In addition to its partnership with PUSD, WINGS serves more than 1,100 students from vulnerable communities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through a direct - service
afterschool program model of their research - based curriculum led by college students, known as WINGSLeaders.
This brief examines the high - quality
afterschool program model and the goals of the extended school day movement, seeking to identify the role the
afterschool program model can play in informing the implementation of a quality extended day initiative.
Not exact matches
An American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) publication looked at the overlap of
afterschool programs and competency - based learning
models.
Two years ago, Emeryville's neighbor Oakland, a larger, more troubled school district, adopted the
model, turning 27 neighborhood schools into community hubs by adding
afterschool programs, asthma - mobiles, farmer's markets, adult literacy classes and free Dad's clubs.
The success of the
program motivated Council Grove high school students to expand «Power Up Clubs» into summer healthy - activity day camps, and the
program has become a
model for rural
afterschool programs across the state (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network, n.d.).
These new
program models and standards, coupled with additional funding for
programs such as the federal
afterschool meal
program, have given communities new tools in the quest to keep our kids healthy for life.
Many of the projects we pulled from did not answer our questions or implement the CASEL structure exactly, but usually had information on some component of either the effectiveness of
afterschool programs, social and behavioral curriculum, or active engagement with students that we could then conceptually connect with the
model we were highlighting.
For this reason, we believe that
afterschool programs should abide by the CASEL framework: structured and operated according to the SAFE
model, with emphasis on at least one component of the CASEL competency clusters of self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, responsible decision - making, or relationship skills.