🎉 FREE Digital Download This Month!

The Expanded Learning Playbook™ – Volume 1 (August 2026) is a research-informed professional resource designed specifically for expanded learning professionals serving students in Transitional Kindergarten through 8th grade. This inaugural issue helps staff build a strong foundation for the school year through project-based learning, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), youth development, career-connected learning, and practical strategies that foster student engagement, belonging, and success.

Created by an educator with extensive experience in early learning and expanded learning, Volume 1 equips expanded learning professionals with ready-to-use tools that complement the school day while inspiring creativity, collaboration, leadership, and real-world learning. Discover practical strategies for creating engaging homework environments, implementing effective PBIS practices, designing interdisciplinary learning experiences, and connecting students to future careers through authentic projects.

To celebrate the launch of the Expanded Learning Playbook™, Volume 1 is available as a FREE digital download. Download your complimentary copy and begin creating engaging, research-informed experiences that inspire children and youth every day.

What's Included

✓ Project Blueprint™

Launch the school year with an interdisciplinary, career-connected project that integrates literacy, STEM, technology, mathematics, the arts, and social studies through authentic, project-based learning.

✓ PBIS in Practice™

Learn how to align your expanded learning program with your school's PBIS framework while creating consistent expectations, reinforcing positive behaviors, and building a supportive program culture.

✓ Choice Boards That Promote Equity

Transform homework time into a meaningful learning experience with ready-to-use choice boards that provide students with multiple ways to participate, engage, and succeed.

✓ Teaching Technology Tip™

Introduce students to responsible technology use through authentic projects such as social media marketing, digital storytelling, and media creation while promoting digital citizenship.

✓ Career-Connected Learning

Help students explore real-world careers by researching job responsibilities, education pathways, workplace skills, and salary information while connecting classroom learning to future opportunities.

✓ Youth Development Strategies

Build leadership, communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking through engaging experiences designed specifically for expanded learning programs.

✓ Research-Informed Practices

Understand the "why" behind effective expanded learning strategies through evidence-based practices grounded in child and youth development research.

✓ Download, Print & Go

Designed in a professional magazine format that is easy to download, print double-sided (back-to-back), and fold in half to create a polished resource for your expanded learning program.

Skills You'll Strengthen

✓ Project-Based Learning

✓ Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)

✓ Youth Development

✓ Career-Connected Learning

✓ Student Engagement & Motivation

✓ Technology Integration & Digital Citizenship

✓ Behavior Support Strategies

✓ Leadership Development

✓ Collaboration & Team Building

✓ Research-Informed Decision Making

✓ Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design

✓ Reflective Professional Practice