Using 21 st CCLC to Support Academic Achievement

1. Using 21st CCLC to Support Academic Achievement Kimberly Berry and Erin Rosati Bureau of Family and Community Outreach

2. Purpose of Today’s Presentation • Discuss how the changes in ESSA to Title IV, Part B align with a community schools model designed to support school improvement • Identify gaps between policy and practices • Brainstorm strategies that may bridge that gap

3. ESSA Changes

4. 21st CCLC Purpose Previous Language Revised Language To provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand community learning centers that: provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low performing schools, meet challenging State academic standards offer students a broad array of additional services, programs and activities that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and offer families of students served opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development. The creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program: • helps students meet state student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; • offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and • offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

5. 21st CCLC Purpose Previous Language Revised Language To provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand community learning centers that: provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low performing schools, meet challenging State academic standards offer students a broad array of additional services, programs and activities that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and offer families of students served opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development. The creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program: • helps students meet state student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; • offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and • offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

6. Target Population • Students in grades PreK to 12 in schools identified under comprehensive support and improvement and targeted support and improvement with priority given to identified subgroups • Students in grades PreK to 12 in schools identified by the local education agency as in need of improvement • Families of the students in the schools mentioned above

7. 21st CCLC Services • Student Services • Before School Programs • After School Programs • School Break Programs • Summer Programs • Expanded Learning Time Programs • Adult Family Members Services • Parental Involvement • Family Literacy

8. How do 21st CCLC programs get funded? • Competitive process • Peer reviewed and scored • Must score over 70 (out of 100) • Priority points assigned for special target criteria, for example: • High need schools (over 65% or 80% FRL eligibility) • Service to secondary students around workforce education • Strong documented collaboration that includes one LEA, one community based organization and one more partner. • Provide professional development to staff in SEL/mental health • Serve underserved counties

9. Program Objectives • Academic Objectives • English/Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Academic Benchmark Objectives • Third Grade Promotion • Passing score in Algebra I End-of-Course Exam • High School Graduation

10. Program Objectives • Objective Domains selected by applicant: • Socioemotional Learning • Arts and Culture • Health and Nutrition • Behavior and Problem-Solving • Dropout Prevention • College/Career Readiness • Entrepreneurship

11. Approved Program Activities ESEA Sec. 4205(a) identifies the approved activities for a 21st CCLC program. • academic enrichment learning programs, mentoring programs, remedial education activities, and tutoring services, that are aligned with— • the challenging State academic standards and any local academic standards; and • local curricula that are designed to improve student academic achievement; • well-rounded education activities, including such activities that enable students to be eligible for credit recovery or attainment; • literacy education programs, including financial literacy programs and environmental literacy programs;

12. Approved Program Activities (continued) • programs that support a healthy and active lifestyle, including nutritional education and regular, structured physical activity programs; • services for individuals with disabilities; • programs that provide after-school activities for students who are English learners that emphasize language skills and academic achievement; • cultural programs; • telecommunications and technology education programs; • expanded library service hours; • parenting skills programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;

13. Approved Program Activities (continued) • programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or expelled to allow the students to improve their academic achievement; • drug and violence prevention programs and counseling programs; • programs that build skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this paragraph as ‘STEM’), including computer science, and that foster innovation in learning by supporting nontraditional STEM education teaching methods; and • programs that partner with in-demand fields of the local workforce or build career competencies and career readiness and ensure that local workforce and career readiness skills are aligned with the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and the Workforce.”

14. Times and Frequency of Service Provision • 21st CCLC programs may offer services before school, after school, weekends and school breaks including fall, winter, spring and summer breaks. • Applicants should design the operating schedules of their programs to meet the needs of the targeted students and their adult family members. • To best serve the children of working families, centers should establish consistent and dependable hours of operation.

15. Expanded Learning Programs • provides students at least 300 additional program hours before, during, or after the traditional school day • supplement but do not supplant regular school day requirements

16. Programming Minimums • Afterschool programs should operate for a minimum of • Ten 10 hours per week (Monday through Friday) • Four (4) days per week (Monday through Friday) • Non-school day programs such as teacher planning days, school breaks, weekends and holidays, must provide a minimum of: • four (4) hours per day

17. Summer and Other Programming Minimums • Summer programs must operate for a minimum of: • four (4) hours per day (Monday through Friday) • four (4) days per week (Monday through Friday) Applicants cannot propose a program that operates solely during the summer. • Each student in the program must be afforded the full breadth of programming each week listed above. • Programs must serve the same students on a daily basis.

18. Collaboration with the Regular School Day • Program must be designed and carried out in collaboration with the regular school day attended by the students participating in the 21st CCLC activities. • Collaboration means that both the applicant and the target school will work together to reach the program goals and objectives. • To support appropriate coordination with the regular school day, proposals can only target a maximum of four schools per site AND the proposal must target a minimum of 10 students per school.

19. Services for Adult Family Members of 21st CCLC Students • Services must be: • meaningful and ongoing. • designed to provide adult family members with the tools necessary to support their student’s academic achievement goals. • A minimum of five meaningful activities must occur throughout the year. • Introductory activity • SEL/mental health awareness • At least three other activities

20. Community Schools Model

21. Policy into Practice

22. Gaps Between Policy and Practice • What are the gaps that prevent us from operating the program as the policy intends? • What are the practical issues that prevent implementation?

23. Strategies to Close the Gap

24. Programming Strategies to Support Achievement • Transitional Programming • Wraparound Services • Florida Standards-based Academic Enrichment

25. Transition to Elementary • Reviewing PreK data or kindergarten entry data • Working with your Early Learning Coalition • School Readiness • Names • Campus Layout • Walking in Line • Shoe Tying • Following Directions • Self Advocacy

26. Transition to Middle School • Study skills • Career exploration • Teacher expectations • Digital tools • Physical transitions • Class levels • Guidance counselor roles • Bringing students together from different schools

27. Transition to High School • Navigating larger environments • Relational/social skills • Grade point average calculations • College preparation • Career preparation • District course and school offerings • Certifications and apprenticeships • Bright Futures preparation

28. Wraparound Services • VPK Afterschool • ESE PreK Afterschool • Summer Reading Academy day extension • Extended School Year day extension

29. VPK Afterschool • VPK is half day (three hours) or full day with other supports; e.g., school readiness or Title I funding • Afterschool is often unavailable for young children and typically begins at Kindergarten • Parents must develop a hybrid of supervision or may not enroll in school-based program

30. Summer Reading Academy Day Extension • Summer Reading Academy is mandated for Level I students in grade 3 • District implementation varies • Not a full day program • More participation through wraparound services • Enrichment that supports learning • Allowable field trips • Swimming • Parks

31. ESE PreK Afterschool & ESY Day Extension • Wraparound services • Therapy services • Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) • Extension of tiered intervention • Mitigation of Summer Learning Loss

32. Florida Standards-based Academic Enrichment • Implementing the standards through enrichment • Model Eliciting Activities in CPALMS • Teaching from the margins • Expanded learning opportunities in textbooks • Remove time parameters • Reteach science standards for tested grades

33. Request for Proposals • Statewide will be released this month via paperless communication • Expanded learning program will be release shortly after via paperless communication • Email 21stcclcRFP@fldoe.org to be notified of release • Proposals awarded for five years • Project period will be August 1-July 31