This section includes voices from the OST field that describes practices with children and youth. It includes guest blogs, vlogs (video blogs), photo essays, and narratives by practitioners reflecting on lessons and learning in the area of career and technology training in out-of-school time programs.
We accept submissions from practitioners in the OST field. For more information about submitting your work, contact our executive editor Molly Bloom.
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Cookie Cart
Cookie Cart, a Minneapolis based youth program, provides lasting and meaningful work, life, and leadership skills to 15 to 17-year-olds through hands-on experience and training in an urban, nonprofit bakery.
WebSLAM. Real-World Problem Solving with a Civic Focus
WebSLAM is an afterschool program that engages youth in building websites for non-profit oorganizations.
Building Boats, Building Life Skills
Urban Boatbuilders is a Saint Paul-based youth development nonprofit, seeking to empower youth to build the skills they need to succeed in school, work, and life through the building and use of wooden boats. The Partnership Program brings hands-on education to the classroom in the form of boatbuilding instruction. Through this program, the organization trains and employs low income youth who face barriers to employment.
