Program site: Turtle Rock

-Main activity room: This multi-purpose area serves as a place where the kids gather and
play while they arrive and for departure during parent pick up. It serves as an area for
open free time, reading/homework time for the older kids that are 4th grade-6th grade,
and where their passive activity is held. This room provides arts and craft supplies,
books, board games, toys, tables and chairs, cubbies for their belongings, and room to
roam as they please.
-2nd activity room: This area serves as a place for the younger students in Kindergarten3rd grade to have their reading/homework time.
-3rd (and largest) activity room: This multi-purpose area serves as a place for their
active activity. With a large open area and small, designated stage, it allows for a large
amount of free movement for kids to run around as they please with plenty of room to
spare.
-4th activity room: This area serves as an extra room. When the 2nd room is unavailable
for unexpected reasons, the younger kids that are Kindergarten-3rd grade are placed here
for reading/homework time. Occasionally, it serves as the area for their passive activity
as well
-Kitchen: This area is specifically designated for staff only. The students are not
permitted in, unless special circumstances arrive, but in that case, staff must be present.
This area is used for preparing the kids snacks and making items for fundraisers that go
towards the program.

Students
-around 25-50 kids daily
-elementary school: K-6th grade
-demographics: There are predominantly Asian American and Caucasian students. There
are very few African American, Middle Eastern, Latin American, ect. Students present.
There are fairly equal ratios to girls and boys but slightly more girls attend in comparison.

Staff
-1 site coordinator, 1 desk manager, 6-8 staff members daily

-Demographics: The staff is somewhat mixed. There is one African American male, twothree Asian Americans, Two Latin American women, and the remaining are assumed to
be Caucasian. Most of the staff is female.
-Strengths: The staff knows all of the children by name and has close relationships to
most of the kids. The kids respond well to casual conversation and during physical
activities. They play indoors with the kids when asked and try their best to regulate
behavior.
-Weaknesses: There is a prevalent lack of communication among the staff. They appear
unprofessional and their actions reflect so as well. Often times they will tend to their own
needs before the children. Ive noticed this especially during homework time. They will
not offer help unless directly asked. They let the children that can not read sit there while
they eat their lunch or read personal items. Their control over the kids vary.

Daily Schedule
-2-2:30 Arrival/Indoor Free Play: The children arrive sporadically to the program after
being released from school. They are placed in the main activity room where they are
allowed to play games, play with toys, read, color, and interact with each other while
waiting for the rest of the kids to arrive.
-2:30-3:30 Outside Free Play: They children line up and are released outside to play.
They are provided with toys such as balls, jump ropes, building blocks, ect. Within the
permitted boundaries, the children are allowed to play as they please while the staff
watches them.
-3-3:10 Clean Up: The kids pack up all of the outside toys and sit in an outside arena.
After all is clean, the staff members call each grade to line up and go inside depending on
who is the most quiet.
-3:10-3:30 Reading: They kids are separated into two rooms depending on age groups
(K-3 and 4-6). One staff member then reads to the kids while they sit listen. They are
allowed to eat their snacks brought from home at this time. One other staff member
ensures the kids stay quiet.
-3:30-4:30 Homework/Snack: This is the time that the kids doing their homework. They
are supposed to remain silent. Those who finish early/do not have any homework sit and
silently read to themselves. A few minutes after they have started, groups divided by
gender are taken to the restroom to wash up. They then return. While the children are

doing homework, another staff member enters the room with a snack provided by the
program. The kids are dismissed by table to get their snack by a staff member.
-4:30-5:15 Programming: The kids are given a choice between active or passive.
Active involves a physical activity and is held in the larger room while passive involves
arts and crafts and is held usually in the main room. The kids are separated depending on
their choice.
-5:15-5:45 Inside Free Play: The kids are brought back to the main room for more inside
free play. Here, they are allowed to play games, play with toys, read, color, and interact
with each other.
-5:45-6 Clean up/Pick Up: The kids then clean up the main room and are picked up by
their parents to go home.

Student Needs
What did not work?
-Children with disabilities: Although there are only 2 children with a disability,
they do not have a caretaker with them at all times. When their caretaker is not
there, staff will occasional tend to the child, but ultimately not enough.
-educational assistance: As previously mentioned, the staff rarely provides
assistance with homework. During homework time, there are typically 2 staff
members in a room of at least 20 kids at a time. They do not offer help with
homework unless asked directly by the child and even then, they can not focus on
the child because they have to oversee the entire classroom as well. When the kids
would turn to each other for help, they are immediately scolded and told to be
quiet.
-reward system: The program rewards their children with turtle dollars. These
serve as false money that kids can use to purchase snacks and small toys at the
facilitys turtle store. The children earn dollars through good behavior and
enjoy receiving rewards. However, it is used infrequently. The staff will go days
without mentioning them and then randomly threaten to take them away when a
child acts up.
What did work?
-Restroom usage: One thing that worked fairly well was their bathroom system. If
a child has to use the facilities, they notify a staff member of the same sex. After

this, they choose a bathroom buddy to go with the staff member. They separate
time before snack to go to the restroom and wash their hands after being outside.
-Active activities: Even though they ultimately resulted into the children running
around without order, the kids have fun. They are able to be as physically active
as they please and have enough space to do so.
-Their recreational goal: The program aims for a safe environment for kids to
make friends and engage in activities. The kids are able to interact with each other
every day in almost every activity, excluding homework and reading time, and are
overall happy. The kids enjoy coming to the program and seeing their friends/the
staff.