Click on one of our member organizations on the left to learn more about after school programs in Sonoma County.
ABOUT
Vision
SCAN collaborates to enhance and expand opportunities for Sonoma County children and families to access high quality after school programs.
Mission
SCAN is committed to utilizing best practices to promote:
- High Quality Program Implementation
- Dedicated and Professional After School Staff
- Community Awareness, Involvement and Support of After School programs
Member Programs
- CalSERVES
- Boys & Girls Club of Cloverdale
- Boys & Girls Club of South Sonoma & Marin
- Boys & Girls Club of Central Sonoma County
- Carney Educational Services
- Chops Teen Club
- City of Healdsburg, Parks & Recreation Department
- City of Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks, Neighborhood Services
- Community Action Partnership
- Cotati–Rohnert Park Unified School District
- Extended Child Care
- Geyserville Unified School District
- Kids Street Learning Center
- North Bay Children’s Center
- Old Adobe Union School District
- Petaluma City Schools
- Region 1 Lead – Mendocino COE
- The Salvation Army
- SJHS Circle of Sisters, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Sonoma County Family YMCA
- West County Community Services
Information Dissemination
SCAN will promote the development of quality after school programs throughout the County, so that every school who wants a program has access to the tools they need to create a high quality program. The SCAN group can provide information and resources to school districts on how to apply and design high quality programs, including information on how to best collaborate with community agencies. This will be done through workshops and written materials that make resources available to interested districts and schools.
Training & Technical Assistance
SCAN can pool its resources and expertise to provide new programs training and support in developing high quality after school programs. Some of these areas include:
- Program Management, Staff Supervision, Training Paraprofessional Staff
- Involving Teachers in After School
- Effective After School Programming
- Involving Volunteers and AmeriCorps in After School
- Integrating Counseling, Life Skills, and Prevention into Your Program
- P.E. / Nutrition Programs to Encourage a Healthy Lifestyle
- Service Learning and Character Education in After School
- Girls Programs/Boys Programs (self esteem, gang prevention etc.)
- Science/Physics and Math Programs for After School
- Classroom Management
- Bullying Prevention Programs
- Developing Literacy in After School
- Parent Participation/Parent Communication
- Art Programs, Field Trips & Clubs
Networking
The SCAN group can provide a forum for sharing promising practices through regular meetings, a local listserv, issue forums, etc.
Outreach
SCAN can provide information to the community about the impact of after school, through media releases, joint events (i.e. Lights On After School), etc.
For further information on SCAN, contact Julie McClure at 707-586-9062 or email at julie.mcclure@calserves.org.