Please read through the Region 8 Newsletters for the latest information on After School Programs, Education Standards, Pacing Guidelines and success stories throughout the region.

 

January Newsletter.pdf

 February Newsletter.pdf

 March Newsletter.pdf

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Featured Article from the March Newsletter:

Pacing Calendars & After School Programs
A pacing calendar is a timeline of standards to be addressed during the school year in each grade level. It guides instruction for classroom teachers by telling when certain standards and lessons will be taught, reinforced and tested. Grade level teachers use Pacing Calendars to plan learning opportunities for all students and to select appropriate curriculum materials.

Pacing Calendars provide a natural and essential link between classroom instruction and the after school program:

They tell ASES Staff when certain standards are being taught to students so that theses skills, knowledge, and concepts can be practiced, applied and reinforced during the school hours.

They provide the vehicle for conversation between classroom teachers and after school staff that focuses on student learning.

They focus after school planning on those activities which will support student mastery of grade level standards.

Federal Program Improvement and California High Priority schools will find that Pacing Calendars provide the basis for extending learning into the after school hours. In fact, the ninth Essential Program Component (EPC) for supporting academic student achievement in California public schools is the Pacing Calendar:

“The school/district prepares and distributes an annual district/school wide pacing schedule for each grade level (K-8) for the reading/language arts and mathematics program in order for all teachers to know when and in what sequence each lesson is expected to be taught to ensure content coverage.” (California Department of Education

If your sites have not yet developed protocols for sharing Pacing Calendar information between classroom teachers and after school staff, now is a good time for the ASES Program Coordinator to initiate the process by contacting the district Director of Curriculum and Instruction, so that district wide policies and practices can be established.

Janis Jones,
Kern County Liaison
Kern County Office of Education