DOCUMENT RESUME ED 423 952 PS 026 092 AUTHOR Scofield, Richard T., Ed. TITLE School-Age NOTES. 1997. ISSN ISSN-0278-3126 PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 98p.; For volume 14, see ED 382 331; volume 15, see ED 401 998, volume 16, see ED 402 083. AVAILABLE FROM School Age NOTES, P.O. Box 40205, Nashville, TN 37204; phone: 615-242-8464; fax: 615-242-8260 (1-year, 12-issue subscription, $24.95). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT School-Age NOTES; v17 n1-12 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *After School Education; *After School Programs; Computer Uses in Education; *Conflict Resolution; Elementary Education; *Elementary School Students; Enrichment; Interfaith Relations; Motivation Techniques; Newsletters; Noise (Sound); Professional Development; *School Age Day Care IDENTIFIERS Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Philadelphia School District PA ABSTRACT These 12 newsletter issues offer support and information for providers of child care for school-age children. The featured articles for each month are: (1) "ASCAP [American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers] Retreats on Camp Song Use";(2) "Walking the Talk: Modeling Conflict Resolution Behaviors"; (3) "10 Staff Motivation Tips"; (4) "Anxious Moments, Friendships and Developmental Needs"; (5) "Interfaith Efforts in Philadelphia Lead to 'SAM'[School-Age Ministry] Program"; (6) "Computer Room Observations: Seeing the Whole Picture"; (7) "Reflections on Our Profession"; (8) "Academic Enrichment Programs: Coming Soon to Your Town!"; (9) "Have We Really Seen the Light?"; (10)"The Noise Factor--A Place for Everything"; (11) "Grace Mitchell's Reflections"; and (12)"Get Jump on $50 Million for After School Learning Centers." 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Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ment do not necessarily represent official , INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) OERI position or pohcy. 1 Volume XVII #1 The Newsletter for School-Age Care Professienals September 1996 ISSN0278-3126 1996 School-Age NOTES A National Resource Organization on School-Age Care Pioneering the Field Since 1980 ASCAP Retreats on Camp INSIDE Tucson Unites p. 2 Song Use Middle Schoolers p. 3 Most school-age programs are now October Activities.. .p.4-5 familiar with the copyright laws gov-Making Girl Scouts pay to erning the use of movie videos, songs sing campfire songs didn'tNAEYC "SACLand". .p.7 and recordings. Those rules are thatsit well with the public. videos and recordings and even song Ga. SAC Guides p. 8 words and tunes are for home use only and that even if you have bought the At first, a top ASCAP executive was videos and recordings that does notquoted as saying, "They buy paper,How Secure is the give you the right to play them for thetwine and glue for their crafts they public, particularly if you are collect- can pay for music, too." This highlights Market for SAC?. ing fees and it is for entertainmentASCAP's original stance which sug-by Rich Scofield purposes. In order to do that you mustgested that as an integral part of the Of today's professionals in school- pay annual license fees which are roy-camping experience music should beage care, few probably were around or alties for the creators and copyrightconsidered an operating expense justremember the decline in school-age owners. like food or arts and craft supplies, even enrollments in the early 1980's brought for non-profit groups. on by the decline in the 70's of births Because 16 Girl Scout camps wereand the poor economy. ASCAP's original stanceamong those ACA members, there was B y the m id- '80's school-age demand suggested that as antremendous backlash through the me-started booming. At the time, I tried to dia against ASCAP. Making Girl Scouts project out when the decline would integral part of the campingpay to sing campfire songs didn't sithappen for those school-agers of the experience music should bewell with the public. "baby boom echo" (children of the post- considered an operating ASCAP retreated from its originalWorld War II baby boom generation) expense just like food orstance with official saying that the tar-who were just hitting the school sys- get of the crackdown was commercialtem. I remember I targetcd 1996I'm arts and craft supplies. camps where music is performed forglad I didn't publish those opinions and financial benefits, not Girl Scouts orprojections because the latest U.S. De- other groups doing sing-alongs. partment of Education figures show a The latest flap occurred when ASCAP ASCAP's director of licensing said, school-age population increase. (American Society of Composers, Au-"If someone is running a camp and In fact, a record 51.7 million students thors and Publishers), for the first timesinging is the only musical activity, will attcnd public and private schools in history, tried to collect fees from we're not pursuing that. We're inter- elementary and secondary. This breaks children's summer camps for copy- ested where someone is deriving a fi- the 51.3 million record set in 1971. righted songs sung around the campfire nancial benefit from the performance While figures for elementary-age such as l' d Like to Teach the World toof the music, either directly or indi-projections were not cited, news ac- Sing and God Bless America. Accord- rectly." This does not leave it clear cut counts reported that this school year ing to news reports, a deal was struckfor programs but at least gives somerepresents the mid-point of a 20-year with the American Camping Associa- guideline to fall back on. School-Agetrend of rising school enrollments tion (ACA) for the nation's 300 asso- NOTES has reported on this in the past(preK-12). ciation-accredited camps to pay a flatand will keep readers up-to-date as Half of the surge is attributed to the fee of $257 for all-you-can-sing rights more information becomes available.ew children of baby boomers. Other fac- to ASCAP's catalog of 4 million songs. (Continued on page 7) 3 they do is so much more." "How will we going to be just as beneficial in meeting Tucson Responds ever gain professional status if people a child' s needs as a quality recreational continue to [print these kinds of state- programproviding after school care even In the June issue of SAN we reported ments]?" if the approaches may be different. A on the city-wide, free after school pro- Hayes: I thought I made it clear [in thepoor program is a poor program whether grams provided by the Tucson (Ariz.)guides] that we don't believe there is any it is child care or recreation. The guide Parks & Recreation Department. We alsoreal difference between child care andfor administrators points out, "We try to gave information about the three, freerecreation: The guides state: "The ques- convey the idea that we're involving [the guides that the Department developed to tion of recreation vs. child care may bechildren and youth] in important and help cities replicate the city's model. Inmore a matter of perception than real- enriching, character building activities the July issue we printed a letter from Sue ity..." that also happen to be fun." A statement Jorgenson, a youth recreation manager The point we're making is a matter ofmany SAC programs would say fit what in Oregon, who was very disturbed about semantics. We have discovered that the they do. the content of the guides. We re-read theterm "child care" has a passive connota- It also seems apparent that school-age guides, agreed with some of her points, tion in the minds of Tucson's public. By care and recreation have much to learn discovered two other concerns and then defining ourselves as recreation, we takefrom each other. A comment echoed by explained our rationale, which we stood advantage of that word's active implica- Larkin, "Theories change and methods by, for originally printing the article abouttion. Recreation, as defined in the minds change, that' s why we all try to learn the program and the guides. of the public we serve, suggests we arefrom one another." See the following We received two letters from Tucsondoing more than babysitting. article about how Tucson is moving for- responding to the criticism and com- Editor's Comment:People coming ward toward that goal. coa ments. One was from the author of thefrom school-age child care and early guides, J.M. "Mike" Hayes, and the other childhood backgrounds might react less was from Karen Larkin, Community Pro- strongly to the comparison of child care Tucson Unites to gram Manager for the Tucson Parks and and babysitting if it was left at the level ofDevelop SAC Recreation Department. Both writers had public perception.Butthe continued com- similar concerns and responses. ments in the guide alluding to child care Curriculum On the issue of the I :20 staff to child and child care workers as just Karen Larkin from the Tucson Parks ratio, Karen Larkin responded. "babysitting" and particularly the final& Recreation Department told us about Larkin:Ratio is a hot topic in our city. comment, with exclamation mark, at the a wonderful collaboration. The state licensing ratio is 1:20, therefore end of the chapter reiterating, "We are that is what we use.