Promoting High Quality Out-of-School Time Programs

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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

Building Bridges Between School-Day and Afterschool Learning Opportunities

Guest Blog Written by Ally Margolis, Policy and Communications Manager, Every Hour Counts Intermediary Approaches to Supporting Communities Socially and Emotionally As this new, unprecedented school year begins, social-emotional learning (SEL) and development is needed now more than ever before — both for young people and the adults we entrust to

Navigate Anxiety Caused by the Coronavirus Outbreak

Written by Knellee Bisram, SEL Specialist and Mindfulness Teacher, Prime Time Palm Beach County These are challenging times… In a recent New York Times article, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer describes how the fear and anxiety caused by the Coronavirus outbreak can produce stress. He explains that when this anxiety