Promising Practices for Family Engagement in Out–Of–School Time Kreider Hardback

Promising Practices for Family Engagement in Out-Of-School TimeAuthor(s): Holly Kreider, Helen Westmoreland\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781617354489, 978-1617354489\nSynopsis\nThis concise monograph addresses the expanding field of family involvement to out of school time (OST). OST may be defined as time outside of state required time limits for compulsory school attendance but time in which students are engaged in planned academic or enrichment activities. During the past decade, OST programs have burgeoned across the United States. OST programs are offered to children and youth, elementary through high school, as structured and safe venues to increase student academic achievement, and extend students interests.\n\nChapter authors share promising practices from a range of backgrounds, including nonprofit organizations, faith-based, health, and governmental agencies as well as university-school c.