Deck 4: What Does It Take to Work With School-Age Children

Question 1

Knowing a program's _________ before going into an interview is important to ensure a successful partnership

A) Rules
B) Safety procedures
C) Mission statement
D) Requirements

Answer 1

Mission statement

Question 2

Credentials are essential to becoming an after school professional and include these competency components:

A) Research and testing
B) Experiential and research
C) Educational and testing
D) Educational and experiential

Answer 2

Educational and experiential

Question 3

People who work with school-age students in the personality, temperaments, and dispositions category generally:

A) Serve as positive role models and have a positive style of guidance
B) Work hard because they love working with children
C) Have an innate knowledge of how to work with children of all ages
D) Face little challenges in their day to day work

Answer 3

Serve as positive role models and have a positive style of guidance

Question 4

Adults are better able to create effective programs if they participate in what?

A) Graduate school classes
B) Professional development
C) Research groups
D) Conventions

Question 5

Adults such as teachers, custodians, volunteers, and librarians all help children to what?

A) Love school
B) Learn
C) Work together
D) Socialize

Question 6

People who understand the characteristics of children at various ages are more likely to develop activities and experiences for them that are

A) easy to do
B) developmentally appropriate
C) educational
D) time

Question 7

Personality traits such as integrity, persistence, creativity, and enthusiasm, are identified in your text as _____________________

A) tendencies
B) moods
C) dispositions
D) behaviors

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the twelve competencies recommended for school-age program staff by Pacific Oaks College's School-Age Child Care Task Force:

A) Ability to communicate
B) Child observation skills
C) Modeling and teaching conflict resolution skills
D) Knowledge of teaching reading
E) Sensitivity to cultural and family life styles

Question 9

How much and what kind of training and education should people have before assuming the leadership of an afterschool program? Be specific about the content and level (vocational certificate, academic degree, experience) of those experiences.

Question 10

What personality traits and other characteristics do you believe are needed in order to work successfully with school age children? Relate your own ideas to those of the researchers cited in your text. (They don't have to be the same, but there needs to be evidence that you understand what the research says.) Please give at least one concrete example.