Align Instruction
Recommended Practice: Align out-of-school academic activities with instruction provided during the regular school day.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about aligning instruction
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Aligning Out-of-School Programs With the Regular School Day
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Watch this multimedia overview to learn about strategies to seamlessly connect regular school-day instruction and out-of-school programs.
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Overview
Maintaining a Dialogue Between Schools and Out-of-School Providers
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Learn ways that after-school program teachers and coordinators can maintain an understanding of students' strengths and weaknesses, their schools' academic expectations, and the structures,...
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Expert Interview
Responsibility Checklist for Principal, After-School Coordinator, and Site Coordinator
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A school principal and site coordinator complete this checklist together to determine roles and responsibilities in facilitating the after-school program. View Creating the School Structures That...
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Sample Material
Strengthening Alignment Assessment Form
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This form lists ten criteria designed to support collaboration around common goals between school staff and after-school program staff. Look over Linking School and After School: A Continuum of...
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Sample Material
School Work Assignment Schedule
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This form is used to communicate homework assignments to after-school teachers and parents. View Creating the School Structures That Support Alignment to learn more about how this school aligns its...
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Sample Material
Recruiting an Out-of-School Program Coordinator
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This tool is designed to help district administrators, school principals, and out-of-school program directors identify a coordinator to facilitate alignment with the regular school day. Related...
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Tool
Aligning Instruction: Student Information Forms
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This tool provides several forms that can support the information exchange process between teachers and out-of-school program instructors.
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Tool
Learning Together: Aligning the Out-of-School Program With the School Day
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Use this workshop outline to provide an in-service about aligning an out-of-school program with the regular school day. Related Media and Files: Maintaining a Dialogue Between Schools and...
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Tool
