Student Engagement
Adolescent Out-of-School Time Participation: Contextual Predictors and Developmental Differences
This presentation by the Harvard Family Research Project discusses predictors and developmental differences in adolescent participation in out-of-school time activities. They looked at risk factors on various levels including risk of the child, family, school and neighborhood. Child and family risk were found to be the most consistent predictors of non-participation among middle and high school students. Finally, implications for policy and practice are made for increasing adolescent participation in OST programs. 2005
Engaging Youth on Their Turf: Creative Approaches to Connecting Youth through Community
The Healthy Teen Network, with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, presents six creative approaches to engage youth. These six programs include an arts or sports component and seek to build bonds among youth, caring adults and their environment. This article hopes to provide examples for other programs on how to engage often difficult to reach youth. 2007.
Finding the Right Hook: Strategies for attracting and sustaining participation in after-school programs
This article offers promising recruitment and retention strategies to school administrators seeking to boost participation rates in their school-based after school programs. Published by Harvard Family Research Project, in the May 2005 issue of "The School Administrator" magazine.
Meeting the High School Challenge: Making After-School Work for Older Students
This report by The After-School Corporation (TASC) reviews the many challenges programs face when providing programming for teens. They describe three program approaches to engaging older teens in after-school and discuss strengths and weaknesses of each. The authors also offer lessons learned about providing programming for high school aged youth. July 2007.
Spanning the Gender Gap in Mentoring
Spanning the Gender Gap in Mentoring provides a short review of what is known about gender in mentoring relationships. Although the research has left many questions as yet unanswered, this article addresses what is known about the differences between girls and boys in why they enter, how they can benefit from and why they leave mentoring programs. 2006.
Youth Development Guide: Engaging Young People in After-school Programming (Guidebook)
This presentation by the Harvard Family Research Project discusses predictors and developmental differences in adolescent participation in out-of-school time activities. They looked at risk factors on various levels including risk of the child, family, school and neighborhood. Child and family risk were found to be the most consistent predictors of non-participation among middle and high school students. Finally, implications for policy and practice are made for increasing adolescent participation in OST programs. 2005
