Promoting High Quality Out-of-School Time Programs

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President/CEO of Local Non-Profit Joins State-Wide Board Dedicated to Promoting High-Quality Out-Of-School Time

President/CEO of Local Non-Profit Joins State-Wide Board Dedicated to Promoting High-Quality Out-Of-School Time

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Kate Jacob, Director of Communications Prime Time Palm Beach County (561)732-8066 kjacob@primetimepbc.org As more and more families in Palm Beach County search for afterschool care for their children and find options limited a local non-profit, Prime Time Palm Beach County, continues their

Afterschool Professionals Provide Insights Helping Prime Time to Offer Responsive Efforts in Real Time

Afterschool Professionals Provide Insights Helping Prime Time to Offer Responsive Efforts in Real Time

Hi Prime Time friends, my name is Charles and I’m the new Director of Research at Prime Time. As the original design-lead for the Program Quality Assessments and Youth Work Methods trainings, I’ve been traveling to Palm Beach County for two decades as a consultant to help with

Prime Time Provider Takes Programming Across the Nation

Prime Time Provider Takes Programming Across the Nation

Becoming an expanded learning opportunity (ELO) provider with Prime Time has benefits beyond just sharing its message with the children and youth of Palm Beach County. Prime Time offers professional development opportunities to all our providers and recently Callie Sharkey from the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County got to

South Florida Calls Attention to the Importance of High Quality Afterschool Programs

South Florida Calls Attention to the Importance of High Quality Afterschool Programs

A project of The Afterschool Alliance Lights On Afterschool is a nationwide celebration of the importance of quality out-of-school time (OST). Prime Time celebrated this important event at Clematis by Fright for the first time since 2019, an early Halloween celebration hosted by the city of West Palm Beach. Prime

Making Measurement Meaningful

Making Measurement Meaningful

Blog written by Femi Vance, Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research Blog contributors Celine Provini, Ph.D., Director of Research, Annick Eudes Jean-Baptiste, Ph.D., Research Manager, Suzette Harvey, President/CEO, Prime Time Palm Beach County Blog published June 13, 2022, on AIR website Making Measurement Meaningful | American Institutes for

Out-of-School Time Practitioners Share Their Experiences Amid Covid-19 and Their Hopes for the Future

Out-of-School Time Practitioners Share Their Experiences Amid Covid-19 and Their Hopes for the Future

Out-of-school time practitioners recently shared the impact that COVID-19 has had on their programs and their hopes for the future. Read below to hear their wishes to help make their programs better, what keeps them motivated to keep showing up for the children who attend their programs and how Prime

Launching a Social and Emotional Learning Initiative

Guest Blog Written by Ally Margolis, Policy and Communications Manager, Every Hour Counts Our country’s compounding crises have magnified the importance of supporting children socially and emotionally. Amidst a global pandemic, systemic racial inequity, and record-breaking unemployment, developing social and emotional learning (SEL) skills such as resilience and self-regulation