After-School Programs: Experience and Effects

Presented by: Chelsea Daugherty

Coalition for Kids

Community Center & After-School Program

Mission StatementOur Mission is to provide educational, spiritual and social guidance to underprivileged children so that they may have the opportunity to reach their full potential in their respective communities.

Awesome Kids Club (AKC)

Focuses on “at-risk” and impoverished children

Works to meet educational needs & improve academic performance

Serves approximately 260 children a day

Experience

Effective Program

Positive Teacher/Program relations

Provides involvement in school work

Encourages kids to think about themselves & their future

After-School Programs: History

Late 19th Century

21st Century Community Learning Centers Act

No Child Left Behind

40 largest organizations serve 40 million youth

After-School Programs: Benefits

Freedom

Socio-Emotional Support

Positive Social Opportunities & Development

After-School Programs: Effectiveness “participation in after-school programs and

extracurricular activities to improved social competence and academic achievement”

“Participants in after-school programs in particular have exhibited better psychosocial adjustment and social skills than non- participants”

Quality vs. quantity

Conclusion

Positive & Effective

Community & Government Support

References

Hirsch, B. (2011). Learning and development in after-school programs. Phi Delta Kappan, 92(5), 66-69.

Hirsch, B., Mekinda, M., & Stawicki, J. (2010). More than attendance: The importances of after-school program quality. Am J Community Psychol, 45(3/4), 447-452.

Shernoff, D. (2010). Engagement in after-school programs as a predictor of social competence and academic performance . Am

J Community Psychol , 45(3/4), 325-337.