Madison-area Out-of-School Time (MOST)
MOST is a citywide collaboration between the Madison Metropolitan School District, the City of Madison, Dane County and 40 different youth serving organizations to help close Madison’s opportunity gap by ensuring that all Madison’s children have access to comprehensive, high-quality out-of-school time programs that will support positive youth development, educational achievement, and/or career, college, and community readiness.
Looking for after school and summer programs for your child? MOST (Madison-area Out-of-School Time) is making that easier with their “one-stop-shop” online program finder. No matter what your budget is or where you live in the Madison area, you can find just the right program for your child, from kindergarten through high school, from homework help to karate or art classes.
With just a few clicks, the program finder can help you make the most of your child’s or teen’s time out-of-school. You’ll be able to search for programs by grade, distance from where you live or the type of program you’re looking for, as well as about ten other searchable criteria. Start your search at www.mostmadison.org and let your child dream, explore and discover their passions.
MOST Vision
All students deserve access to high quality after school programs. A large-scale analysis of 8,000 MMSD students that participate in OST shows that the more students participate, the better their school GPA and engagement is.
MOST works towards our vision by:
- Improving workforce conditions in afterschool through training, a paid fellowship, and cash stipends for staff
- Advocating for increased funds for programs to serve more kids more affordably
- Building connections across the field to coordinate and collaborate better
- Collecting data about the field as a whole and using that data to tell the story and continuously improve
The MOST Information System (MIS)
The MIS is a web-based data management system offered free-of-charge to all OST providers! It provides a simple, streamlined way to manage participants, track attendance, and document progress across programs, services and sites.
Benefits of using the MIS:
- Repurpose staff time previously spent on paperwork
- Fast, efficient, tailored attendance-taking workflows
- Quickly gain quality participant data
- Fast, efficient, tailored attendance-taking workflows
- More precise data for reporting needs
- Link to MMSD student data through Infinite Campus
- Improve evaluation and outcomes work
- Robust reporting capabilities for any audience
- Local, friendly, ongoing support and training as needed
For a demo or more information, contact gbsnyder@madison.k12.wi.us or nbeck@cityofmadison.com.
MOST is a citywide collaboration between the Madison Metropolitan School District, the City of Madison, Dane County and 40 different youth serving organizations to help close Madison’s opportunity gap by ensuring that all Madison’s children have access to comprehensive, high-quality out-of-school time programs that will support positive youth development, educational achievement, and/or career, college, and community readiness.