Finding the Right Hook: Strategies for Attracting and Sustaining Participation in After-School Programs

Autor/inn/en	Lauver, Sherri; Little, Priscilla M. D.
Titel	Finding the Right Hook: Strategies for Attracting and Sustaining Participation in After-School Programs
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 62 (2005) 5, S.27 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Adolescents; Student Participation; Secondary School Students; Student Motivation; After School Programs; Youth Programs; Administrator Role; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sekundarschüler; Schulische Motivation; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	Many middle school and high school youth recognize the value of participating in organized activities outside school, yet too often they limit their involvement because of busy schedules and family lives, disinterest in existing activity choices, lack of motivation to attend organized activities or the lure of freedom or relaxation over structured activities. However, it is during the critical transition from elementary to middle school--a period in youths' lives when they continue to need opportunities to learn new skills, time to socialize and attention from caring adults--that interest seems the lowest. School administrators can play a critical role in ensuring that the school-after-school link is strong, creative and productive to promote higher attendance in after-school programs. The authors have discovered important insights for attracting and sustaining youngsters' participation based on more than 60 recent evaluations of out-of-school time programs in the Harvard Family Research Project Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation Database, which identified recruitment and retention strategies especially relevant to school leaders. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10