A credit-for-learning program offers students opportunities to explore their interests and participate in activities that also allow them to earn credits toward their graduation requirements. These programs include a wide range of credit-bearing opportunities outside of school, like learning a coding language or participating in an internship. The linked guide is designed to assist individuals who are in any phase of starting their own credit-for-learning program and are working on building and maintaining relationships with partners, including administrators, teachers, districts, and funders. The Afterschool Alliance interviewed credit-for-learning providers to develop a list of best practices, and readers are encouraged to adopt any practices that best fit their context.

Please reference this guide as you tackle credit-for-learning opportunities in your programs.

Be a part of the annual Beyond School Hours Conference this February at the Caribe Resort in Orlando, Florida!

Beyond School Hours is a national conference that brings together afterschool and OST colleagues from across the nation for a 3-day professional learning event. Refresh, renew, and have fun connecting with peers and experts. Take home skills, tools, and a renewed passion for improving learning outcomes for young people through workshops, pre-conferences, keynote presentations, discussions, networking opportunities, and exhibits.

The Allen Foundation, Inc.'s priorities and policies are: (1) to make grants to fund relevant nutritional research; (2) to support programs for the education and training of mothers during pregnancy and after the birth of their children; (3) to assist in the training of persons to work as educators and demonstrators of good nutritional practices; (4) to encourage the dissemination of information regarding healthful nutritional practices and habits; and (5) in limited situations to make grants to help solve immediate emergency hunger and malnutrition problems. Applications are due January 15th, 2023.