May 20, 2011
Using Data to Design Program Activities that Increase Student Achievement
Using a planning template, participants examine how afterschool programs can be intentionally designed to align with students' gaps in learning and core curriculum concepts. Participants explored three examples of creative programs that are geared for students in grades 4-8.
"Art and Paint" uses children's literature to teach comprehension strategies. Students also emulate author illustrations.
"CSI-Winchendon: uses experiments to solve mysteries that foster higher levels of thinking.
"Woodworking Service Learning" demonstrates the connection between mathematics and a community servuice-learning project.
Woodworking I Service Learning Unit
Enhancing Learning through a Global Learning Approach
In the first session, participants learned about Global Competence, addressed it's connection to high quality programming, and discovered how afterschool programs are well-positioned to provide global learning and why it's important for them to do so. In the second session, participants learn about hands-on strategies for integrating Global Learning into out-of-school time and discuss how to use the framework of global competence to bolster program design, environment, and activitites.
Safe and Inclusive-What's Your Perspective?
This workshop provided participants an opportunity to consider ways their own perspecitves shape their work in afterschool spaces. Participatns examined their current beleifs regarding safety and inclusion and the importance of critical self-reflection.
