Sara Hill Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Support the National Afterschool Matters Initiative, which includes the National Afterschool Matters Practitioner Fellowship project. Managed the Edmund A. Stanley Jr. Research Grant, a national grant for out-of-school time researchers, serve on the editorial board for the journal Afterschool Matters.

Design & deliver professional development for managers and staff at a large nonprofit. Implemented Appreciative Inquiry with managers. Write curriculum and develop resources.

Wrote/edited personnel manual for staff. Documented and wrote guide for "best practices" in CF programs internationally and locally. Created participatory evaluation framework. Designed and delivered participatory evaluation workshop at Operation Shoestring in Jackson, Mississippi.

Editor/curator for the Youth Today Out-of-School Time Hub. Identify a range of resources and publications which are made available on the Hub. Produced a webinar series entitled "Research to Practice" that focused on critical issues in OST, such as English Language Learners in OST, and Engaging African American Youth in Reading during the OST.

Validator for ED-funded project on best practices in community colleges supporting low-skills students. Research team member documenting "innovative practices" in 21st Century Community Learning Centers in four topic areas, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), English Language, Career and Technology Education and Increased Learning Time.

Consultant on a training and technical assistance project run by Family Support LI and Nassau and Suffolk County BOCES. This collaborative project will involve working with school districts, community based organizations and parent groups to engage in a dialogue and self-assessment of their family and community engagement practices. It will involve.

Managed the Out-of-School Time Quality Initiative with 12 Nassau-based youth agencies. This involved creating an RFP, coordinating meetings and providing on-site technical assistance and training.

Co-wrote the National Urban League's Youth Development Framework and Guide for national affiliates. Presented framework and guide at the NUL Whitney M. Young conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

Worked on the BLAST curriculum team. The curriculum is a project-based learning guide for out-of-school time practitioners.

Manhattan Campus

Brooklyn Campus

Created and managed National After School Matters Initiative. Wrote RFP (Request for Proposals) and monitored The Robert Bowne Foundation Research Grants. Designed and facilitated The Robert Bowne Foundation Practitioner-Research Fellowship. Coordinated the annual Robert Bowne Foundation Research Roundtable. Managing Editor of the Afterschool Matters.

Wrote RFP for the Edmund A. Stanley Jr. Research grant and monitored grants. Managing Editor for the journal Afterschool Matters, facilitated the Robert Bowne Foundation Fellowship.

Managed several technical assistance and staff development initiatives. Projects included working on youth development outcome assessment pilot for the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, designing and delivering a PD catalogue of workshops, institutes and courses for TASC (The Afterschool Corporation), and writing and editing various.

Ed.D, Language And Literacy

Activities and Societies: Research assistant for Dr. David Bloome. Transcribed interviews for Mass Observation project in U.K.

M.Ed., Teaching And Curriculum