Explore bite-sized tools built for the busy facilitator! The QIPs library provides quick tips to refine your instructional techniques, support a positive culture, and enhance your preparation. Facilitate with confidence and elevate the experience for you and your youth.
3E Framework: Explore, Engage, Equip
After-School All-Stars' 3E curricular framework (Explore, Engage, Equip) scaffolds teaching and learning for both staff and students, providing guided pathways for active learning.QIP
Build Connection Before Content
Students learn best in supportive communities of peers and adults. Establish your learning environment as a space of belonging and positive relationships before diving in to other lessons.QIP
Building Spaces & Strategies for Sharing for Grades 3-5
What an exciting age to engage our students at!QIP
Building Spaces & Strategies for Sharing for Grades K-2
It takes a special person to be able to work with the littlest students!QIP
Cardboard Connections
Having trouble putting cardboard pieces together? Cardboard Connections make it easier!QIP
Creating Group Norms
An important first step to establishing a compassionate, trusting, and inclusive learning environment is developing group norms.QIP
Framing Learning with a Focus Question
Want to make the most of your investigation? Find out how to focus your students’ learning around a key question.QIP
Getting Started with Active Kids and Minds: Part 1 Introduction
Before you begin the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness program, first follow these Quality Instructional Practices for important reminders, safety guides, and recommendations for modifications.QIP
Getting Started with Active Kids and Minds: Part 2 Program Structure
The Functional Fitness program from Active Kids and Minds delivers thoughtful physical fitness activities to your program. This Pro Tip will introduce you to the program structure and skills.QIP
Getting Started with Active Kids and Minds: Part 3 Tips & Tricks
In these Quality Instructional Practices you will find a wide range of tips to refer back to throughout the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness Modules.QIP
Harnessing Curiosity: Lingering Questions and Next Steps
How can you capitalize on student curiosity generated by a learning experience? Here you'll find guidance on harnessing lingering questions, and get advice for determining next steps.QIP
How to Harvest Dahlias for Long, Healthy Stems
Harvesting dahlias with long, strong stems not only improves the quality of your flower arrangements, it also encourages the plant to continue producing more blooms.QIP
How to Pack-Up & Store Dahlia Tubers Over Winter (in cool regions)
After the frost turns your dahlias brown, and you cut back the stems, and dig up the tubers, it’s time to store them for winter. Storing them properly helps ensure healthy blooms for next spring.QIP
How to Protect Dahlias From Frost
Dahlia plants are sensitive to frost, but with a little care, you can protect your blooms and extend the season.QIP
How to Read a Seed Catalogue, with Farmer Steph
Reading seed catalogues is a key skill for every grower. They help growers make informed decisions about what to grow, when to start, and how to support a seed’s growing needs.QIP
Making 'The 1619 Project' Accessible for Younger Learners
Explore entry points and strategies for engaging younger students in learning about 1619.QIP
Material Exploration: Flutes and Corrugation
Let’s talk about Flutes! Cardboard flutes, not musical flutes, and what they do for the material we love to work with.QIP
Mindful Strategies for Leading Difficult Conversations
Mindfulness skills can support students in feeling safe as they engage with new content and their peers. Use these tips to navigate difficult conversations and the emotions that arise from them.QIP
Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.
Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.