SHADES of Development

Our Mission:  Empowering happy kids with skills for life.

Our Vision:

Our vision is to provide Safe, Healthy, Adventures that Develop Essential Skills for lifelong learning and success for all school-age children in need of out-of-school time services.

Our Beliefs:
SHADES of Development believes that children learn and grow with every interaction they encounter during their waking hours of the day.  Afterschool time is a time to enhance learning, promote relationship building, and exercise conflict resolution techniques in a relaxed, nurturing and fun environment.  The SHADES Afterschool program bridges the school day and home life.  SHADES further believes that it is essential to create an environment of mutual respect where adults and children can share, laugh, and learn together by setting goals, communicating, developing trust and holding ourselves and each other accountable.  

Our Constitution:  I Refuse To Be Less!

This Constitution is grounded in the terms listed below.

Integrity

Respect

Teamwork

Balance

Leadership

SHADES of Development, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization created to provide afterschool and summer enrichment and care to children and families in the Knoxville area.  SHADES of Development was incorporated in August of 1995 and has been providing out-of-school-time programming, housed in Knox County Schools, since that date.  SHADES of Development currently provides afterschool programs in nine Knox County Schools serving approximately 500 children per day.