Many children are highly motivated by sports or other social
based after school programs.
Dozens of studies of afterschool programs repeatedly underscore the powerful impact of supporting a range of positive learning outcomes, including academic achievement, by affording children and youth opportunities to practice new skills through hands - on, experiential learning in project -
based after school programs.
Not exact matches
Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles —
based nonprofit provides
after -
school writing and drama
programs to underserved
schools and produces stage shows for the public.
Using Hong Kong as an example,
after the
Program launched, the average plant -
based meal order rate at all
schools soared from 4 % to 42 % in just one year.
Lennard's tour ended in 1976, but
after five months she returned to Korea and taught in a high
school equivalency
program at a U.S. Army
base for four months.
Based in Talladega, Alabama, the company offers ay care services, a pre-kindergarten education
program, and
after -
school care.
Many
after -
school programs will allow for «drop - ins,» who attend on a part - time or sporadic
basis.
The
programs include
after -
school care, summer camp, head start and preschool that promotes active learning through play -
based and child - initiated activities.
The
program includes neighborhood -
based after -
school and evening workshops for children and their families and facilitated museum visits.
With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from
school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition -
based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks
after -
school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking
program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.
SFI funded the expansion of the Pink and Dude Chefs, an evidence -
based after -
school cooking and nutrition
program developed by Cal Poly's STRIDE Center, to six sites in northern Santa Barbara County.
Modeled
after a
school -
based food pantry
program that Greater Chicago Food Depository officials visited in San Francisco two years ago, the «Healthy Kids Market» in Chicago is designed to take the stigma out of using a food pantry.
In addition to formula -
based aid, the Governor proposes $ 50 million in new competitive grants for prekindergarten,
after school programs, and other
programs.
These
programs include need -
based scholarships,
after -
school programs for under - served youth, in -
school arts education
programs, arts enrichment for Port Chester Head Start, a dance
program for people with Parkinson's Disease, and more.
If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement
programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step
programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in
after -
school and sports
programs sponsored by
schools and faith and community -
based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship
programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer
program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.
Cuomo is projecting a 3.8 percent increase for
school aid, which amounts to about $ 807 million, including formula -
based aid to districts and targeted funding streams for pre-kindergarten,
after -
school programs and merit incentives for teachers.
The
schools can use the funding for tutoring during the day, small group lessons
after school, Saturday academies or remediation materials and web -
based programs, the mayor said, in preparation for what are expected to be even harder 2011 tests.
Several speakers urged the board to give as much money as possible to Project MOST, an
after -
school program for youngsters based at Springs S
school program for youngsters
based at Springs
SchoolSchool.
Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool
programs —
programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. -
based After School Alliance.
The
After - School Corporation (TASC) is New York City - based non-profit working to change public policy and expand funding for after school prog
After -
School Corporation (TASC) is New York City - based non-profit working to change public policy and expand funding for after school pro
School Corporation (TASC) is New York City -
based non-profit working to change public policy and expand funding for
after school prog
after school pro
school programs.
In a perspective in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, Daniel Alford, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and assistant dean of Continuing Medical Education and director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain)
program at Boston University
School of Medicine (BUSM), recommends that prescriber education is the best approach to addressing the prescription opioid - misuse epidemic, allowing for individualized care on the
basis of a patient's needs
after a careful benefit - risk assessment.
How to Use Yoga in Various Settings: acute care, outpatient, pediatrics, long - term care, home car,
school -
based /
after school programs, adapted / regular physical education, athletics training, wellness populations, human services agencies, senior centers and aquatics.
Knox and surrounding counties About Blog YOKE Youth Ministries is a faith
based program connecting middle
school students with adult mentors through
after school clubs, camps, and special activities.
The William Penn Foundation, a Philadelphia -
based philanthropy, has awarded a three - year grant of nearly $ 300,000 to Foundations, Inc., a Moorestown, N.J. -
based nonprofit organization that provides
after -
school and skill - building
programs for youths in the Philadelphia community.
Instead, she is a volunteer teacher in an apprenticeship -
based curriculum administered by Citizen
Schools, the 13 - year - old Boston - based after - school program that today reaches 44 schools in seven states, including California, New York, and
Schools, the 13 - year - old Boston -
based after -
school program that today reaches 44
schools in seven states, including California, New York, and
schools in seven states, including California, New York, and Texas.
Jason S. Freeman has been appointed the director of the Coalition for Science
After School, an initiative run by the After - School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school prog
After School, an initiative run by the After - School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school pro
School, an initiative run by the
After - School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school prog
After -
School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school pro
School Corp., a New York - City
based nonprofit organization that works to improve
after - school prog
after -
school pro
school programs.
The
program is
based in an integrated learning approach developed by Ronnie Mae Weiss, director of the Bridging Project at the Harvard
After -
School Initiative (HASI).
The Regents» proposals,
based on a year - long study of the youth - unemployment problem in the state, included greater business and community involvement in the
schools; more
after -
school vocational
programs; and a greater emphasis on basic reading and mathematics skills...
Bowen, former teen coordinator at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley, won $ 18,000 from the Community Foundation of the Napa Valley
based on five grant proposals for educational
after -
school programs (such as dance and cooking classes) she helped local teens put together.
That was the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2004 that mandated that all US
schools had to use evidence -
based practices, and they put
after that period, there's been money put into rolling those out through a
program that is US $ 700 million... being spent on set
programs to try and help make that happen in
schools.
And as more adults — such as parents, teachers, and staff in community -
based programs — work together to address children's media literacy, a more comprehensive approach can evolve to address students» media literacy at home, in
school, and in
after -
school or summer
programs.
(The district offers an academically
based after -
school program for Title I students, which qualifies as supplemental services under NCLB.
After -
school programs can improve participants» literacy by providing intensive lessons several times a week and establishing strong bonds between instructors and participants, concludes a two - year study by New York City -
based Public / Private Ventures, a public - policy - research organization.
After several years of promoting individual
school -
based programs, ConnectEd has refocused its energy toward bringing entire districts into the fold in order to build stronger foundations for this reform.
In addition to the Afterschool Alliance, organizations like the YMCA of the USA and the Collaborative to Build
After School Systems (CBASS) reached out to Senate HELP Committee members to express concern over this language and the diminished role of community -
based organizations as partners in 21st CCLC
programs.
Schools began emphasizing social - emotional learning around 2011,
after an analysis of 213
school -
based programs teaching such skills found that they improved academic achievement by 11 percentile points.
After obtaining the information from participating private
schools, the Louisiana Department of Education reports, on an annual
basis, to the Louisiana Senate Committee on Education, the House Committee on Education, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, and individual legislators about various aspects of
program implementation.
School leaders and teachers should partner closely with the after school and summer programs on their campuses to maximize the additional learning time these programs provide, and capitalize on their inherent strengths and experience in delivering project - based lea
School leaders and teachers should partner closely with the
after school and summer programs on their campuses to maximize the additional learning time these programs provide, and capitalize on their inherent strengths and experience in delivering project - based lea
school and summer
programs on their campuses to maximize the additional learning time these
programs provide, and capitalize on their inherent strengths and experience in delivering project -
based learning.
This kind of project -
based learning, such as the building of the raft in the novel and the range of skills it promotes, are something our vast network of expanded learning
programs in California have been doing for many years in the
after school and summer
program hours.
The Washington, DC -
based Higher Achievement
program works with motivated, disadvantaged youth throughout the middle
school years, providing intensive academic instruction and other enrichment activities
after school and over the summer.
Spence's remarks, delivered October 22 at the annual fall awards ceremony of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), comes one month
after the announcement of the Ed
School's first new degree initiative in 73 years, a practice -
based doctoral
program that will bring together faculty from Harvard Graduate
School of Education, Harvard Kennedy
School, and Harvard Business
School to work with 25 candidates who will earn an Ed.L.D.
Expanded learning opportunities, such as «inter-sessions,» longer
school days,
after -
school programs, and longer
school years, should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low - income families are even less likely to complete high
school, says a report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington -
based...
This center will provide family -
based intervention
programs, an
after -
school program, and academic tutoring.
The
school system is in the early stages of a new
program to support current and potential
school -
based administrators throughout their whole journey because study
after study has shown that successful
schools have strong, dynamic principals at the helm.
It has used its magnet money to build an arts -
based curriculum, enrich its
after -
school programs and «make
school fun» for its 632 students.
We have seen time and time again that students struggle in
school when they do not have healthy food, quality health care, before /
after school care, quality early childhood
programs, a stable home, or a rich literacy -
based home environment — among other home -
based factors.
In addition, she worked at the American Association for the Advancement of Science on their
after -
school standards -
based science
program, Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth.
District -
based coaches were initially apprenticed, working with experienced
program staff to design workshops,
after -
school study groups, and summer institutes.
Few public
schools (district - run or charter) serving low - income neighborhoods have successfully implemented a project -
based STEAM
program coupled with in - and
after -
school enrichment that include sports (no football though), arts, and extracurricular clubs.
Improving teaching methods and fully coordinating our instructional
program requires that the full faculty be brought together on a regular and consistent
basis for study and planning In the past, teachers and administrators have tried to coordinate our
program of study and make instructional changes during
after school meetings, and over the summer without the participation of the entire faculty.