More Than Attendance: The Importance of After-School Program Quality

Barton J. Hirsch; Megan A. Mekinda; Julie Ann Stawicki

doi:10.1007/s10464-010-9310-4

More Than Attendance: The Importance of After-School Program Quality

Barton J. Hirsch, Megan A. Mekinda, Julie Ann Stawicki

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

A central theme of the articles featured in this issue is the need to improve the quality of after-school programs. In this commentary, we discuss why student engagement, program characteristics and implementation, staff training, and citywide policy are key considerations in the effort to define and achieve high quality programs for youth.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	447-452
Number of pages	6
Journal	American Journal of Community Psychology
Volume	45
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9310-4
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

After-school
Attendance
Program implementation
Program quality
Staff training

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Health(social science)
Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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