Educators & Researchers

Currently under construction, it is our goal that the Educators & Researchers page will become a one-stop shop for activities, studies and reports that can be used to strengthen the work you do with students, and help drive improvements in your respective programs, schools and organizations.

As a statewide leader in afterschool programming, New Jersey After looks forward to providing you with the tools and support that you need to continually improve the work that you do.

Please visit this page periodically to see what new information we have posted.

Afterschool Project Guides

Promising Practices in Health and Fitness – Project Guides

Healthy Food Olympics (K – 8) 

Healthy Food Concession Stand (2 – 8) 

Jump Rope Time Twister (K – 8)

Jump Rope Jive (6 – 8) 

Walk for Fitness (K – 8) 

Reports

Afterschool Innovations In Brief (PDF)

A Nation At Risk (PDF)

Economic Impact of NJ Child Care Industry 2006 (PDF)

Enhancing School Reform Through Expanded Learning (PDF)

A Fact Sheet on Children and Youth In Out-of-School Time (PDF)

Funding Hurdles Create Challenges for Effective After-School Programs (PDF)

Harvard Family Research Project Issue Brief 10 SAN08 (PDF)

Homework Literacy Theory of Change Linking to School (PDF)

More Time For Teens: Public/ Private Ventures Understanding Teen Participation— Frequency, Intensity and Duration— In Boys & Girls Clubs (PDF) - ABSTRACT

More Time For Teens: Public/ Private Ventures Understanding Teen Participation— Frequency, Intensity and Duration— In Boys & Girls Clubs (PDF)

NJ state poll on After-School Programs - Monmouth University (PDF)

NJ Strategies for Safe Streets and Neighborhoods - Gov. Corzine (PDF)

Raising Our Sights - No High School Senior Left Behind (PDF)

Safe Play Spaces To Promote Physical Activity in Inner-City Children: Results from a Pilot Study of an Environmental Intervention (PDF)

Statistics

NACCRRA Statistics for New Jersey (PDF)

Afterschool Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Costs and Benefits of Afterschool Programs (PDF)

America After 3 PM Household Survey on Afterschool (PDF)

NJ Fact Sheet Afterschool Alliance (PDF)

Evaluations

New Jersey After 3 Evaluation Report

April 2009

New Jersey After 3 Evaluation Summary

April 2009

New Jersey After 3 - Year Three Evaluation Executive Summary (PDF)

New Jersey After 3 - Year Two Full Evaluation Report

New Jersey After 3 - Year Two Evaluation Summary

New Jersey After 3 - Year One Full Report