What is Alberta Active After School?
Alberta Active After School began as a community of practice, managed by a provincial committee of after-school leaders and open to all stakeholders working in this field. Together, we developed the Provincial Activity Guidelines for After-School Programs in Alberta, launched in 2018, to support quality physical activity in the after-school time period. While the community of practice and committee are no longer formally active, Ever Active continues to host this site to share the guidelines and the resources and training that support their implementation.
About Alberta Active After School
The after-school time period is a particularly important time in children and youths’ lives. These after-school hours can often be a critical time where children and youth can be without adult supervision due to the school and work day times not lining up. By providing an opportunity for children and youth to engage in physically active and supportive after-school programs, there is a great opportunity to positively impact their health, well-being and safety.
In the fall of 2016, the committee worked to draft and pilot a set of activity guidelines for the province, based on guidelines from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia. These guidelines (Provincial Guidelines for After-School Programs in Alberta) were officially launched in the fall of 2018.
Based on feedback from the pilot, and through the launch of these guidelines, the Alberta Active After School Community of Practice was born. Check out the resources available on this website to learn more about the guidelines and how to put them into practice.
This work was previously funded by the Tourism and Recreation Division of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and by Makadiff Sports.
