1st Edition
Leadership of Afterschool and Supplemental Education Creating Seamless Pathways to Post-Secondary Life
1. Gaps in Services, Infrastructure, and Opportunities 2. Using Youth Development to Reframe Supplemental Education: Developing a Conceptional Framework for Student Success 3. Enlisting Community Support For Supplemental Education 4. Reconfiguring The Role of School Support Staff: Lessons From the Community 5. Impact of After School Education on College Persistence 6. Partners In Lifelong Learning: Engaging Parents And Families In The Success of Children 7. Students Taking The Lead: The Importance of Peer Mentoring 8. Expanding STEM education opportunities through supplemental education 9. Funding Afterschool and Supplemental Education Programs 10. Some Concluding Thoughts
Biography
Hazel M. Carter is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the City College of New York, USA.
"This book offers new ways to assess the activities, outcomes, leadership, partnerships, community resources, and contains a rich resource of information for nonprofit leaders, educators and other providers introducing them to new ways of assessing or thinking about their programs and their outcomes. Dr Carter has succeeded in pulling together in one place, a wealth of information, pedagogical approaches, research findings, a variety of program models, lessons learned, and themes for the reader to review, learn from and use as needed."
- Fern J. Khan, Dean Emerita, Bank Street College“In [this book,] Hazel Carter presents the power of afterschool programs and supplemental education in addressing gaps in K-12 classrooms. Carter brings a wealth of experiences as a parent, high school teacher, college professor, and afterschool program employee. The book’s layout is impeccable, allowing the reader to easily reflect on its content throughout. …This book is highly recommended for educators and individuals who are interested in enhancing their community or assisting students in becoming more prepared for college. It highlights major barriers but also gives solutions that can have considerable influence in closing gaps for students.”
-From the review in Teachers College Record by Marian Jackson-Scott, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
