Afterschool Matters Fall 2012

Download the entire issue of Afterschool Matters Fall 2012 as a pdf. 72 pages.

Download individual articles as pdfs:

• Understanding the “How” of Quality Improvement: Lessons from the Rhode Island Program Quality Intervention
  By Elizabeth Devaney, Charles Smith, and Kenneth Wong
  The question is not only whether programs improve but how quality interventions effect change in afterschool program practices. 10 pages.
• Exploring Self-Esteem in Girls' Sports Program: Competencies and Connections Create Change
  By Ellen Markowitz
  We say our programs "build self-esteem," but we struggle to document the changes we see taking place in youth. Shifting the focus from how youth feel to their competence and connections may help. 10 pages.
• Helping Youth Prepare for Careers: What Can Out-of-School Time Programs Do?
  By Kathryn Hynes, Kaylin M. Greene, And Nicole Constance
  Exemplary career programming overcomes the obstacles to engaging older youth and shows them how to find the "next rung on the ladder." 10 pages.
• Supporting Youth with Special Needs in Out-of-School Time: A Study of OST Providers in New Jersey
  By Jane Sharp, Elizabeth Rivera Rodas, and Alan R. Sadovnik
  A survey of OST administrators and staff shows that professional development can influence providers' willingness and ability to include children with special needs in their programs. 11 pages.
• Human Resources: Staffing Out-of-School Time Programs in the 21st Century
  By Ron Asher
  Offering low-wage, part-time jobs is a systemic feature of the afterschool landscape. Now what? 6 pages.
• Beyond the Pipeline: STEM Pathways for Youth Development
  By Gabrielle H. Lyon, Jameela Jafri, and Kathleen St. Louis
  Empowering underrepresented groups to pursue STEM interests is less a matter of repairing a "leaky pipeline" than of building pathways for meaningful participation. 10 pages.
• Build IT: Scaling and Sustaining an Afterschool Computer Science Program for Girls
  By Melissa Koch, Torie Gorges, and William R. Penuel
  "Co-design" - including youth development staff along with curriculum designers - is the key to developing an effective program that is both scalable and sustainable. 9 pages.