EOCS 7450                                                                                              Pamela
Barnett

Practicum in
Leadership                                                 Planned
Standard Activity #2

After-School Program Curriculum Development

Our
principal was asking for proposals concerning the after-school curriculum to
implement this year.  He was
concerned that funds were limited, but he wanted to utilize curriculum that
would be effective and help students in their weak targeted domains for the
CRCT.  Our principal also did not
want to duplicate the curriculum used in the regular content area each school
day.

After
speaking to other teachers, our media specialist and searching through
materials, I found out that we have multiple resources that would provide an
appropriate curriculum for our after-school program.  Using students’ CRCT scores, target
areas and teacher input, I identified various programs to meet the needs of
each group of students in the areas of Math and Language Arts.  The material was not currently being
utilized in the regular classroom and would not be an added expense.

Teachers
of after-school classes specifically needed a curriculum that would meet the
needs of students not performing at grade level.  The teachers were concerned that the
students would be bored and burned out after the demands of their regular
school day.  Math and Language Arts
programs that placed students based on their performance and that were self
paced provided students with interactive learning experiences and immediate
feedback on their progress.  This
helped teachers individualize the after-school program based on the needs of
the students.  It also helped
monitor each student’s performance and progress in the program to assist
in evaluating the effectiveness of the after-school program.