The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs, K-8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities / Edition 1

by Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412904421
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/08/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood, is Senior Program Advisor in the Office of Planning and Service Coordination at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. A policy analyst, she has worked in settings that range from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, her own consulting business, the American Association of School Administrators in Washington, D.C., and the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, OR. She is the author of seven books and over 100 articles on a wide variety of educational issues. Lockwood is a recipient of the Interpretive Scholarship Award of the American Educational Research Association, given for writing that connects research to practice. She has been an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, both at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. She holds a Ph D in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Foreword by Kent D. Peterson
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Why Afterschool Programs Are Necessary
2. Building Your Afterschool Program
3. Overcoming Common Obstacles
4. Profiles of Successful Principals and Programs
5. Evaluating Your Afterschool Program
6. Sustaining Your Afterschool Program
Appendix A. Resources for Afterschool Programs
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Lockwood looks at working with staff, students, parents, and the community to establish a strong program that is not only vital, but can be supported and maintained over time. "

Curriculum Connections

"A valuable tool for school administrators. It clearly outlines ways in which the connections between afterschool programs and the regular school day can be strengthened, and the ways afterschool programs can be implemented to increase the academic achievement of students. "

John C. Hughes

"Lockwood identifies a substantial resource in the effort to increase student learning. In this book she provides an enormously useful range of strategies to design, implement, and evaluate afterschool programs. Clearly written, well organized, and enormously practical, this volume should be in every school's professional library. "

Kent D. Peterson

"A timely addition to the literature as principals everywhere are struggling to meet district, state, and federal mandates. The examples accurately reflect the principal's role in school management, and the clear, step-by-step presentation is better than any book or planning guide I have read. "

Catherine H. Payne

"Lockwood identifies a substantial resource in the effort to increase student learning. In this book she provides an enormously useful range of strategies to design, implement, and evaluate afterschool programs. Clearly written, well organized, and enormously practical, this volume should be in every school's professional library. "

From the Foreword by Kent D. Peterson

"As a school principal, I can honestly say that this book fulfills a real need as we seek information and direction to create, develop, and implement effective and academically focused afterschool programs. "

Michele R. Dean