CAN Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee Meeting

1. CAN Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee Meeting July 14th from 10:00a.m. – 11:30a.m. • Dial * 6 (or your phone mute feature) to mute and *6 will also unmute your line • Do not put the call on hold • Utilize chat feature to share written comments • Utilize raise hand feature to provide verbal input • For audio call 888-450-4821and enter code 951289

2. Meeting agenda • Welcome and Introductions (share one promising practice or hot topic in Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Food Security) • CAN Update • Policy update from CA Food Policy Advocates. • Presentation: ASES Budget Update New CDE Guidance on the data-driven continuous improvement process • Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee Work Group Updates • Hot topics (Childhood Obesity Conference and more) • Next steps and closure. • Save and attend next meetings: • September 8th 10am – 11:30am • November 10th 10am – 11:30am

3. Introductions

4. Policy Updates • Tia Shimada, MPH: Managing Nutrition Policy Advocate • California Food Policy Advocates • Steve Fowler: Fowler-Hoffman

5. ASES Budget Update &New CDE Guidance on the data-driven continuous improvement process

6. ASES budget update • Many ASES programs struggling due to flat funding in the face of increased cost pressures • Two strategies put forward to address the issue (CA budget strategy, SB 645 (Hancock) • CA Legislature approves $25 million increase in CA budget proposed to Governor Jerry Brown. • SB 645 amended to assist with implementation of increased budget. • Jerry Brown does not approve increased ASES funding as part of CA budget. • SB 645 further amended to: • Authorize up to five furlough days each year; • Allow grantees/programs to determine which grades they will be served based on local needs; and • Conform middle school attendance requirement to elementary school attendance requirement, by deleting the specified minimum number of hours and days each week.

7. Evidence of continuous quality improvement • SB 1221now codified in education code: EC 8484 (a) (2): • Programs shall submit evidence of a data-driven program quality improvement process that is based on the department’s guidance on program quality standards developed pursuant to paragraph 3.

8. Recently Released

9. Informed by the Work Group on Quality Standards (Phase II) • Created by Public Profit • Describes: • A variety of self-assessment, observational, and external assessment tools. • How tools correlate with crosswalk. • Properties of tools (access, cost, ease, training) • Detailed description of tools.

10. Evidence of Quality Improvement • CDE will not be prescribing the tools to use; programs should use tools • and assessments that best fit their program(s) • The tools listed in the Crosswalk are suggestions and not endorsed by • the CDE After School Division.

11. Strategies for Quality Improvement • Programs can also use current methods they may be using to evaluate their programs such as: • Focus groups • Interviews • Surveys • Assessment tools

12. Components of continuous improvement • Self-Assess and plan • SET YOUR OWN PROGRAM-SPECIFIC GOALS • Observe / Coach & plan for improvement • Evaluate / Measure • Analyze progress on ongoing basis / adapt plan as needed

13. Continuous Quality Improvement • Programs are not expected to receive positive results from their quality assessments • Programs should focus on a few standards at a time (perhaps 2-3)

14. Guidance recently released http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ba/as/implemetation.asp

15. Evidence of data-driven continuous quality improvement process Programs will address three questions as part of their commitment to engage in a continuous quality improvement process • Indicate all stakeholder groups that may be involved in the quality improvement process. • Briefly describe the strategies that the grantee may use to engage local stakeholder groups in the Program Quality Improvement Process. • Indicate all assessment tools and strategies that sites may use to assess program needs.

16. Additional Resources • CDE help desk 916-319-0923 or afterschool@cde.ca.gov • CDE-ASD web page (Guidance for developing and implementing a Data Driven CQI Process, Commitment to engage questions, and more http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ba/as/ • CAN mini-webinars on the quality standards http://www.afterschoolnetwork.org/quality-standards-webinars • History and background on quality in expanded learning • Overview of the Quality Standards • Standards in Action Mini-Webinar • Continuous Quality Improvement & the Crosswalk • Evidence of Quality Improvement Mini Webinar

17. Thank you • Feel free to offer any questions.

18. Nutrition and PA Committee Work Group Updates

19. Convening work groups • Next steps: • Work group work plan creation over summer • Work groups begin advancing their work plans beginning in Fall 2015.

20. 2014/2015 Committee Schedule (all meetings held on Tuesday’s from 10am – 11:30am) • September 8, 2015 • November 10, 2015 Next Steps: • Form and energize Committee Work Groups • Schedule 2015-16 Committee Meetings

21. Thank you for all you do • See you next time