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Surr, Wendy – Afterschool Matters, 2012
This article describes a new paradigm for accountability that envisions afterschool programs as learning organizations continually engaged in improving quality. Nearly 20 years into the era of results-based accountability, a new generation of afterschool accountability systems is emerging. Rather than aiming to test whether programs have produced…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Environment, After School Education, After School Programs
Afterschool Alliance, 2014
After the school bell rings, young people are learning, exploring, making and questioning. Afterschool programs have long influenced students' personal development and supported their social and emotional growth. Today, the afterschool field has enthusiastically embraced STEM as an integral part of their educational offerings. This handout…
Descriptors: After School Programs, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Hall, Georgia – 2002
This brief is the first in a series featuring promising practices in city-wide after-school initiatives, with a focus at the infrastructure level, focusing on the infrastructure representing the underlying elements or framework that hold a system or initiative together. The brief identifies practices to support the public relations function and…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions
Oakman, Cheryl B.; Yanoff, Shelly D.; Raines, Bonnie; Fynes, Steven E. – 2001
As the need for providing youth with positive, constructive, and supervised after-school opportunities is increasingly recognized, advocates and policymakers face the challenge of funding quality, affordable, accessible youth development programs that meet the needs of working families and enrich learning and social development for youth.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs, Change Agents
Bouffard, Suzanne; Little, Priscilla M. D. – 2003
Noting that most evaluations of out-of-school (OST) programs have examined the programs as a whole without taking into account the specific activities offered, this issue of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" surveys the range of activities being implemented in OST settings across the country to better understand and promote…
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1972
The document seeks to identify the issues, programs, and resources most relevant to Youth Development Programs (YDPs) engaged in education programs. YDPs, under the direction of the Office of Economic Opportunity, are designed to help disadvantaged youth while involving them in establishing and operating youth councils and various program…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Surr, Wendy Boynton; Noonan, Anne; Malecka, Christina; Hall, Georgia – After School Issues, 2002
This document is comprised of 7 issues of a newsletter for the 25 leaders of citywide after-school initiatives in major cities across the United States who comprise the Cross-Cities Network for Leaders of Citywide After-School Initiatives, funded through the National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Each issue of the newsletter provides…
Descriptors: Accountability, After School Education, After School Programs, Child Advocacy
Halpern, Robert – 2003
Noting that after-school programs are becoming an important developmental support for low- and moderate-income families and their children, this book describes the historical development of these programs, their current status, and critical issues facing after-school programs. Divided into historical eras, the book examines: (1) the evolution of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs, Childhood Needs
Betts, J. David – Afterschool Matters, 2003
More than three million children in the United States participate in some type of after school program (National Study, 1993) offering wide-ranging benefits to children, their families and the community (Pederson, et al, 1998). After school programs of many descriptions provide responsible adult supervision for youth, constructive activities and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, After School Education, After School Programs, Art Education