Management and coordination of community learning centers is vital to its success. Educators, especially those in supervisory roles, can engage in capacity building activities for their learning centers. Local state educational agencies offer on-site, telephone or email consultations to educators who wish to strengthen their CCLC programs. Customized training and technical assistance from these agencies are concerned largely with capacity-building activities, such as organizing effective homework centers, and day-to-day management of the center.
Acquiring training on the best practices of evaluation is an important aspect of professional development. After-school educators can access online or on-site trainings that enable them to address the academic and social-emotional needs of youth and children in their learning centers and to improve the quality of their programs. Such training also focuses on methods of evaluation in the classroom. Evaluating student outcomes and progress is an important requirement for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Webinars are increasingly effective tools for educators to acquire resources for professional development. Resources include PowerPoint presentations, virtual roundtable discussions and follow-up consultations after the sessions. Webinars on instructional strategies are activities that enhance the educator's capacity to organize instructions so as to improve student learning. This is especially important if students are to meet the proficiency requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act.
Roundtables and conferences are effective platforms for professional development. Private and public organizations engaged in CCLC programs usually organize such events for educators. These events offer networking opportunities and professional development activities aimed at generating ideas to improve the quality of the program. CCLC conferences focus on topics concerning educational policy and field advocacy for different aspects of the CCLC program, such as Family Literacy and Quality Environments for Youth.