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Burnout in After School Programs
November 21, 2006
Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.
-Diane Ackerman
-Diane Ackerman
Ellen Clippinger, President of AYS, Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana was interviewed in the article, “Staff ‘Lifers’ in After-School and Summer Programs,” in School-Age NOTES (September, 2006; www.SchoolAgeNotes.com) about an innovate burnout prevention program she has innovated. The program keeps staff energized by motivating them to work up a ladder of five different levels. As it is hard for a large number of staff members to move into administration because there are few positions that open in proportion to the number of staff, this program allows staff to mark their growth and feel a sense of upward progress during their career.
Each time a staff member reaches a higher level, he or she is recognized and rewarded. Staff members appear regularly before a review panel to report on accomplishments, trainings attended, and projects completed by the children in their programs. According to Clippinger, this program has kept staff energized and involved in their work.
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Displaying All 2 CommentsLittle Joe Ltd t/as Rhymes Nursery
Ipswich, Suffolk, United States
We have Out of School Clubs and are very interested in the books shown on the site. Unfortunately it is only possible to purchase if you live in USA or Canada. Is there any chance sales will widen in the future as we are keen to develop our staff?
Spearfish, United States
Sounds similar to a program at Rocky Boy's
Reservation in Montana. The teacher assistants were on a higher pay scale when they completed a certain amount of college credits. In the summer they would attend college, and many received their BS in Education and became teachers. Four of the students were assistents in the reading program. Each tutored 10 students who needed help in reading. The next year they became the reading teachers.
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