The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs K-8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities
Build a strong afterschool program that increases learning while incorporating standards!

Research shows that participation in structured afterschool programs holds huge benefits for children’s academic and social development. But how can school principals create programs that help maximize student proficiency? This book holds the answers.

Based on an AASA/Mott Foundation study, this concise yet comprehensive guidebook offers a step-by-step process to help principals and administrators build a successful and sustainable afterschool program. The author discusses how to integrate standards and incorporate a high-level curriculum and provides profiles of programs that have improved achievement, particularly for students who are at risk. School leaders will find checklists, planning worksheets, evaluation tools, and surveys, plus guidelines for:

• Developing a parent and community base of support
• Hiring staff and obtaining volunteers
• Getting funding and grants
• Collecting and evaluating program data

This book will help school leaders identify the most effective ways to structure afterschool programs. The author shows how to avoid common problems and demonstrates through examples that, by working closely with staff and the community, it’s possible to raise student proficiency levels and cultivate academic success.
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The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs K-8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities
Build a strong afterschool program that increases learning while incorporating standards!

Research shows that participation in structured afterschool programs holds huge benefits for children’s academic and social development. But how can school principals create programs that help maximize student proficiency? This book holds the answers.

Based on an AASA/Mott Foundation study, this concise yet comprehensive guidebook offers a step-by-step process to help principals and administrators build a successful and sustainable afterschool program. The author discusses how to integrate standards and incorporate a high-level curriculum and provides profiles of programs that have improved achievement, particularly for students who are at risk. School leaders will find checklists, planning worksheets, evaluation tools, and surveys, plus guidelines for:

• Developing a parent and community base of support
• Hiring staff and obtaining volunteers
• Getting funding and grants
• Collecting and evaluating program data

This book will help school leaders identify the most effective ways to structure afterschool programs. The author shows how to avoid common problems and demonstrates through examples that, by working closely with staff and the community, it’s possible to raise student proficiency levels and cultivate academic success.
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The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs K-8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities

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

by Anne Turnbaugh
The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs K-8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities

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

by Anne Turnbaugh

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Build a strong afterschool program that increases learning while incorporating standards!

Research shows that participation in structured afterschool programs holds huge benefits for children’s academic and social development. But how can school principals create programs that help maximize student proficiency? This book holds the answers.

Based on an AASA/Mott Foundation study, this concise yet comprehensive guidebook offers a step-by-step process to help principals and administrators build a successful and sustainable afterschool program. The author discusses how to integrate standards and incorporate a high-level curriculum and provides profiles of programs that have improved achievement, particularly for students who are at risk. School leaders will find checklists, planning worksheets, evaluation tools, and surveys, plus guidelines for:

• Developing a parent and community base of support
• Hiring staff and obtaining volunteers
• Getting funding and grants
• Collecting and evaluating program data

This book will help school leaders identify the most effective ways to structure afterschool programs. The author shows how to avoid common problems and demonstrates through examples that, by working closely with staff and the community, it’s possible to raise student proficiency levels and cultivate academic success.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781632200976
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 01/13/2015
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 3 MB

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. She holds a PhD in Education Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Foreword Kent D. Peterson ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

About the Author xvii

1 Why Afterschool Programs Are Necessary 1

Principals and Afterschool Programs 3

The Opportunity and the Mandate 3

The New High-Stakes Climate: Building a Basis of Support 5

Increasing Enrollments 6

21st Century Community Learning Centers and Academics 7

Changing or Creating a Program 9

Engaged Learning Time 9

Drawing Upon Existing Support and Building a New Base 10

Making a Case for Academics 11

Changing the Status Quo 12

Public and Student Expectations From Afterschool Time 14

2 Building Your Aftershcool Program 17

First Steps 19

Communicating With Staff About Teaching and Learning in the Afterschool Program 21

Receiving Progress Reports 23

Encouraging Professional Learning Communities 24

High-Quality Professional Development 25

Working With Parents and Community Members 25

Engaged Learning 26

Sound Leadership Strategies for Improved Student Proficiency Levels 27

Not "The Same Thing, Only Louder" 28

Leadership, Academic Achievement, and Afterschool Programs 29

The Afterschool Curriculum 29

Starting the Program: Key Questions 30

3 Overcoming Common Obstacles 33

The Problem of Myriad Goals 35

The Issue of Qualified Staff 36

The Hiring and Monitoring Process 38

Hiring: Successful Practices 40

Developing Staff Accountability 42

Curriculum Materials and Other Resources 43

Plans, Goals, and Implementation 45

Planning for Program Sustainability 47

4 Profiles of Successful Principals and Programs 49

"If You Understand the Land, You Understand the Students" 49

Pacific City: Collaborating for Success 55

A Program Built on Structure 62

5 Evaluating Your Afterschool Program 69

Hiring a Third-Party Evaluator 79

Existing Evaluations: Strengths and Weaknesses 81

Controversy Over Mathematica Findings 82

The Harvard Family Research Project Evaluation Exchange 86

RAND Adds to Mathematica Findings 87

Standards for Afterschool Programs 89

6 Sustaining Your Afterschool Program 91

Beginning Your Plan 92

Conclusion 106

Resources for Afterschool Programs 107

References 113

Index 115

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