ELEMENT 6
LINKAGES BETWEEN DAY & AFTER SCHOOL
A quality program has its staff work closely with school staff to ensure that afterschool academic components and activities are aligned with and enrich school standards and curricula.

A quality program:
Plan To Improve
1. *Secures commitment of resources (e.g., classroom space, bulletin boards, storage space, computer facilities, and site coordinator’s office) from school principal, when possible.
2. Maintains communication with school principal and administration.
3. Establishes strong links to the school day.
4. Incorporates programming that integrates and complements school day activities.
5. Collaborates regularly with school-day personnel regarding use of facilities and resources.
6. Supports state and local performance standards and benchmarks.
7. Communicates with school-day staff to monitor academic and behavioral progress of students.
8. Allocates sufficient program time for homework and homework help.
9. Is represented in local schools’ planning efforts.
*Denotes items to be assessed prior to program start-up.
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