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Empowering Afterschool Leaders: National Practitioner Fellowship

Join the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship to enhance your skills, connect with peers, and drive positive change in afterschool programs. This prestigious fellowship offers mentorship, training, and resources to empower leaders in the field of afterschool education. Apply now and become a part of a nationwide community committed to fostering high-quality afterschool experiences for children and youth.

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Empowering Afterschool Leaders: National Practitioner Fellowship

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  1. National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship The National Institute on Out-of-School Time at Wellesley College in partnership with The National Writing Project with funding from the Robert Bowne Foundation launched the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship. This Practitioner Fellowship addresses a critical need in the Out-of-School Time (OST) field:
  2. To provide professional development for seasoned practitioners that promotes leadership and increases their capacity for program improvement and development. Other goals include: Supporting a community of practitioners to engage in inquiry and writing to explore effective practices and investigate the structures in which effective practice happens – at the program, activity, curriculum, and individual level. Disseminating and sharing a variety of program improvement strategies. End products might include: position papers, curriculum, or points of action of effective practice as well as articles for professional journals. Creating opportunities for in-service training and project development which will then be brought back to programs.
  3. The Practitioner Fellowship has been established in 6 cities: New York, New York San Francisco, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Minneapolis, Minnesota Seattle, Washington Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  4. Partner Roles Writing Project Sites: -Helps to locate WP facilitator - Helps to identify funding, conduct fundraising -Outreach to and recruitment of fellows Community Partners: -Outreach to and recruitment of fellows -Identifies potential OST facilitators, supports and supervises facilitators -Identifies or provides funding, donates space, and other in-kind services National Institute on Out-of-School Time: -Selects Fellowship sites in collaboration with the National Writing Project and prospective funders -Handles all contracts and fiscal issues -Recruitment and outreach for Research Roundtables -Manages application process -Coordinates all site meetings -Supports facilitators, collects and develops project content and quality control National Writing Project -Identifies potential NWP sites -Administers flow-through funding for sites -Manages local logistics Facilitators - Create syllabus, develops materials - Facilitates fellowship, writing retreat and research roundtable
  5. TYPICAL FELLOWSHIP STRUCTURE 10-15 fellows are selected by application, and meet monthly in a facilitated group for a year. Activities include: Readings on action research, inquiry methods, or general articles about the OST field; Instruction on and practice in using inquiry methods and design of inquiry projects at participants’ own sites; Two day writing retreat during the spring Research Roundtable, at which Fellows present on their work to a wider audience of youth agency staff, funders, governmental officials and policy makers and other researchers.
  6. Fellowship Models Traditional: Out-of-school time practitioners from a range of afterschool/summer youth programs Mixed Model : Combining in-school teachers and out-of-school time practitioners Content Specific: Focusing inquiry in a particular content area, such as STEM Age Specific : Focusing inquiry on a particular age group, such as older youth
  7. Evaluation of the Fellowship2010-2011 Methods: Pre/Post Fellowship online survey of participants in all of the sites (Seattle, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Philadelphia) and focus groups with participants of mixed model site in Seattle. Findings: The benefits of participation: Belonging to a professional community The opportunity to step back and reflect on work The opportunity to work with colleagues in a supportive environment Improved programs Increased knowledge of inquiry and action research
  8. FELLOWS’ INQUIRY TOPICS (2003-2010)
  9. For more information about the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship, contact: Ellen Gannett, Executive Director, National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Wellesley College egannett@wellesley.edu 781 283 2547
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