The National Afterschool Association (NAA 2011) has identified the following indicators of effective curriculum:

• Engage children in activities that meet individual needs, interests, development, and skill levels.    
• Design and develop effective activities based on current research and curriculum.      
• Provide an engaging, physically and emotionally safe, and inclusive environment to encourage play, exploration, and learning across developmental domains.  
• Design and develop an environment that offers choices.    
• Plan and implement learning opportunities that include goals and objectives.    
• Incorporate activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development into all curricular areas.    

Review your program’s curriculum and answer the questions below. Share your responses with your trainer, coach or administrator.

1. Choose one of the indicators of an effective curriculum listed above. Detail some examples of how your curriculum reflects the selected indicator?
    
2. List any indicators that you feel your curriculum does not provide?
    
3. Describe any improvements you would make to the curriculum? 
    
4. Detail any questions you may have about any of the listed indicators and how it relates to your program’s curriculum.