ECE303FinalTheNeedforAfterSchoolPrograms

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Module 10 Final Project 1 The Need for After School Programs Anitra Schoonover National Louis University
Module 10 Final Project 2 After School Programs, Where You? Good afternoon ladies and gentleman, today I will be presenting a power point on the work I have been doing for an advocacy project for the need of afterschool programs. While the PowerPoint will hit the highlights I would let to go into more details on how my work during the last 6 weeks. Afterschool programs can help develop social, emotional, cognitive, and academics, reduce unsafe behaviors, encourage physical well-being, and provide a safe and reassuring environment for children and youth. “The research is clear: children in quality afterschool programs are more likely to come to school and stay in school, more likely to hand in their work and get better grades.” (Grant, 2011) In the area that I live in, there is no place for children to go if they have working parents. They may go to a child care provider, but what happens when they are too old to go or their parents cannot afford to pay for after school child care. By having options like an after school program, it will help reduce the stress and worry of the parents, along with helping the children in many different educational aspects. It would also provide more jobs in the area as well as getting the community involved in the children in the areas lives. By working with the school and the classroom teachers by filling out surveys prior to entering the program and then having them do the same survey prior to Christmas break to measure if there has been a change in the following areas, social functioning in social skills with classmates, their social conduct with classmates, as well as their academics, grades, task persistence, work ethic also behavioral problems in the classroom if there are more or less misconduct, substance use, aggression of the children participating in the after school program. This will track the progress of each child so we can collect the data on the progress or lack
Module 10 Final Project 3 thereof, which will give us the information we need to accommodate the children in the areas lacking. In addition, children and parents will use an online outcomes survey so they will be able to report the quality of their experiences at the programs in three important areas One, the quality of their connections they have made with program staff, how they felt with the interactions with classmates at the program, and if their interests and participation in the program activities. With the program using these reports given from the survey’s we will be able to assess how they are doing from the viewpoint of the children and parents who attend the program. I spoke with several different programs that I was able to use as a resources and work with. The afterschool programs that I spoke with were community based, privately funded or non for profit. Head Start programs service low income families, the hours of operations vary from what type of program you are going to. Full Day/Full year centers go 12 months a year Monday- Friday hours 7:30-5 and Part Day/Part Year go 8-12 or 12/4 Monday – Thursday, August 22nd to April 29th. The staff structure is a 10-2 ratio, and the classroom staff must have a minimum of a AAS in Early Childhood Education. The onsite administration is also the lead teacher, if the center has less than 50 children at a time, then there is an on Site Supervisor who is not in the classroom. The ages served are 3-5yrs old, they may not turn 6 in the program year. Creative Curriculum is the curriculum is used. My personal opinion is the program is great at offering not only an education, but resources to the entire family. I have worked for this program in every possible position but Lead Teacher. I am currently an on-site Site Supervisor. I believe the required education for the education sets them apart from others, not many require a formal education.
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