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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: BOSTnet Summer Series
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Thursday, June 11, 2009. Some form of academic assistance may indeed be needed over the summer, however, summer school has been around for almost as long as there has been the public institution of school. What is difficult now is that programs thrive being fun and engaging places and do not have the desire or often capacity to transform their program from what it is today into a program that can be better managed and analysed centrally. It seems that summer is itself almost like a project. Nicole Horton...
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BOSTnet Policy and Advocacy: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. In developing a presentation on out-of-school outcomes and assessment, I was amazed at the number of tools out there to measure program quality or lead to other management outcomes. These tools are too numerous to get into an in-depth discussion here, but the larger issue raised is a good one: If we are measuring, who has the authority to determine what is measured? Damned Lies and Statistics. Fewer than the initial cohort of sites, and of those achieving "exemplary" status, it ...
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BOSTnet Policy and Advocacy: April 2009
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Monday, April 6, 2009. OST and Emotional Intelligence. A recent article in the. The Other Kind of Smart. To work with children and youth in profound and meaningful ways. Build the Out of School Time Network. Wednesday, April 1, 2009. A Good System for Children and Youth. A colleague who has worked with youth in Boston for many decades perhaps said it best when he noted that a good system must start with the goal "to make every minute we spend with children a good minute.". Economics of out of school.
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: June 2009
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009. BOSTnet Summer Series II. So there is an economic aspect of this service where summer subsidizes the academic year. There is another aspect where programs have to ramp up into full time services and work with children or youth who may be part of the academic year or may follow another configuration - such as several sites being consolidated into one site. One member of the Summer Series group said that themes worked for the summer. These themes could change week by week rath...
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: Summer Is Here, Again
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Summer Is Here, Again. It may be that all children benefit from great activities that make them think, meet new friends or engage with others in structured an unstructured ways. It would be a shame if inner-city children get a version of summer school while others get:. Trips to a zoo or visits by a nature program. Getting away to a camp for the day or a sleep away. Engaging in a project that involves trips to museums or cultural centers. Sports programs and athletics. Out-of-Schoo...
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BOSTnet Policy and Advocacy: OST and Emotional Intelligence
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Monday, April 6, 2009. OST and Emotional Intelligence. A recent article in the. The Other Kind of Smart. To work with children and youth in profound and meaningful ways. Build the Out of School Time Network. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post. I like it very much. Child and youth worker. May 30, 2010 at 11:08 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). OST and Emotional Intelligence. A Good System for Children and Youth. An Open Forum on OST Policy and Advocacy. Thank you, BOST. View my complete profile.
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BOSTnet Quality Environments for Youth: BOSTnet Quality Forum 2009
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009. BOSTnet Quality Forum 2009. What did this quality look like in the many diverse programs represented at the forum? It is hard to say. Outside of the forum and in many meetings leading up to it, we have heard program directors say they want more information on what children and youth need, what families think about their program, and ways to measure their impact not just for grant requirements, but to answer the questions, "how is my program doing" and "how do I know? Older youth...
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BOSTnet Policy and Advocacy: Federal Stimulus Bill Brings Opportunities and Questions
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Thursday, February 19, 2009. Federal Stimulus Bill Brings Opportunities and Questions. A variety of provisions in the bill will have either a direct or indirect impact on funding for afterschool and out-of-school time services for families in Massachusetts. While the details are still unclear, the key provisions for our field include:. 1 $2 Billion for Child Care and Development Block Grants (CCDBG). 183; Over $20 million in non-targeted CCDBG funds. 2 $21 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start.
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BOSTnet Policy and Advocacy: August 2008
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Thursday, August 28, 2008. Reframing the Expectations for OST. 8212;Our recent emphasis on budget lines items and amendments should not obscure the need to take a long-term view in advocating for the field. A critical element of this advocacy must continue to be building public will around a strong identity for afterschool and out-of-school time learning. Unfortunately, the field is often inhibited by two somewhat conflicting expectations:. Afterschool as an extension of the school day. What do you think?
