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Welcome to
The Global Extended Learning and Youth Development Association
(GELYDA)
Scholarship, Evidence Based Practice and Policy of Development, Learning and Well-Being
The Global Extended Learning and Youth Development Association (GELYDA-pronounced GELIDA) is a new international membership organization dedicated to understanding, supporting, and improving expanded opportunities for learning, development, and thriving in schools, afterschool and summer programs, and communities.
Extended learning and development is an essential educational, public health and public safety concern, a fact that should bring it to the fore of policy, practice and research in every locality, country, and global community.
Check out the first edition of Extensions: The Workforce Edition below!
Check out the keynote address from Andreas Schleicher below!
GELYDA was honored to host Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at our 2025 international conference The Science and Practice of Extended Learning, Youth Development and Wellbeing at the University of Iceland School of Education (June 11th-13th). Please enjoy his engaging presentation and Q&A session moderated by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s former Prime Minister and former Minister of Education, Science, and Culture.
The GELYDA Biannual Conference
The GELYDA Steering Committee is pleased to announce the Association’s next in-person conference in Seoul, South Korea in Summer 2025. Please stay tuned for more information and details to come soon.
November Webinar
Extended Education Staff: The People Who Make Programs for Youth Creative and Effective
Empowering the Workforce for Impact
Please join us for a dynamic one-hour panel discussion on November 5th, 2025 8am to 9am ET on the future of the extended education workforce. Building off our first Extensions magazine edition and together with
international field experts, we’ll explore critical questions around properly supporting extended education staff and the evolving role of “lay people” in supporting programming. Furthermore we will address how out-of-school time programs can build essential workforce skills in professionals as well as the young people they support to promote future readiness.
Panelists from Australia, South Africa, Germany and the United States will examine these important topics.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping the future of extended learning. Please register for the event by clicking on the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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The webinar will be recorded and shared out with all registrants to work with all timezones. ​​
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