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Download full textThompson, Anne, Ed. – 2001
With a growing number of families with both parents in the workforce, there is a continuing struggle to find child care for school-age children during the out-of-school hours: before and after school, summers, and holidays. This report provides an overview of the need for school-age care in Arizona and highlights the state's major program…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Early Childhood Education, Latchkey Children, Needs Assessment
Hull, Jill; Osborne, Pat – 1990
With over half of mothers of school-age children in the labor force, there is a growing need for after-school child care. This paper describes an after-school program in a small Kansas elementary school. Of a total school enrollment of 270 students, 120 are enrolled in the after-school program. Activities include story telling, crafts, computers,…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
LeBuffe, James R.; Hargreaves, Sherran A. – 1999
Currently at least 5 million children--some estimates are as high as 15 million--are left unsupervised before or after school for 3 or more hours a day. In response to the problems of these latchkey children, many public schools are now developing some form of school-based or school-related before- and after-school child care programs. The purpose…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Ancillary School Services, Certification, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAlexander, Nancy P. – Young Children, 1986
Presents some of the major concerns and challenges faced by parents, employers, and the community as a whole in providing quality after-school (and summer) child care programs for elementary school-aged ("latchkey") children. Adequately trained staff and activities providing for children's physical, emotional, and social needs are important. (BB)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Ancillary School Services, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs
Popwell, Emma P. – 1991
This report describes the administrative structure and program design for an after-school program for school age children (aged between 5 and 13 years) in the 1990-91 school year in the Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools (APS). The program took policy and regulations from the pertinent Board of Education policy and guidelines and was administered by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Enrichment Activities
National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC. – 2000
Recognizing the importance of and need for high quality after-school care for 5- to 14-year-olds, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration commissioned a set of 9 School Age Care Technical Assistance Papers discussing the steps in designing high quality programs. This two-videotape set, based on those papers, provides guidance to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Caregiver Child Relationship, Childhood Needs, Children
