after-school Resources

Member Name: Teresa Pregizer

Service Site: S.A.Y Yes! Pico Union

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Project Focus:

This project outlines how Teresa Pregizer created a detailed manual for the director and mentor positions at S.A.Y. Yes! in order to make sure institutional knowledge of resources and best practices is retained from year to year, even if there is staff turnover.  In this way, future directors will better be able to build on previous experience, rather than starting over from scratch.

Member Name: Justin Little

Service Site: Central City Community Outreach

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Project Focus:

Over the course of his service year at Central City’s S.A.Y. Yes! Program, Justin Little developed 5 different activity centers for the K-1st classroom.

In this presentation, he describes the philosophy and curriculum of each: (1) the technology center, (2) the visual arts center, (3) the story center, (4) the homework tutoring center, and (5) the play center. 

Member Name: Jennifer Hicks

Service Site: Central City Community Outreach

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Project Description:

These documents present a detailed plan for addressing students' literacy deficits in the early primary grades. In the Word document, this plan is broken down by grade level into several main skill sets. The corresponding spreadsheet offers a sample curriculum plan and basic rubric for assessing students' progress in these areas. Though the plan was designed to be implemented using EdMark software, it can be adapted to other systems. It is especially helpful insofar as it is not solely lab-based, but stresses a holistic approach to skill building.