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TISD ACE

TISD ACE. What Can ACE Do For You?. General Overview. Q. What is ACE?

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TISD ACE

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  1. TISD ACE What Can ACE Do For You?

  2. General Overview • Q. What is ACE? • A. The Texas Afterschool Centers on Education™ (ACE™) is administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and funded by the 21st CCLC Program administered by the US Department of Education. ACE offers activities based on a Four-Component Activity Guide which includes academic assistance, enrichment, family and parental support, and college and career readiness. These activities are available to students and their families during non-school hours (before or after school) or periods when school is not in session (including holidays, weekends, and summer recess). ACE is available for students whose school has been classified as having high need, high poverty level, and/or low academic performance, providing them the opportunity to participate in academic learning and enrichment activities in a safe environment. It provides innovative and interactive activities that teach students and their families alternative methods for learning academic concepts, managing social and family situations, and preparing for college or employment.

  3. General Overview • Q. What are the objectives and goals for ACE? • A. The overall goal for ACE is to provide students the support they need to be: • Successful in school, • Promoted to the next grade level, • A Graduate from high school, • Prepared for post-secondary education or employment. • To accomplish this goal, ACE focuses on improving students’ academic skills, school attendance, and behavior, resulting in increased grade promotion and graduation rates for schools and districts.

  4. Four-Component Activity Guide • Q. What types of activities does ACE typically offer? A. The objective of the activities is to facilitate learning through non-traditional teaching strategies in order for students to succeed in school and beyond. While ACE offers a variety of activities based on student and community needs, it organizes activities using the Four-Component Activity Guide: • Academic Assistance Activities These activities help those students who have been identified as not performing at grade level, are failing, or are otherwise performing below average in core academic areas. ACE may offer Study Island, Success Maker, science or computer labs; TAKS tutorials, reading or homework clubs; math madness, or Spelling Bee activities; sessions on critical thinking, problem solving, note taking, test preparation, or test taking and much more.

  5. Four-Component Activity Guide • Enrichment Activities • These activities foster social and interpersonal skills by expanding students’ understanding of life and community involvement. Activities may include strategic and physical games; drama, music, dance clubs; cooking, nutritional classes; health supportive guidance and bullying/gang awareness; relationship, leadership, and conflict resolution discussions; and first aid/CPR classes.

  6. Four-Component Activity Guide • Family and Parental Support Services • Parental involvement in a child’s education plays a critical role in developing a confident, motivated, educated young adult. Research shows that students are more engaged in activities and have a positive experience when their parents or family members also participate in the activities. • ACE has collaborated with SSHS to provide “The Bridge” parenting series for all TISD families at Emerson. ACE also offers monthly visits from the Capital Area Food Bank at Emerson to provide food to families of TISD that attend a parent event either at Emerson or their child’s home campus. All ACE Site Coordinators provide monthly parent involvement events on their campus.

  7. Four-Component Activity Guide • College and Workforce Readiness • In preparation for graduation, students may need guidance in determining their options for the future. These activities provide students the framework and information needed to help them prepare for the future through: • workforce awareness, • job or college readiness skill training, • preparation for the workforce, and • assistance in attainment of employment and/or financial aid for college. • ACE may also offer classes in business environment etiquette, resume assistance, mock interview training, career or college exploration, college entrance exam preparation, and college financial aid assistance. ACE has participated in field trips to promote college awareness for students K-12.

  8. ACE at TISD • The TISD ACE program is at 9 campuses • Elementary: Raye Allen, Meridith-Dunbar, Scott, Jefferson, Hector P. Garcia • Middle: Lamar, Travis, Bonham • High: THS • Each campus has an ACE Site Coordinator that fulfills numerous roles during the day on their campus including providing lunch groups, mentoring, acting as a student advocate, meeting with parents, collaborating with campus staff for programming ideas, and more.

  9. We have ACE on my campus. What can ACE do for us? • If you are not familiar with your ACE Site Coordinator, please take a moment to meet with them. Your ACE Site Coordinator can assist with student performance, attendance, and behavior. Your ACE Site Coordinator will want to know where your students are struggling so that we may target those areas for improvement.

  10. Program changes:you responded, we responded • Following are concerns mentioned on the ACE surveys and ways we plan to address them. • Students need to learn how to solve conflicts with each other: ACE will provide Peers Making Peace • Students need to practice math facts regularly: ACE provided math flashcards, jeopardy games, math madness activities and family events. • Activities need to better align to the core day curriculum: ACE will utilize CSCOPE to ensure continuation of core day lessons. • Classroom management: All ACE staff will be required to attend CHAMPS training. • Social etiquette: Girl Scouts visit elementary campuses to provide social skills curriculum, all ACE campuses provide Too Good for Drugs curriculum that also addresses social skills, and ACE will be partnering with the Hilton Garden Inn to provide social etiquette classes for students and families.

  11. Program changes:you responded, we need ideas • Transportation was requested on several surveys: ACE grant is designed to lose 25% of our budget in year 4 and an additional 25% in year 5. Transportation is very expensive. Other sources of funding? • More communication was requested between core day teachers and ACE Site Coordinator concerning student behavior during ACE: what does this look like?

  12. My campus doesn’t have ACE, so what does all this mean for us? • At this time, TEA believes there will be another cycle of funding released for 21st CCLC grants. All campuses in TISD qualify to receive these additional funds. If funds are released and TISD is awarded the grant, we will be introducing this program to your campuses beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. We will be looking for your assistance in providing exceptional programming!

  13. Contact info • Fran Smetana, ACE Program Director 215-5963 fran.smetana@tisd.org • Karyn Hamson, ACE Program Coordinator 215-6957 karyn.hamson@tisd.org

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