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Chapter Focus: Types of Language Arts Afterschool Programs
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Purpose of Language Arts Afterschool Programs
Provide enriching opportunities to increase methods necessary to learn writing, reading, and listening skills
Offer additional support to students experiencing difficulty in the classroom
Literacy Goals
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Books & Beyond
Program Purpose: Voluntary reading program aimed at helping & motivating students in Grades K-8 to read more recreationally and watch less
Program Goal
Help students become more crtical about the types of television shows they watch
Assist students improve reading skills and to improve attitudes toward reading
Target Population
All students from varying SES backgrounds, including gifted, at-risk, special education, & multilingual students
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Books & Beyond
Program Participant Incentive
Students earn small rewards, such as theme folders, pencils, and gold medals if student read specified amount of books
Program Time Length
6 to 8 Months
Important Program Details
K-3RD Grade: Goal of 120 books to read to receive reward
4-8th Grade: Goal of to read 2,400 pages to receive reward
Program currently exists in over 5,000 schools in 45 states & utilized in many extended school day programs
Includes parental engagement component
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Junior Great Books Curriculum of Interpretive Reading, Writing, & Discussion (JGBC)
Program Purpose: Is a junior version of the Great Books Foundation program. It strives to promote cognitive processing in reading comprehension and literacy in children by emphasizing three kinds of thinking: factual, interpretive, and evaluative.
Target Population: Grades 2nd-12th
Important Program Details
JGBC is NOT stand alone program
Program is a partial replacement or supplement to a regular reading program during a school day
Program Activities include: text-opener, reading the story twice, sharing questions, directed notes, interpreting words, shared inquiry discussion, & writing after the discussion
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Junior Great Books Curriculum of Interpretive Reading, Writing, & Discussion (JGBC)
Great Books Foundation Clip
https://www.greatbooks.org/junior-great-books-k-5/
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Murfreesboro Extended School Program (ESP)
Program Purpose: provide a safe, educationally enriching, fun and rewarding experience for all students of Murfreesboro City Schools
Target Population: Grades K-12th
Activities: sports, music, arts and crafts, woodworking, ballet, hip hop dance, cheerleading, cooking, journalism, science, technology, foreign languages, robotics, homework assistance
Video Clip:https://vimeo.com/182437814
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Murfreesboro Extended School Program (ESP)
Program Time Length
Morning Hours of Operation: 6am until 7:45am
Afternoon Hours of Operation: 2:25pm until 6pm
Important Program Details
One of the most widely known, community-based, extended day school programs
Clear academic focus but also includes cultural & recreational elements
Students are tutored daily for 30 minutes by Middle Tenessee State University students, volunteer parents & staff members with homework
After the conclusion of homework assistance, students are able to choose additional academic skills classes in which they learn basic reading and mathematic skills, geography, science, cultural activites, study skills, and other critical thinking techniques
ESP is now instrumented in all MSD Schools
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Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program
Program Overview: is a cross-age tutoring program designed to increase the self-esteem and school success of at-risk middle & high school students by placing them in postitions of responsibility as tutors of younger, elementary students
Program Goal: (1) is to reduce the dropout rate of at-risk students by improving their self-concepts and academic skills
(2) emphasizes the elimination of non-academic and disciplinary factors that contribute to students dropping out
Important Program Details
Tutors are required to enroll in a special tutoring class, that allows students to improve their own academic basic skills and increase tutoring capability
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Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program
Program Participant Incentive
Students earn a minum wage stipend
Important Program Details ( cont.)
Intercultural Development Research Association in San Antonio, Texas created VYP
Program has been implemented in throughout the Southwest and elsewhere
Program is also used in afterschool programs
Tutors work with 3 elementary students at at time for a total of about 4 hours a week
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Project Success Enrichment (PSE)
Program Overview: designed to enrich students’ language arts and visual arts literacy as well as their creative, critical, social, and self-management skills. The interdisciplinary program focuses on a process approach to writing to integrate literature, higher-order thinking skills, the multiple intelligences, and other disciplines.
Target Population: All students including regular education, Title I, at-risk, special needs, Limited English Proficient.
Important Program Details
Orignially developed to enrich the language arts of gifted and talented students
Project Success Enrichment is currently implemented in 2,500 schools in 40 states.
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Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI)
Program Overview: is a program designed as a practical guide to teach reading and other language arts skills to students
Program Goal: to improve students’ reading ability
Target Population: K-12th Grade ( primarily up to 6th grade)
Program Activities: Reading-related skills (i.e. word recognition, spelling, & student skills)
Important Program Details
ECRI implemented as regular & afterschool program
ECRI can also be used as a program to strengthen regular classroom instruction or as a remedial intervention
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Program Effectiveness
According to Fashola
(2002), Were mentioned language arts programs effective?
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Aftercare Programs Matter
Chapter 2 Take Home Messages
All programs mentioned have an afterschool focus
Each program has widely been replicated
Each program emphasizes major language arts components
Each program utilized different educational methods to increase student literacy
3 out of the 7 programs were designed for afterschool purposes
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