Archive for July 2020
Troubleshooting
The word “troubleshooting” refers to the ability to identify a problem (hopefully in real time) and figure out what to do to change the problem into a success. Several things need to be in place for a challenge will be successfully transformed. You must be present, totally in the moment. In order to truly understand…
Read MoreValue of the Arts
The book, The Transformative Power of the Arts in Closing the Achievement Gap, takes a look at the impact a robust arts program can have on academic performance. This work was a results from the work done by CCSESA (County Superintendents of Schools in the State of California) Arts Initiative and the Curriculum and Instruction…
Read More21st Century Workplace Skills
Today’s workplace is not the same place that young people entered even 20 years ago. Currently, knowledge worker jobs are on the rise, and America is competing in a global work environment. A generation ago, many in the world believed that to get a strong education you needed to attend a university in the United…
Read MoreC4K Vocational Training
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” This question is asked of children every day. As a child, we are full of thoughts about our future jobs or careers, but as we get out into the world, we can struggle to make a choice that will allow us to live a fulfilled…
Read MorePlanning For Veteran’s Day
Veterans’ Day, observed on November 11, is an annual holiday in the United States that is set aside to honor military veterans. Veterans’ Day is celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world as November 11th marks the end of World War I. History says that all major hostilities in…
Read MoreC4K’s Online Instruction
In 2002, a Delphi study on the future of after-school identified the staff training and development would be one of the most significant challenges facing after-school. The words of the consulted experts echo in the ears of program managers and directors everywhere. Like the experts of the Delphi study, Consult 4 Kids (C4K) is very…
Read MoreAdvocacy
Before you know it, the 2020 elections will be here. The right to vote and to let your voice be heard, is a right that many people take for granted. That is unfortunate, because if we do not exercise this right, it will someday atrophy and no longer be available to us. This year’s election…
Read MoreChallenge of Middle School
“Caught in the Middle” is a phrase that is used in a variety of contexts to describe the in-between world people find themselves in as well as the title of a newly released album by Heath Forbes. The middle describes the creamy center of an Oreo, the place you find lunch meat in a sandwich…
Read MoreSupporting Development of Character
Character, defined broadly as a person’s integrity and intent, has a place in the after-school program. Too often we work on specific skill development in school and leave character education for someone else to do. Recently, more and more schools have realized that simply helping young people develop intellectual capacity is not enough. As we…
Read MoreScope and Sequence Alignment
School day teachers are doing good work with students. After-school has an opportunity to support that good work by understanding how to align with the “scope and sequence” of both the English/Language Arts and Math curriculums. The scope and sequence refers to the material to be covered (scope) and the order it will be covered…
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