Increasing Public Awareness and Developing Community Based Strategies for Quality School-Age Child Care Initiatives.

Autor/in	Zuber, Susan Way
Titel	Increasing Public Awareness and Developing Community Based Strategies for Quality School-Age Child Care Initiatives.
Quelle	(1991), (82 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Praktikumsbericht; After School Programs; Community Involvement; Delivery Systems; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Extended School Day; Latchkey Children; Outreach Programs; Parent Attitudes; Program Development; Public Schools; Questionnaires; School Age Day Care; Student Participation; Summer Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Auslieferung; Elementarunterricht; Ganztagsunterricht; Schlüsselkind; Jobcoaching; Elternverhalten; Programmplanung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Fragebogen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sommerkurs
Abstract	A framework for gaining community involvement in planning for school-age child care initiatives is reported. The framework incorporates a plan than could be used as a model for the involvement of the public school system. Four primary components are described: (1) a "Kids' Council" Saturday meeting in which third graders in school-age child care programs gave consumer advice on what they wanted in child care; (2) a forum to which the public was invited and at which specialists in school-age child care discussed the values of providing such forums through public schools; (3) a focus group meeting in which targeted community leaders discussed child care issues and suggested community initiatives for school-age child care; and (4) a site visit review team meeting at which teachers and administrators reviewed site team comment forms and watched videos of extended-day programs in other schools, and then offered suggestions for school-age child care initiatives in their own school system. Attendance, reports, and minutes of meetings indicated positive involvement by those targeted for participation in the project. A video about the project is discussed. Appendices include 4-H Club, parent, and provider survey forms; public forum program information; a site visit comment form; recommendations of the children; a focus group meeting agenda; the practicum evaluation form and results; and related materials. Contains 18 references. (Author/LB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC