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The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs, K-8

Extending Student Learning Opportunities

By: Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood

Foreword by Kent D. Peterson

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

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 covers integrating standards and incorporating 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

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Grade Level: K-8
ISBN: 9781412904421
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 144
Publication date: March 07, 2014

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"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

"This book 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, Principal, Public School 48, Bronx, NY

"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, Principal, W.R. Farrington High School, Honolulu, HI

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

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

Key features

Profiles of schools with programs that have improved student achievement
Checklists, planning worksheets, evaluation tools, and surveys

Author(s)

Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood

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 PhD 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

Reviews

"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, Principal
Montalvo Elementary School, Ventura, CA

"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, Principal
W.R. Farrington High School, Honolulu, HI

"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, Principal
Public School 48, Bronx, NY

"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

"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, Spring 2008
School Library Journal

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