Lesson 5: Organization and Staffing

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Effectively running one or several community campuses (or AfterZones) relies on the support of a variety of people, including staff members of the intermediary body and program providers. Below is the organizational structure, including the roles and responsibilities of staff and governing bodies. Though this type of hierarchy took years and a lot of resources to establish, you can start small with just one AfterZone made up of a few volunteer-led after-school programs.

Download an organizational chart of the AfterZone system: A visual representation of how this after-school system works. (60KB)

Operations and Governing Bodies

Members of the community and programs play an important role in short-term and long-term planning and operations of AfterZones. Here's a list of cooperatives and how they function in overseeing the organization's goals:

Staffing Structure

Download staff roles and responsibilities: An in-depth summary of the key players in the day-to-day AfterZone operation and how they interact (160KB)

The following list includes key day-to-day employees of PASA and the site-management agency:

The following support staff are also involved in the AfterZone operations:

Download a YES-worker job description: When it's time for your program to start staffing, use this sample support-staff job posting as a guide. (92KB)

Vocabulary

We use these terms throughout this and other PASA lessons:

21st Century Community Learning Center grant: Provided by the U.S Department of Education to community learning centers that provide academic-enrichment opportunities during nonschool hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.

AfterZone: A geographic area that defines a "community campus" of schools and community providers in the area. Students from different schools can attend a network of after-school programs within the zone.

Providence After School Alliance (PASA): An intermediary agency responsible for creating a system of high-quality after-school opportunities for middle school youth in Providence, Rhode Island. Initially funded by the Wallace Foundation and Bank of America, PASA is driven by the collective efforts of over 150 public and nonprofit after-school providers and is spearheaded by Mayor David N. Cicilline.

Site-management agency: Community-based organizations that oversee the day-to-day AfterZone operations and logistics, often located at one school for each AfterZone.

Key Points

Here are some important factors to consider: