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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797463303321

Autore

Lockwood Anne Turnbaugh

Titolo

The principal's guide to afterschool programs, K-8 : extending student learning opportunities / / Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood ; foreword by Kent D. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9306-6

1-4522-9665-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

371.19

Soggetti

After-school programs - United States

Student activities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Why Afterschool Programs are Necessary ""; ""Principals and Afterschool Programs""; ""The Opportunity and the Mandate""; ""The New High-Stakes Climate: Building a Basis of Support""; ""Increasing Enrollments""; ""21st Century Community Learning Centers and Academics""; ""Changing or Creating a Program""; ""Engaged Learning Time""; ""Drawing Upon Existing Support and Building a New Base""; ""Making a Case for Academics""; ""Changing the Status Quo""

""Public and Student Expectations from Afterschool Time""""Chapter 2 - Building Your Afterschool Program""; ""First Steps""; ""Communicating with Staff about Teaching and Learning in the Afterschool Program""; ""Receiving Progress Reports""; ""Encouraging Professional Learning Communities""; ""High-Quality Professional Development""; ""Working with Parents and Community Members""; ""Engaged Learning""; ""Sound Leadership Strategies for Improved Student Proficiency Levels""; ""Not “The Same Thing, Only Louder�""; ""Leadership, Academic Achievement, and Afterschool Programs""

""The Afterschool Curriculum""""Starting the Program: Key Questions""; ""Chapter 3 - Overcoming Common Obstacles""; ""The Problem of



Myriad Goals""; ""The Issue of Qualified Staff""; ""The Hiring and Monitoring Process""; ""Hiring: Successful Practices""; ""Developing Staff Accountability""; ""Curriculum Materials and Other Resources""; ""Plans, Goals, and Implementation""; ""Planning for Program Sustainability""; ""Chapter 4 - Profiles of Successful Principals and Programs""; ""“If You Understand the Land, You Understand the Students�""; ""Pacific City: Collaborating for Success""

""A Program Built on Structure""""Chapter 5 - Evaluating Your Afterschool Program""; ""Hiring a Third-Party Evaluator""; ""Existing Evaluations: Strengths and Weaknesses""; ""Controversy Over Mathematica Findings""; ""The Harvard Family Research Project Evaluation Exchange""; ""RAND Adds to Mathematica Findings""; ""Standards for Afterschool Programs""; ""Chapter 6 - Sustaining Your Afterschool Program""; ""Beginning Your Plan""; ""Conclusion""; ""Resources for Afterschool Programs""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a step-by-step process for creating a sustainable afterschool program that incorporates a high-level curriculum, integrates standards, and improves achievement, particularly for students who are at risk.