Out-of-School-Time SIG Business Meeting

Brokering Future Learning Opportunities: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Linking Youth to OST Opportunities (Structured Poster Session)

• Brokering Learning Opportunities within an Out-of-School Network: a Conceptual Model for Supporting Youth Interest-Driven Learning
• Youth as Knowledge Brokers Across Learning Environments: Social capital as catalyst for cross-setting learning
• Enabling and Enhancing the Role of Learning Broker in Online Social Learning Networks
• Examining Brokering for Future Learning Opportunities Over Time
• Brokering in Blended Environments: Designing to Support Learning On and Offline
• Brokering Opportunities in a Learning Ecosystem: A Case Study of a Regional Environmental Education Landscape
• Supporting Young Peopleʼs Access to Sustainable Livelihoods in New Media Arts
• Brokering Learning Opportunities In and Out of the Classroom: A Cross-setting Intervention
• Navigating Interest-Driven Learning Pathways: How Parents Broker OST Opportunities for their Children
• Learning Brokers as Sociocultural and Sociohistorical Mediators

Fostering Non-Cognitive and Social-Emotional Skills in Out-Of-School-Time Settings (Roundtable)

• Making Time for What Matters Most: How an i3 Grant Used Trimesters to Extend Learning
• Noncognitive Skills as Mediator of Relations Between Middle Childhood Organized Activities and Later Academic Performance
• Perceptions of a Summer Programʼs Influence on Talent Development: Adolescent Reflections During and Beyond Participation
• Achieving Goals: Role of Support and Structure for Latina/o Student Post High- School Goals

Leveraging Partnerships to Improve Outcomes for ELLs: Designing, Implementing, & Evaluating Effective Out-of-School Time Programs (Symposium)

• Intentional Design for OST Programs: Theoretical Overview & Rationale for Symposium
• Capitalizing on Funds of Knowledge: Increasing Teacher Knowledge and Skills to Support ELLs
• Increased Collaboration and Alignment in OST Programs: Formative/Summative Evaluation Results

Non-Traditional Approaches to Improving Extended Learning Time for DC Older Youth (Symposium)

• Using the Advancing Youth Development Curriculum to Affect Change among Youth Resource Workers
• Aligning Out of School Time in DC using Data Driven Decision Making
• Using Summer Employment to Expand Out of School Opportunities for Older Youth in DC

Supporting and Strengthening After-School Programs (Paper Session)

• About Time: A Mixed-Method Evaluation of the Massachusetts Summer Academies for English Language Learners
• Examining the Relationship between Afterschool Persistence and an Early Warning Index Associated with Dropout
• Simple Interactions: An Innovative Approach To OST Staff Professional Development
• Where Are We Now? A Case Study of a Citywide Afterschool Intermediary Organization

Understanding Youth Perceptions and Outcomes in Spaces for Extended Learning (Roundtable)

• Interim Findings on A Study of the Impact of Out-of-School-Time Activities on Academic Outcomes
• Studentsʼ Experiences in an Activity-Driven Extended Learning Time Program
• The Effects of Losing Curricular Differentiation on the Perceptions of Middle School After-School Program Participants
• Building Trust: Reflections of Adults Working With Youth in Project-Based Programs
• What Makes for Supportive Adults in Outdoor OST Programming? Perspectives from Girls and Adults

It was great seeing you at the 2015 AERA conference, April 16-20 in Chicago! After-school, out-of-school, and extended learning programs all contributed to the conference theme of “Toward Justice: Culture, Language, and Heritage in Education Research and Praxis.”