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A Resource Guide for Planning and Operating Afterschool Programs
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Integrating K-12 and Afterschool Programs

This section includes 7 resources on developing connections between K-12 education and afterschool programs. These materials provide information on building relationships with school personnel and on extending the learning opportunities in afterschool programs.

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Home, School, and Community Partnerships
Larry E. Decker and Virginia A. Decker
This book assists educational leaders, teachers, family members, and community advocates in creating and maintaining home-school-community partnerships. The authors present ideas and strategies for engaging people—whether they are individuals, agencies, businesses, or organizations—in partnerships with schools. Specifically, the book examines the principles and strategies for building family and community partnerships, the essential role of communities in supporting schools, school-community collaborations, the political realities of school partnerships, school safety and crisis management and its impact on partnerships, and ways to plan and evaluate your own comprehensive home-school-community partnership. The appendix includes contact information and Web sites organized by content area as additional resources. (284 pages)
© 2003
Print$32.95
Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group
4501 Forbes Blvd., Ste. 200
Lanham, MD 20706
Phone: 800-462-6420
Fax: 717-794-3803
Web: http://www.rowmaneducation.com

Leading After-School Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do (New)
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Principals have a key opportunity to share in the development of a successful afterschool program. Another edition in the Leading Learning Communities series, Leading After- School Learning Communities is an excellent resource for principals who strive to enrich the afterschool experience. This resource offers a new perspective on the purpose of afterschool, encouraging principals and collaborators to reinvent programs to focus on creative, productive supplementary activities. In addition, the guide provides suggestions for how to implement such programs, how to involve the community and culture of the school, and how to evaluate the current and future effectiveness of afterschool programs. The information is practical and clear and encourages a broad vision of afterschool success. (114 pages)
© 2006
Print$26.95
National Association of Elementary School Principals
1615 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
Phone: 800-38-NAESP
Fax: 800-39-NAESP
Web: http://www.naesp.org

Learning In and Out of School in Diverse Environments (New)
James A. Banks, Kathryn H. Au, Arnetha F. Ball, Philip Bell, Edmund W. Gordon, Kris D. GutiĊ½rrez, Shirley Brice Heath, Carol D. Lee, Yuhshi Lee, Jabari Mahiri, Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Guadalupe Valdés, and Min Zhou
The researchers involved in this report developed a set of four principles that educational practitioners, policymakers, and future researchers could use to understand and build on the learning that occurs in the homes and community cultures of diverse students with the hope that the achievement gap between marginalized students and mainstream students can be reduced. There are four parts of this report. Part 1 describes the educational implications of significant changes related to demographics and globalization that are occurring in the United States and around the world. Part 2 describes life-long, life-wide, and life-deep learning and states why these concepts should guide learning inside and outside of schools and other educational institutions. Part 3 focuses on the four principles. Part 4 includes conclusions and recommendations. (36 pages)
© 2007
Print$12.00
Web Resourcehttp://depts.washington.edu/centerme/LEARNING%20LIFE%20REPORT.pdf
LIFE Center
University of Washington
210 Miller, Box 353600
Seattle, WA 98195-3600
Phone: 206-616-4480
Web: http://www.life-slc.org

Links to Learning: Supporting Learning in Out-of-School Time Programs
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
This video describes the role that afterschool programs play in contributing to children's learning and overall development. Research has identified the following as necessary to succeed in today's economy: literacy and numeracy, written and oral communication skills, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, knowledge of and comfort with technology, and the ability to work with diverse groups of people. After introducing the viewer to these skills, the video shows many afterschool programs that are implementing them in their daily activities. With these examples, the video helps the viewer tie the research concepts discussed on the tape to everyday afterschool programming. (12 minutes)
© 2003
Video$20.00
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College
106 Central St.
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: 781-283-2547
Fax: 781-283-3657
Web: http://www.niost.org

More Than Homework, a Snack, and Basketball: Afterschool Programs as an Oasis of Hope for Black Parents in Four Cities (New)
Gerald Robinson and Leslie Fenwick
This resource reports the results of a study about Black parents who have children enrolled in an afterschool program. Four general themes emerged from the parent responses: barriers to afterschool programs, parents' knowledge of afterschool programs, the quality of afterschool programs, and the power of focus groups. Findings of this study include what Black parents believe is the purpose of an afterschool program, what they expect from an afterschool program, what they think makes an afterschool program weak or strong, and what activities their children like and dislike. (12 pages)
© 2007
Web Resourcehttp://www.scoter.baeo.org/news_multi_media/mottSummary.pdf
Black Alliance for Educational Options
1710 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Floor 12
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-429-2236
Fax: 202-429-2237
Web: http://www.baeo.org

Quality Time After School: What Instructors Can Do to Enhance Learning (New)
Jean Grossman, Margo Campbell, and Becca Raley
This resource examines what makes afterschool activities engaging, detailing key characteristics linked to youth engagement and learning and providing instructors with a road map for how to create successful learning environments. The authors explore what conditions lead youth to want to attend the activity, what aspects of an afterschool activity engage youth, and what conditions lead youngsters to feel they have learned in an activity. (64 pages)
© 2007
Print$7.50
Web Resourcehttp://www.ppv.org/ppv/youth/youth_publications.asp?section_id=8#pub217
Public/Private Ventures
2000 Market St., Ste. 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-557-4400
Fax: 202-557-4469
Web: http://www.ppv.org

The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs, K–8: Extending Student Learning Opportunities (New)
Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood
This book discusses how principal leaders can maximize student academic proficiency through afterschool programs, particularly for students most at risk of academic failure. Using a step-by-step process, the book guides principals through creating a successful afterschool program focused on achievement. It includes information on integrating standards, developing a parent and community base of support, hiring staff and obtaining volunteers, getting funding and grants, and collecting and evaluating program data. In addition, profiles of successful principals and programs and resources such as checklists, planning worksheets, evaluation tools, and surveys make this book very practical. (121 pages)
© 2008
Print$24.95
Corwin Press
2455 Teller Rd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Phone: 800-233-9936
Fax: 800-417-2466
Web: http://www.corwinpress.com


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