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Professionalism |
| Book # |
Title & Description |
Source/Author |
| #1 |
School-Age Care Companion Guide: An Adult-Sized Guide to Child-Sized Environments
The Companion Guide addresses specific issues regarding programs exclusively serving school-age children, such as licensing, activities, and staffing. |
Children’s
Admn. Division of Licensed Resources Office of Child Care Policy |
| #40 |
Code of Ethics for School Age Care
This is a document that identifies what the people in the profession value, how they act, and what they believe. |
Concordia University: Saint Paul, MN |
| #41 |
Building a Professional Development System that Works for the Field of Out-of-School Time
Research has established that the most important element in creating quality programs is a workforce with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and meet the needs of children/youth. |
National Institute on Out-of-School
Time |
| #42 |
Credentialing in Out-of-School Time Programs
This section examines the elements of the credentialing systems, discusses what credentialed roles would create a career pathway, and suggest some reasons why out-of-school time providers and programs, and the government, might find credentials to be of value. |
National Institute on Out-of-School Time |
| #43 |
On the Road to SAC Professionalism: Emerging Models, Trends, and Issues in Credentialing
This report presents findings from a national survey on emerging credentialing programs for school-age care providers. |
National Institute on Out-of-School Time |
| #3 |
The NSACA Standards for Quality School-Age Care
Describes the practices that lead to stimulating, safe, and supportive programs for young people ages 5 to 14 in their out-of-school time. |
National School-Age Child Care Alliance |
| #4 |
Beyond The Bell-A Toolkit for Creating Effective After-School Programs
(2nd edition)
The Toolkit is designed around key decision points in six areas -- management, collaboration, programming, linkages with the traditional school day, evaluation, and communication. |
NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory) |
| #5 |
Beyond The Bell-Linkages: Ideas for After-School Programs
(video)
This video looks at 4 different after-school programs throughout the country, highlighting the ways that successful linkages between after-school programs and the regular school day enhance the total school experience.
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NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory) |
| #6 |
Skill Standards for School-Age Care Professionals
Contains a combination of background readings, models of skill standards, preferred development process, definition of terms, validation information and resource lists.
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Peninsula College: Port Angeles, WA |
| #8 |
School-Age Child Care-An Action Manual for the 90's and Beyond (2nd edition)
The manual guides the reader through the process of designing, implementing, and managing caring programs for children aged 5 to 12. |
Seligson, Michelle & Michael Allenson |
