including recordings and transcripts.  Many are accompanied by PDFs and other materials.  These events are available from 2005 to the present. (The AfterSchool Investments Project is an initiative of The Finance Project, Washington DC, and is funded by the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)