The Principal's Guide to Afterschool Programs, K-8

Informationen zum Autor Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood, is Senior Program Advisor in the Office of Planning and Service Coordination at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. A policy analyst, she has worked in settings that range from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her own consulting business, the American Association of School Administrators in Washington, D.C., and the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, OR. She is the author of seven books and over 100 articles on a wide variety of educational issues. Lockwood is a recipient of the Interpretive Scholarship Award of the American Educational Research Association, given for writing that connects research to practice. She has been an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext Provides a step-by-step process for creating a sustainable afterschool program that incorporates a high-level curriculum, integrates standards, and improves achievement, particularly for students who are at risk. Zusammenfassung Provides a step-by-step process for creating a sustainable afterschool program that incorporates a high-level curriculum! integrates standards! and improves achievement! particularly for students who are at risk. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Foreword by Kent D. Peterson Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Why Afterschool Programs Are Necessary 2. Building Your Afterschool Program 3. Overcoming Common Obstacles 4. Profiles of Successful Principals and Programs 5. Evaluating Your Afterschool Program 6. Sustaining Your Afterschool Program Appendix A. Resources for Afterschool Programs References Index ...

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Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood, is Senior Program Advisor in the Office of Planning and Service Coordination at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. A policy analyst, she has worked in settings that range from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her own consulting business, the American Association of School Administrators in Washington, D.C., and the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, OR. She is the author of seven books and over 100 articles on a wide variety of educational issues. Lockwood is a recipient of the Interpretive Scholarship Award of the American Educational Research Association, given for writing that connects research to practice. She has been an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Provides a step-by-step process for creating a sustainable afterschool program that incorporates a high-level curriculum, integrates standards, and improves achievement, particularly for students who are at risk.

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List of Tables
Foreword by Kent D. Peterson
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author

1. Why Afterschool Programs Are Necessary
2. Building Your Afterschool Program
3. Overcoming Common Obstacles
4. Profiles of Successful Principals and Programs
5. Evaluating Your Afterschool Program
6. Sustaining Your Afterschool Program
   Appendix A. Resources for Afterschool Programs
   References
   Index