Bridging the School Day with Afterschool

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Bridging the School Day with Afterschool

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• Kenosha Unified School District No. 1

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Presenters

• 21st Century Community Learning Center Project
  Director for Kenosha Unified School District
  Lautauscha Shell, MSW
• Afterschool Academic Coordinator and Second Grade
  teacher at Edward Bain School Of Language and Art
  Frances Chatman

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The 5 Ws

• What does Bridging the school day with
  Afterschool actually mean?
• Why should we bridge the school day with
  Afterschool?
• When is the optimal time to create the bridge?
• Who can effectively bridge the school day with
  Afterschool?
• Where should this bridging occur?

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How do you build a bridge?
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What does Bridge the school day with
afterschool actually mean?

• Reimagining what the school day looks for the
  skill set of the 21st Century
• Learning is always occurring
• Afterschool resembles the regular school day

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Why bridge the school day with afterschool?

• Studies on afterschool programs
• Reinforce, build and advance skills
• WI State Standards
• Coordination of resources
• Sustainability
• Continuity

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When is the optimal time to create the bridge?

• Beginning of the year?
• During the school year?
• End of the school year?
• Year around effort?
• Answer..

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When is the optimal time to create the
bridge?Anytime!!!
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Who can effectively bridge the school day with
afterschool?

• Federal Level Policy Makers
• State Level State Entities (WAN)
• District Level- CLC Project Director
• Site Level - Site and Academic Coordinators
• Afterschool Workers

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Where should this bridging occur?

• Bridging should occur in the actual school and in
  the community.
• What about afterschool programs that
• are not located within schools?

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In order to Create a BridgeYoull Need

• People
• Places
• Things

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Checklist

• There is a checklist on each of the tables. On
  that checklist, please mark the things you are
  currently doing to bridge your program. (Green)
• Items that you have considered and work well for
  your program (Yellow)
• All the things that you think are totally
  impossible for you to do in your afterschool
  programs. (Red)

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Bridging the School Day with Afterschool -
People

• District Consultants
• Principals
• Certified Teachers
• Academic Coordinators
• School Personnel
• Afterschool Workers
• Afterschool Champions

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Bridging the School Day with Afterschool -
Places

• CLC Advertisement
• CLC Signs on Schools
• CLC Displays in Schools
• CLC Bulletin Boards
• CLC Message Boards
• CLC Brochures in School Office
• CLC Enrollment forms at Registration

• CLC Section in School Newsletter
• CLC Website link from School
• CLC and School on print material
• CLC Presence at School Functions

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Bridging the School Day with Afterschool
Things

• Events
• Professional Development
• Curriculum
• Progress Notes
• Target Lists
• Organized Sports
• Field Experiences not Trips

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Edward Bain School of Language and Art

• 21st Century Community Learning Center
• Frances Chatman
• 2ndGrade Teacher Academic Coordinator

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Afterschool Academic Coordinator

• An Afterschool Academic Coordinators
  responsibility is to ensure that students receive
  academic support in the areas of reading and
  math.
• Other responsibilities
• recruit teachers and other school personnel to
  work in the afterschool program
• create target list, monitor students progress,
  and facilitate progress reports
• train afterschool staff on school day practices,
  and complete the end-of-the year reporting for
  schools
• prepare and submit information for the CLC
  newsletter

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Recruit Certified Teachers for CLC

• Employing certified teachers in the afterschool
  program is a great way to ensure the bridge.
• Teachers facilitate small group instruction to
  help students to gain the necessary skills to be
  successful in reading and math.
• Teachers train and provide support to regular
  afterschool staff.
• Teachers offer classroom observations to regular
  afterschool staff so that they have an
  opportunity to learn effective classroom
  management techniques.
• Teachers have the ability to communicate with
  other teachers during the regular school day
  regarding students progress and can identify
  areas that students need additional support.

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Recruit Other School Personnel for CLC

• Non-Certified Teachers
• School Social Workers
• School Counselors
• School Psychologists
• School Secretaries
• Technology Assistants

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Target List

• Certainly all students can benefit from the
  additional academic support students receive in
  afterschool.
• However, the target lists ensures that we address
  the needs of students who struggle academically
  first. These students also receive small group
  tutoring from certified teachers. All other
  students receive academic support via homework
  experiential learning at EBSOLA.

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Progress Reports

• Progress notes provide parents with information
  on their students quarterly progress
• Progress notes are done for students that are
  actually receiving academic assistance from
  certified teachers
• Progress notes help parents and teachers view CLC
  as an academic intervention
• Progress notes add validity to requests for
  funding from various resources such as Title I

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Train Afterschool Staff

• Classroom Observation Schedules ensure that
  afterschool workers are trained by certified
  daytime teachers on techniques like classroom
  management, behavior modifications, and on skills
  with homework assistance.

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CLC Newsletter

• Students feel like their participation in CLC is
  an important part of their school culture
• Parents see CLC as a continuation of their
  childs regular school day
• Families learn about CLC and what it offers
  students and parents
• Staff view CLC as a natural bridge between the
  regular school day and afterschool

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Next Steps ???

• Green
• Yellow
• Red