AIR's Readiness Tools
We have spent years studying what readiness is, why it matters, and what it looks like for out-of-school time programs like yours. Want to learn more about readiness? You can find AIR-developed tools on readiness right here. Check back often – we will continue to update this page as new tools are released.
Ready to Implement Toolkit Tools
- Brief: What is Readiness?
- Program Leader Guide: Getting Started With Readiness
- Program Leader Guide: Using the Toolkit Step by Step
- Program Leader Guide: Readiness Assessment Planner
- Program Leader Guide: Frequently Asked Questions
- Coming Soon! Program Leader Guide: Using the Report
- Program Leader Guide: Team Discussion Guide
Articles and Blogs
- Change Is Inevitable. Are Out-of-School Time Programs Ready for It?, a blog for the Wallace Foundation (2023)
- Are you ready? Implementing the Design Principles for Community Based Settings, a blog for Changing the Odds for Youth / Readiness Projects (2022)
- Three Steps for Supporting Intentional SEL in OST, an early blog on readiness for the Measuring SEL blog (2019)
Conferences Presentations
- National AfterSchool Association Convention, March 20-23, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV
- National AfterSchool Association Convention, March 19-22, 2023 in Orlando, FL
- American Educational Research Association Conference, April 13-16, 2023 in Chicago, IL
- Best of Out of School Time Conference, April 25-28, 2023 in Palm Springs, CA
Webinars
- Getting Ready for Change in OST: New Tools, Resources, and a Conversation with Field Leaders on Applying Readiness Thinking in Practice, February 2023. Participants learned about what readiness is and why it matters, saw the Ready to Implement Toolkit, and heard from OST leaders who have integrated readiness thinking into their work