3. Supplemental Services
If your school is identified for improvement for three consecutive years, there is support for state-approved tutors, before-school and after-school programs, weekend programs, and other out-of-school academic assistance for low-income, low-performing students. School districts will work with supplemental service providers to develop specific student achievement goals and timelines.
Questions for Administrators:
- How can I best integrate the additional help my students receive to build upon their daily education?
- How can I identify high quality providers with whom to partner and how do I monitor their effectiveness?
- How do I help parents choose appropriate supplemental services?
- How can my school learn from the providers to improve the educational experience in my school?
Questions for Parents:
- What kinds of extended learning opportunities should be available for my child?
- How do I decide which supplemental service best fits the needs of my child?
- How can I ensure the extra help my child receives supports what is happening at school and vice versa?
- If I exercise my choice option, will supplemental services still be available to me?
Resources
Beyond the Bell: A Toolkit for creating after school programs
http://www.ncrel.org/after/beyond/linkage/index.html
This toolkit contains an information sharing tool that can be used to effectively foster communication between school staff and supplemental service providers.
Afterschool Alliance
www.afterschoolalliance.org
The Afterschool Alliance provides links to research on after school programs as well as program tools and state-specific information.
Using Title I to Support Out-of-School Time and Community Initiatives
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/Publications/Brief10.pdf
Vol. 2, No. 4, January 2002, Washington, DC: The Finance Project.
This strategy brief highlights three strategies that community leaders, program developers, and school officials can employ to access funds to support quality out-of-school time and community school initiatives.
Accountability for After-School Care: Devising standards
and measuring adherence to them
Megan Beckett, Angela Hawkin, and Alison Jacknowitz. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. 2001.
This study begins to establish a set of model after-school program features and practices that are supported by scientific studies and expert judgment. It also provides rating scales and data collection instruments for evaluators to test programs against model practices.
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