ERIC ED477943: School-Age NOTES, 2002-2003.

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School-Age NOTES, 2002-2003.
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Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Enrichment
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Age Child Care; Summer Programs; Training; Volunteers
ABSTRACT
This document is comprised of the 12 monthly issues of a
newsletter providing support and information for providers of child care for
school-age children. The featured articles for each month are:
(1)
"Transitions: Opportunities to Connect" (September);
"Art for All Kinds
(2)
of Smarts" (October);
"Teasing and Bullying in After-School
(3)
Programs" (November); (4)"Activities for School-age Child Care--25 Years
Later" (December);
"Cut Recess and Get Sued?" (January);
"Hiring and
(5)
(6)
Training Summer Staff" (February);
"Beyond the 21st CCLC [Century
(7)
Community Learning Centers)
(March);
"Mathematica Report on 21st CCLC
(8)
Leads to Threat of Funding Cuts" (April);
"Engaging Older Volunteers in
(9)
After-School Programs";
(10) "JustPlay...or Is It?" (June);
(11) "Lessons of
Hope--The Boys and girls Club Mission" (July); and (12) "Reduce Conflict by
Meeting Developmental Needs" (August). Regular features in the newsletter
include activity suggestions, information on conferences and resources, and
editorials.
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Transitions:
Homework
3
Opportunities to Connect
4-5
October Activities
by Georgia Hall, Research Scientist, NIOST
Building Rapport
6
Some years ago while presenting a
build. As children are coming back to a
workshop on planning summer pro-
large group after being in smaller group
$3 Million Donation
3
activities, think of how the moments
grams, I was asked the question, "What
. .
waiting for the group to merge can be
are your exact program hours?" In other
SAC Wages
7
words, in what time frame do program,
curriculum, and/or activities take place?
Transition
times
are
My response was "All the time." There
SAC @ NAEYC-NYC
perfect opportunities to
is never non-program time. There is
structured program time and there is
connect in unique ways.
As in the past, the National Associa-
non-structured program time, but the
tion for the Education of Young Chil-
whole day, every minute is "part of the
dren (NAEYC) Conference will have a
useful and productive. Ask some of the
program." And in fact, my favorite part
track on "School Age." Set for Wed.,
children to share what went on in their
of the program day, were those in-
November 20, 2002 through Sat., No-
O
smaller groups, what did they learn
between times when we were
vember 23rd, the site is the Javits Con-
new today, etc. This type of processing
transitioning to new activities, coming
vention Center in New York City.
can help children better connect to their
together as a whole group, or the inevi-
The headquarters hotels and other
experiences and increases the aware-
table waiting periods.
accommodations are located in the mid-
ness of the general group of the other
town theater district.
types of activities that occur in your
Reflect, React, Relax
This year there will be 18 one-hour
program.
Transition times are perfect opportu-
workshops on after-school and school-
nities to connect with participants in
age care. In addition, there will be one
Team Building & Socializing
unique ways. Children have just been
two-hour seminar and two preconference
Transition times are often challeng-
engaged in an activity for a length of
sessions (Wednesday) which are typi-
ing times for children who have more
time, maybe quite intensely, and so can
cally three hours or longer.
difficulty socializing informally, and
benefit from an opportunity to enjoy
Sample session topics include qual-
may get stuck sitting by themselves or
one of the three R' s: Reflect, React, or
ity initiatives, writing poetry, bully-
isolated from the charged up activity
Relax. If activities have wrapped up
proofing programs, special days and
going on around them. If children are
quickly without a moment to reflect on
events, a state model of professional
kept waiting or start to feel alone, they
what has just been accomplished or
advancement, professional needs of
can often slip into boredom which can
experienced, than a short intentional
school-age caregivers, and quality im-
carry into the rest of their day. Having
time spent doing that can be very help-
provement.
team-building activities and ice-break-
ful for youth to sort out and consider
Along with 20,000 participants, hun-
ers readily available as a group comes
how their experiences impact them ....or
dreds of workshops, a sea of exhibitors,
together, may create new avenues of
what importance the just completed
there is the extraordinary opportunity
connections between children, and keep
activity has in their lives. Or perhaps
to hear multiple famous speakers, and
everyone engaged at a heightened level.
why an experience was not successful
attend workshops for administrators and
It can also be a way to build excitement
or enjoyable. Program staff shouldn't
directors on practical aspects of run-
for the next activity.
shy away from opportunities to let chil-
ning programs for children with tracks
Seeking children's reactions to top-
dren and youth give positive criticism
on research, technology, play, inclu-
ics that are current and relevant to their
about the program. Practicing appro-
sion, discipline, and much more.
daily lives can help move passive lis-
For more information go to
priate feedback and response is an im-
teners into active learners. For example,
portant skill for children and youth to
www.naeyc.org or call 800-424-2460.
(Continued on page 2)
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DIRECTOR'S CORNER
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9
Transitions...
etc., all during transition times. Transi-
Easy Transition
tion times are also great times to high-
(Continued from front page)
Activities
light unique gifts of children and staff.
You may discover a staff member who
as children are moving into a snack
Here are more ideas for easy activi-
is an amazing storyteller and can keep
after being in separate activity groups
ties to do with children during tran-
a room of 60 quiet and engaged. You
you may ask them to react to a survey
sitions:
may discover a child with amazing
about their favorite music group. You
balance and the whole room can count
No Props Activities
give each group a written survey page
together as she stands with one foot on
Charades
and two pencils. You appoint someone
a block. The opportunities are endless
Red Light, Green Light
to put their responses on the flip chart in
and the reward is evident. Sometimes I
Mother May I
front after the group fills out the survey.
saw children more excited in transition
Perhaps you appoint that child who
Simon Says
time than any other time during the day.
needs more opportunity for leadership
Seven Up
We would have missed that connection
in front of peers, etc. You may notice
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
with the child had we let the time just
the children quite excitedly discussing
I Spy
pass by.
Observation: Ask some children to
Conversations with Adults
Sometimes I saw children
stand and have others remain seated.
It is also true that children need a
Children have to guess what the
more excited in transition
chance to just relax and talk with each
ones who were asked to stand have
time than any other time
other. Yet, this may become more ef-
in common (same color shirt, wear-
during the day.
fective when staff become involved.
ing glasses, etc.). (from Training
Transition time is a perfect time for
New After-School Staff. Welcome
staff to engage in quiet conversations
to the World of School-Age Care by
current music groups and their reasons
with children, to step outside their su-
Roberta Newman)
for choosing one over the other. As
pervisory or activity leader role and
other groups come in you include them
-Mental Games
just be a caring adult. Children appreci-
in the survey activity. You may notice
Alphabet
ate opportunities to talk casually with
conversation between groups. When
Gossip
adults and to share experiences not
all have collected in the room you an-
Who am I?
centering on school/out-of-school pro-
nounce the final results. You may ask a
20 Questions
gram, etc. Adults can still maintain
couple of representatives from the
Guess the Number
supervision and control over a group
groups to present their opinions as to
while being a conversation participant.
why one music group should be rated
Jeopardy!: Leader has a list of "an-
So instead of observing from the side-
higher than another, etc. It is always
swers" to read to group. Children
lines, encourage staff to integrate dur-
most effective to create a transition
have to raise hand first and respond
ing transition times. More than likely
activity that links with the program
in the form of a question.
they will also appreciate the opportu-
activity to come. The music survey
IL
nity to connect with the children in
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would have made a great transition to
more personal and informal ways.
an activity such as a musical perfor-
Team building and ice-breaker ac-
mance, sing-a-long, etc.
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BACK TO SCHOOL
The Homework
Some families cannot provide children
Start each homework session by look-
ing over everything that needs to be done.
with the quiet space, resources and assis-
Question
They should let the after-school staff
tance that they need to successfully com-
know if there is anything they will need
plete homework. Without help from the
Every after-school program has to make
program, homework may become yet
help with.
a decision whether to schedule specific
another place where students with fewer
Do the most difficult or distasteful task
times to allow school-agers to do their
resources fall behind.
first, before fatigue sets in.
homework or whether to be a "home-
Homework is only one way to support
Do any memorization or test review
work-free" zone. School-Age NOTES,
academic achievement. Programs can
early in the session while the mind is still
along with organizations like the Na-
also offer tutoring, enrichment activities
fresh. Then review the material again at
tional Institute on Out-of-School Time
and recreational reading programs to help
the end of the session after other home-
(NIOST) have traditionally been of the
students develop skills and build self-
work is completed.
strong opinion that the after-school pro-
confidence.
gram should be a less structured time to
Children's academic needs must be
The Homework Center
offer children a period of relaxation and
balanced with their physical, emotional
Creating a special place in the program
social interaction after a long day of
and social needs. Children need time to
where homework can be done is crucial.
academic work.
blow off steam and have snacks, play
If space allows, have a separate area
with friends, build relationships with car-
away from the rest of the program where
ing adults, and develop their own talents
Children's academic needs
the distractions are minimal. If your pro-
and hobbies.
gram is located in a school, find out if the
must be balanced with
children can have access to either the
their physical, emotional
Setting a Homework Schedule
library or the computer lab where they'll
and social needs.
Determining when to offer homework
be able to use the reference tools on the
sessions during the after-school program
Internet or on library shelves.
is also important. In the book, How to
The optimal environment for a home-
Yet the reality is that more and more
Help Your Child with Homework (Free
work center includes good lighting, desks
after-school programs are taking on an
Spirit, 1997), these tips are offered:
or tables where work can be spread out,
academic approach, providing enrich-
Give children time to unwind after
straight-back chairs, and plenty of extra
ment activities in literature, math and
school, including unstructured socializa-
materials children might need such as:
science to boost what children are learn-
tion with friends and active play to "blow
pencils, pens, erasers, correction fluid
ing during the school day. And as chil-
off steam." But don't wait until late in the
markers, crayons, colored pencils
dren get older, the amount of homework
day when the children are starting to tire.
notebook paper, graphing paper, and
given each day increases. Parents won-
Serve healthy snacks before starting
construction paper
der - if my child is in this program until 6
the homework session. Children will be
three-hole punch, scissors
p.m. each night, why not get his home-
able to concentrate better.
dictionary, thesaurus, atlas or globe
work done there?
Schedule study periods for younger
encyclopedias or access to Internet
children differently from the older chil-
calculator, protractor, compass
Some Guidelines
dren. Younger children have a harder
variety of magazines
NIOST addressed these issues in their
time sitting still for extended periods of
word processor or typewriter
paper, Homework Assistance & Out-of-
time than older children. Short study
chalkboard or flip chart
School Time: Filling the Need, Finding a
sessions can lead to more learning than
Balance (SAN, 2001). To help programs
longer ones.
For more ideas on helping school-age
make a decision about whether and how
The NIOST Homework paper also sug-
children with homework, consider the
to provide homework assistance, they
gests that "it makes sense for a program
two books referenced in this article.
offer these general guidelines:
to be flexible about how much time a
Both are now available from School-
The most effective homework policy
child will spend on homework. A first
Age NOTES.
will be developed when the opinions and
grader may only need 10 minutes to work
How to Help Your Child with Home-
needs of children, families, and staff are
on homework, and then can move on to
work, $13.95 for subscribers, $15.95
taken into consideration. Focus on bal-
other activities, but a seventh grader may
list price plus $4.95 shipping/handling.
ancing research findings, the resources
need 90 minutes."
Homework Assistance & Out -of- School
available to the program, and the needs of
Offer the children help on how to ap-
Time/Literacy: Exploring Strategies to
those served.
proach their homework assignments. In
Enhance Learning in After-School Pro-
Homework assistance and enrichment
How to Help Your Child with Homework
grams, $12.95 for subscribers, $14.95
activities are especially important for
it is suggested that children be encour-
list price plus $4.95 shipping/handling.
children who are at risk of school failure.
aged to:
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OCTOBER ACTIVITIES
Statue of Liberty
stories about the program, home and
beads meet. Glue husks on top of the
family, friends, neighborhood, summer
pipe cleaner. Cut off excess pipe clean-
The Statue of Liberty was accepted
O
vacation, etc.
ers. Tie two ribbons in small bow and
as a gift from the French on October 28,
Make a list of all the characters and
glue on top of the corn husk. Glue on
1886 by President Grover Cleveland. It
props needed to tell the story. Each
pin back. ercre
was dedicated as a national monument
character can have something that rep-
on October 15, 1924.
resents them. For example: Mother
The Statue of Liberty :
Painting...
could be represented by a flower;
has 25 windows in her crown
brother could be represented by a toy
has 7 rays of diadem (representing
Glove Finger Painting
car, etc.
the 7 oceans of the world)
Sometimes school-agers like to do
Make storytelling bags to keep the
is 152' 2" from the base to the top of
things from the past
have a "retro "
story props in. Use either a small brown
the torch
day and do a little finger painting, only
paper bag that children can decorate or
is 111' 1" from the heel to the top of
this time wear differ-
make a fabric bag.
the head
ent types of gloves
has a 16' 5" long hand
Fabric Storytelling Bag
(rubber,
garden,
has an 8" long index finger
leather, dress, winter,
You will need 6" x 10" piece of fabric
has a 13" x 10" fingernail
latex) while painting.
or felt, yarn or string, thread and needle.
has 4,000 square yards of fabric in her
Lay fabric flat. Fold the ends to make
dress
Golf Ball Painting
a cuff for the yarn or string. Glue or sew
has a 25' long sandal
Place a piece of paper inside a shal-
in place. Fold the fabric in half so that
low box or baking pan. Pour different
the cuffs are even with one another.
Using these facts, try to build a rep-
colors of paint onto the paper. Toss in a
(Right sides together). Glue or sew the
lica of the Statue of Liberty to scale. If
golf ball and roll it around. Variation:
you have access to a ball field you
sides in place, leaving the cuffs open.
Line a child's swimming pool with pa-
Thread one piece of yarn through the
might be able to measure and draw the
per and try other balls
tennis, ping
cuffs and knot the yarn ends together.
outline of the statue to its actual dimen-
Thread another piece of
sions. Or make a scale model using
pong, billiard, baseball, soccer, big rub-
ber balls or a combination of balls. 6re
yarn through the cuffs go-
toothpicks, craft sticks, rolled newspa-
ing the other way. This
per or cardboard.
will be the drawstring. Pull
Try math story problems to go with
Spider Puzzle
the yarn together to close
the Statue of Liberty. For example: If
the bag. die
200 people bought tickets that cost $4.50
Paint several pieces of old jigsaw
to go inside the Statue of Liberty, but
puzzle. Build spider body by gluing
only 146 people used the tickets on one
layers of puzzle
three or four layers
Indian Corn Pin
day, how much money was collected?
should be fine. Bend pipe cleaners for
(This is a trick question see if the kids
legs and glue on the underside of the
You need:
"get it" or if not, ask: How much of the
puzzle pieces. Add googly eyes. efla
8mm round faceted beads
money was collected for tickets used
11 mm autumn tri-colored beads
that day?) ft
brown paper twist or raffia
fall colored ribbons
brown pipe cleaners
Storytelling
pin backs & glue
Cut the pipe cleaner into 3 equal
Byline
October 5 is the National Storytelling
M
Festival in Jonesborough Tennessee.
pieces. Put one 8mm bead on the end of
Activities
This month's
Ideas
and
each pipe cleaner. Thread 1 lmm tri-
To encourage reading and storytelling
Corner
pages were written by Alycia
among the children have each child
colored beads on top of the 8mm bead
Orcena of Marion, OH. Illustrations
(7-8 beads for each piece). Cut small
pick a story. It can be
by Julie Sorensen of Londonderry,
pieces of paper twist
a popular children's
NH. eflD
or raffia to resemble
story or fairytale, or a
Native American
corn husks. Twist the
50 Activity Ideas
theme. Or children
tops of the pipe clean-
can write their own
The minimum number of Activity
ers together where the
Ideas in this issue is 50. ft
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Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Oct. 24 is United
Oct. 6 is German-
Oct. 15 is Grouch
Oct. 28 is National
Oct. 4 is World Day
Nations Day. Have
Chocolate Day. In-
Day. Draw pictures,
for Animals. Make a
American Day. Invite
a guest speaker in to
list of children's fa-
write poems or short
an International Fes-
dulge in a chocolaty
share about
tival with games,
stories about what
vorite animals. Ask
snack. Take a poll of
crafts, food, dance
each child to draw a
their German
makes you grouchy
favorite chocolate bars
and music from dif-
heritage.
and what makes you
picture and write spe-
and graph the results.
ferent countries.
feel better.
cific facts about their
favorite animal.
Baseball
Pitch:
Baseball Math: Sur-
October is World Se-
Baseball Snack: For
Baseball Stats Math:
Create math story
Draw a line on the
the bat use a bread
ries time. Have your
vey the children for
ground and have
stick, carrot stick or
own world series. Di-
problems with statis-
their favorite baseball
each child throw
vide into teams and
teams. Create a bar
tics from the World
celery with peanut but-
the ball. Who can
play a game each day
Series teams. Expand
graph or chart to show
ter. Use grapes or cher-
throw it the far-
into ticket prices,
the results.
to see which
ries for the ball. Try a
team wins
cheese square
thest? Chart the re-
or
snack prices, stadium
sults.
the series.
seats, etc.
cracker for a base.
Take time out to
Invite the children
Type and copy the
Write words on pieces
October 14 is National
read poetry this
to write their own
Poetry Day. Make a
of construction paper
children's poems and
poems. They may
week. Read both
photocopy their il-
list of famous poets
and cut out. Work as
a group to create a
classical, modern,
need help with top-
lustrations. Bind all
(think multiculturally)
ics. Illustrate them
and children's po-
and have each child
of the poems to cre-
wall poem. The poem
and post on the
ate a book for each
can be added to each
etry plus limericks,
select a poet to write a
nursery rhymes,
walls.
day. Take photos to
child to take home.
brief biography about.
document your work.
and haikii.
Spider Snacks: Put
Spiders, spiders ev-
Silly Spiders: Cut a
Spider Books: Cut 2
Spider Puzzle: Make
a table top spider
erywhere. For Hal-
pipe cleaner into 4
spider body shapes
peanut butter on round
made from old jig-
loween try some spi-
crackers and sandwich
equal parts. Cross the
from construction pa-
1D
sx
them together. Poke
saw puzzle pieces.
der crafts, snacks and
pieces over each other
per and 10 shapes from
P.T4
and twist
A
the See page 4.
projects. Read one of
small pretzel sticks in
in
lined paper. Staple to-
the peanut butter
the Anansi the Spider
middle. Glue a small
gether as a book. Make
African
porn porn in the
around the sides. Or
8 yarn or fabric legs to
legends.
middle. Add eyes.
use sandwich cookies.
hang off cover.
Have a program
October is National
What is your dream
Make a list for the
Make car wash cou-
fundraiser with a
pons for parents that
Car Care Month. Cre-
car? Look at car cata-
family car of things
car wash. Have a
ate a car care kit for
that
should
logs for standard and
entitle them to a free
be
change bucket for
luxury features. Let
your family car. Make
car wash or car clean-
checked on a regular
donations instead
a list of all the items
children create their
ing at home.
basis: oil, gas, head-
own luxuries they
you would need in
of charging a
lights, wiper
fluid, tires,
set fee.
would love to have in
case of an emergency.
a car.
etc.
National Popcorn
Columbus Day is cel-
NationalApple Month.
Halloween is October
National ClockMonth:
Cut apple shapes
ebrated. Trace on a
Month. String pop-
31. Decorate pump-
Find out what time it
corn together for
from sponges and
map the route that
is in ever country of
kins; make a strange
the birds to eat.
sponge paint red
Columbus sailed. If
from lime
brew
the world. AND...
Don't forget
National Pretzel
you were traveling
to
punch; create spider
apples on index cards.
make some extra
Write favorite apple
Month: Make pret-
that distance to a new
pencil toppers.
for you as well!
recipes on the
zels for snack.
land, what would you
cards.
pack?
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thought. The Senate Finance Committee
passed a welfare reform measure that
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Building Rapport
by Charles Pekow
would increase the Child Care & Devel-
Charles Pekow is the Washington
opment Block Grant by $5.5 billion over
by Kathy Carr
five years, enough to add 100,000 slots a
correspondent for SAN. This report is
It's back to school time and for pro-
year by Senate estimates. This contrasts
written exclusively for SAN readers.
gram sites held in shared space such as an
with the version of the Personal Respon-
elementary school, it's time to build rap-
sibility, Work & Family Promotion Act
Funding After-School
port. These tips can help build positive
(H.R. 4737) passed by the House, which
It looks like the 21° Century Commu-
communication between your program
would add only $2 billion over five years.
nity Learning Centers will get at most a
The House approved the Treasury &
and school staff and ultimately lead to a
$90 million increase next year. The
General Government Appropriations Act,
great school year:
Democratic-controlled Senate Appro-
2003 (H.R. 5120), with $13 million for
1. Attend Back-To-School Night. Have
priations Committee (SAC) approved an
the Gang Resistance Education & Train-
FY 03 funding bill covering Health &
a table with information about your pro-
ing Program, which provides grants for
Human Services and Education with
gram and registration materials.
police departments to establish links with
$1.09 billion for the program and the
school-age providers. The Senate Ap-
2. Send a letter to all school staff. This
Republican House probably won't add
propriations Committee also approved a
includes teachers, janitors, secretary and
more than the $90 million increase in the
bill with the same amount and $1 million
principal. The letter should include your
Senate bill.
for the National Congress of American
mission, goals and contact information.
The Senate bill (S. 2766) also provides
Indians for Boys & Girls Clubs in schools
You may also like to introduce your staff
$2.099 billion for the Child Care & De-
run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. ft
and your program schedule in the letter.
velopment Block Grant, an increase of
only $18,000 for FY 03. The committee
3. As children enroll, send a letter to their
figured Congress should reauthorize the
specific teachers and let them know the
From the Private Sector...
program before it adds money. Authori-
child is participating in the after-school
Biotech Firm
zation expires Oct. 1 and reauthorization
program.
bills are pending.
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4. Send a letter to the local high school
Donates $3 Million
The total includes the standard $1:.
about your program and request student
million set-aside for school-age care and
volunteers to come after school. Honor
A $3 million donation has been made
resource & referral. In addition to the 4%
Society or scholarship students are great
by Amgen, a biotech firm headquar-
allocated in legislation for quality activi-
to help.
tered in Thousand Oaks, CA to help
ties, the bill would earmark an additional
Boys & Girls Club of America launch
$272.672 million for quality. But $100
Call your local newspaper and have an
5.
after-school programs in the Conejo
million of the improvement money would
article submitted about the program.
go specifically for infant care, leaving
Valley area of California.
6. Form a parent advisory group and
less for school-age.
As reported in the June 28 issue of the
meet often. Identify needs of the program
Another $10 million of the block grant
Los Angeles Daily News, the firm has
and plan parties together.
would get set aside for research, demon-
committed the $3 million to help build
stration and evaluation, while the Na-
Have a suggestion box at your site and
7.
facilities for after-school programs on
also in the school office.
tional Association of Child Care Resource
six middle-school campuses.
& Referral Agencies would get its stan-
8. Plan an opening social and invite the
The corporation donated $1.5 mil-
dard $1 million to operate its Child Care
principal and other school staff as well as
lion up front and will release the addi-
Aware hotline.
your families.
tional $1.5 million when matching funds
The Social Services Block Grant
are received. The city of Thousand
9. Have each child make a card and write
(SSBG) would get the same funding as
one goal for the year. Help the child
Oaks is committing $1 million and ap-
last year$1.7 billion. But the bill would
identify ways to accomplish the goal.
allow states to transfer up to 10% of
plications for federal funding are being
Make a copy for parent, teacher and site.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
made.
lies money to SSBG. States can use any
The after-school programs emphasis
10. Say "Hi" and stop by the office often
or all of it for school-age slots.
will be on character and leadership
just to say "Hi." Remember that "Thank
Also, Safe & Drug-Free Schools would
development, educational develop-
you" goes a long way and doesn't cost
get $485.017 million for state grants while
ment, career preparation, and activi-
money. euo
national programs would get $169.233
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Kathy Carr is the Utah School-Age Care
ties.
million. Schools can use the money for
Alliance Accreditation Advisor and has
This was the largest single donation
school-age programs.
been a Program Director for 11 years. She
ever made by Amgen. ef/e
Welfare reform could be a bigger boon
resides in Wasatch County, Utah.
to school-age funding than previously
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basic necessities (housing, food, and
SAC CONFERENCES
transportation). As a matter of policy,
Worth?
we should really try to begin at the
OLDER KIDS CONFERENCE Sept. 19-21, 2002
9th Annual National Older Kids Conference, Chicago
living wage and work from there, wher-
An Unofficial Look at
Contact: 1-800-649-1766
ever possible." Being able to both at-
GEORGIA September 20-21, 2002
SAC Wages
tract and retain employees who are well
GSACA Annual SAC Conference, Decatur
trained and love doing this work is also
listsery discussion
A recent
SAC-L
Contact: 404-373-7414, [email protected]
key. Another respondent said, "A good
about average SAC wages resulted from
SOUTH DAKOTA October 11-12, 2002
starting point might be to double the
3rd Annual SoDakSACA Conference, Mitchell
an initial inquiry about what programs
Contact: Jan Strange, 605-692-8066,
minimum wage of your state and work
were paying their staff. While the re-
[email protected]
up from that point. This would hope-
sponses were by no means extensive or
NEW YORK October 14, 2002
fully attract those individuals who
necessarily representative of programs
NYSSACC Upstate SAC Conference, Albany
wanted to have a vested interest in our
nationwide, some of the comments may
Contact: [email protected]
program and would minimize staff turn-
be helpful as program directors and
MISSOURI October 18-20, 2002
over and maximize your ability to grow
MOSAC2 Conference, St. Louis
boards struggle with this issue.
Contact: Laurie S. McTearnen, 314-962-9450, ext. 234
a professional staff."
The range of hourly rates paid to
[email protected], www.mosac2.org
In determining how to set fair wages,
after-school staff as reported by re-
NEW HAMPSHIRE October 25, 2002
especially in situations where people
spondents ranged from $7.95 to $18.
Annual School-Age Conference, New Bedford
have less training and fewer expecta-
The lower ranges cover the less trained
Contact: Terri Warren, 800-432-5851,
tions, it was suggested that the policy
[email protected]
staff, assistant teachers, etc., while the
be to "...evaluate the job you're asking
higher rates are paid to head teachers,
CONNECTICUT November 2, 2002
people to do. Use the NSACA stan-
12th Annual Statewide SAC Conference, Meriden
site directors, and degreed staff. But as
Contact: Monica Whalen, 860-231-9321,
dards to evaluate the job, train the people
one person pointed out, it all depends
[email protected]
you have for the job (however many
on where you are in the country. For
VIRGINIA November 1-2, 2002
years they have been doing the job),
example, one school-related program
VASACC Conference, Virginia Beach
and compensate those that do the job
Contact: Barb Lito, 757-597-2900
pays its Site Directors $35,000 per year
w tat they do. And gradually (posi-
for a 223-day contract. In Tennessee,
FLORIDA November 7-9, 2002 .
tively, patiently) raise expectations,
FSACCC State Conference, Palm Beach Gardens
that would be considered great pay. In
Contact: Jenn Faber, 941-489-4386, www.fsaccc.org
instruction and coaching for the others
Washington state, where this program
NORTH CAROLINA November 7-9, 2002
until they perform to the higher stan-
is located, that may be average.
13th Annual NCSAC Conference, Greensboro
dards or choose to leave. Then you will
Addressing the cost of living in a
Contact: Sandy Hall, 252-459-9810
see your students growing and know
particular area really drives the deci-
NEW JERSEY November 15-16, 2002
why after-school staffs deserve a living
sion on appropriate pay. One respon-
New Jersey SAC Annual Conference
Contact: [email protected]
wage." die
dent remarked, "People should be paid
enough money to be able to afford
NSACA CONFERENCE Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2003
15th Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
Contact: www.nsacaConference.com, 800-606-0061
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