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Afterschool Matters

Creative Programs That Connect Youth Development and Student Achievement

By: Sara L. Hill

Foreword by Glynda A. Hull

Create an out-of-school time program that bridges enrichment activities and academics!

Contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of out-of-school time provide concrete models that demonstrate how to help youth who are struggling academically and how to support their overall development. Editor Sara Hill brings together a range of projects grounded in student interests to enhance multiple student competencies. Embracing the social, artistic, civic, emotional, and intellectual growth of students, this book:

Aligns learning standards with youth development principles
Provides quality program models from experts in the field
Addresses the challenges and successes in designing and sustaining afterschool activities

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412941242
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 144
Publication date: October 10, 2007

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"Exemplifies good teaching that might occur anywhere—not just after school. The author presents sound educational endeavors that respond sensitively and inventively to children's interests, needs, and predilections but extend their knowledge, skills, and understanding into new domains."
—From the Foreword by Glynda A. Hull

"Tackles the issue of the place of afterschool programs in raising student achievement and warns that it is unwise to solely create another layer of school. Afterschool programs also have to have an element of FUN."
—Paul Young, Executive Director
West After School Center, Inc.

Create an out-of-school time program that bridges enrichment activities and academics!

School leaders and afterschool specialists recognize that successful afterschool programs rely on achieving a balance between academic and enrichment activities.

With contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of out-of-school time, Afterschool Matters provides concrete models that demonstrate how to help youth who are struggling academically and how to support them in their overall development. Editor Sara Hill brings together a range of projects grounded in student interests to enhance multiple student competencies. Embracing the social, artistic, civic, emotional, and intellectual growth of students, this volume:

Aligns learning standards with youth development principles
Provides quality program models from experts in the field
Addresses the challenges and successes in designing and sustaining afterschool activities

Supported by The Robert Bowne Foundation, a leading funder of afterschool programs, this guidebook can help you create, revise, or improve your local program.

Key features

Up-to-date research and quality strategies from afterschool program experts
Bridges the efforts in school and outside of school to support standards-based learning and cultivating learner-centered critical thinking
Aligns youth development principles to sound afterschool activities
Offers implementation steps for each activity presented

Author(s)

Sara L. Hill

Sara Hill, EdD, has worked in community-based education for 20 years. She has conducted research at community-based youth programs, both in the U.S. as well as internationally, and published several articles in the areas of literacy, youth development and community-based education. She received her MEd from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her EdD from Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Introduction

1. The Science Mentoring Project: How Student-to-Student Mentoring Can Encourage Student Motivation, Participation, and Inquiry

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

2. In Addition Afterschool Mathematics Program: Helping Students Learn to Think Critically

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

3. Civic Connections: Practicing Democracy Through Debate Clubs in the Out-of-School Time Hours

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

4. So You Want to Be a Superhero? How the Art of Making Comics in an Afterschool Setting Develops Young People’s Creativity, Literacy, and Identity

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

5. Hair-Raising Experiences: “Doing Hair” and Literacy in an Afterschool Reading and Writing Workshop for African American Adolescent Girls

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

6. Fabulous Fashions: Links to Learning and Life

Introduction

Theoretical Framework

Program Context and Design

Academic Standards

Youth Development

Other Benefits and Competencies

Summary

Replication in Other Contexts

References

Index

Reviews

"Does a nice job of explaining the need for afterschool programs and how to work with schools and school personnel to make such programs successful. The book is very practical and useful and the authors offer great ideas and strategies to help readers get moving and take action."

Darin S. Drill, Principal
Cascade High School, Turner, OR

"Lots of great nuts-and-bolts suggestions, helpful references, and suggestions on resources."

Joseph Cronin, President
EDVISORS

"There is a good balance of content across the curriculum. Students who participated in these programs clearly learned a great deal and would be able to transfer these skills to the classroom. The coverage is solid and very detailed."

Jane Kerschner, Director of School Programs and Development
The Ophelia Project®

"As a director of an afterschool program, I found the unique aspects of these programs to be useful. The contributors tackle the issue of the place of afterschool programs in raising student achievement and warn that it is unwise to solely create another layer of school. Afterschool programs also have to have an element of FUN."

Paul Young, Executive Director
West After School Center, Inc.

"The descriptions in this book exemplify good teaching such as might occur anywhere—not just afterschool. We are presented with sound educational endeavors that respond sensitively and inventively to children’s interests, needs, and predilections, but extend their knowledge, skills, and understanding into new domains."

From the Foreword by Glynda A. Hull

"Discusses how to develop creative youth programs and is a 'must' in a learning environment where afterschool enrichment possibilities have blossomed."

California Bookwatch, December 2007
Midwest Book Review

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