Afterschool: Providing a Successful Route to Credit Attainment and Recovery. Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No.39

Institution	Afterschool Alliance
Titel	Afterschool: Providing a Successful Route to Credit Attainment and Recovery. Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No.39
Quelle	(2009), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Interests; After School Programs; Credits; At Risk Students; Cognitive Style; Student Needs; Student Motivation; Student Participation; Youth Programs; Adolescents; Individual Development; Family School Relationship; School Community Relationship; High School Students; Graduation; Job Skills; Enrichment Activities; Graduation Requirements; Repetition; Required Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studieninteresse; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Schulische Motivation; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Jugendsofortprogramm; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Individuelle Entwicklung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Abschluss; Graduierung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bereicherungsprogramm; Abschlussordnung; Wiederholung; Pflichtkurs
Abstract	Afterschool provides older youth with critical academic supports including credit attainment and recovery opportunities. Many educators are turning to afterschool programs to reach students who fail one or more courses, become disengaged, or want alternatives to the traditional path to graduation. Credit recovery refers to recovering credits that are lost due to failure or drop out. Credit attainment refers to alternative methods of gaining credits outside of "seat time" in the classroom. In a study of afterschool programs in New Hampshire, researchers found that education leaders see afterschool programs as a way to tie credit attainment and recovery to student interests and learning styles. Most say that credit attainment and recovery through afterschool programs has advantages over the school day, including the ability to better engage students (78 percent) and to personalize learning (60 percent). In conclusion, older youth who are struggling in school, especially those who are disengaged, need both support and challenge to reconnect with learning and stay on a path to higher education and meaningful work. Afterschool incorporates youth development principles that stress building on individual assets and integrating family, school and community and provides a venue for students to attain and recover credits, allowing them to successfully graduate high school and giving them real options for their future. (Contains 14 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Afterschool Alliance. 1616 H Street NW Suite 820, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-347-1002; Fax: 202-347-2092; e-mail: info@afterschoolalliance.org; Web site: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/resources.cfm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10