August Institute

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1) PROGRAM

Academic Partnership & Academic Liaison Role   Lesson Plan Template Restorative Practices  Family Literacy Requirement

2) EMS & ATTENDANCE

New Functions Attendance tracking 

3) STAFFING

Instructional Aide requirement  Snack & Food Handling

4) FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  Contracts Invoices & Allowable Expenses  Payroll

5) OTHER IMPORTANT INFO 6) MANDATORY WORKSHOPS 7) SFUSD SNACK REPORTING

    The

Academic Partnership Framework

that ExCEL is promoting consists of: Strong partnership between school site and CBO Shared priorities for student success

Academic Liaison

position to coordinate academic after school components Utilizing data to inform instruction PURPOSE: For all ExCEL After School Program sites to develop

solid academic program components

achievement. that support student skill building and contribute to academic

An

Academic Liaison position

will be utilized (formerly called Lead Teacher) to provide leadership, guidance, and support to academic after school offerings, not direct instruction. The Academic Liaison (AL) will be selected by the school site principal. The scanned Academic Liaison Designation Form is due via email to the ExCEL Office on

9/13/13

and an orientation meeting for Academic Liaisons will be held on

9/19/13

.

 Key Points for Planning *ExCEL Lesson Plans* Keep in mind the following frameworks:   ExCEL Theory of Action School Day Common Core “Habits of the Mind” in after school   Restorative Practices Physical Activity    When should I use the template? The Lesson Plan template is a required attachment for educational excursions.

It may also be utilized by program sites to structure activities if your agency does not have its own template.

All programs are strongly encouraged to use the guiding frameworks to inform planning.

 San Francisco schools are adopting Restorative Practices to build positive relationships and effect change in how teachers and students interact.

 Incorporating restorative practices into the after school program setting is a consequences

TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE -

shifting from behavior policies that focus on rules and TO building community that repairs and restores.  This year,

all ExCEL Programs

will participate in a cohort support model to integrate and utilize Restorative Practices at their sites.

Restorative Practices

WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR

1. ExCEL Site Coordinator or designee must attend one of the RP workshops scheduled 8/7 and 8/8 of the August Institute. Program Directors are welcome as well. 2. You are assigned to a cohort by CBO.

3. You are committed to attend 4 RP trainings this year. The dates are pre set so you can add them to your calendar. (ExCEL will provide food, but we are looking for hosts sites to have the meetings) 4.

You are expected to implement RP into your programs. DC’s will check and assist with your progress 5. Karen Polk is also available to assist throughout the year upon request

Cohort 1: Cohort 2: Cohort 3: Cohort 4: Restorative Practices Cohort by CBO Urban Services YMCA/Bayview YMCA/ ASEP/ ROCK/ Chinatown YMCA BACR/ Stonestown YMCA Embarcadero YMCA /GLO/RDNC/CYC/Reading Partners/SF Arts ED/Jamestown/ Up On Top Mission YMCA /Mission Graduates/Mission Neighborhood/Mission YMCA /SNBC Aspiranet/Telegraph Hill/Buchanan/Presidio YMCA September November January March Cohort 1 9/5 *10/31 1/9 3/6 Cohort 2 9/12 11/7 1/16 3/13 Cohort 3 9/19 11/14 1/23 3/20 Cohort 4 9/26 11/21 1/30 3/27

ALL

21 st Century ExCEL programs (including ASSETS programs) must, at a minimum, use family needs assessment information to 1) Develop

flyers or referral lists

of available family literacy/adult education services in the community

AND/OR

2) Coordinate with local service providers to offer family literacy services for ExCEL families.

Family Literacy services may include:    Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children Training for parents on how to be full partners in their children’s education Adult education classes including GED support   English/literacy classes Employment and interview support classes

NOTE: ExCEL program sites with Family Liaisons will have the opportunity to partner with SFUSD family engagement and parent liaison staff at their school site to coordinate access to services for families. ExCEL Central Office is funding extended hours to Family Liaison staff for this purpose/

New Features for CBOs/Program Directors to complete: 1) Match Funding –due 10/1/13 2) Program Fees – due 10/1/13 New Features for Site attendance tracking: 1.

Waiting list 2.

3.

4.

Pre-populated early release/late arrival codes New Sign in/out sheet for elementary/middle school sites with separate IN & OUT rows Clarity on how to DROP a student

 Enter the type and amount of matching funds coming to ASP.

  Provide Brief description of use.

DUE – Oct 1, 2013

 Greater transparency  Information will be used to develop future policies.

 DUE Oct 1, 2013

 ER information is permanently assigned to a designated time period.

 Allows for multiple codes per week.

 Appears on sign in sheet.

    Mandatory Each youth has an IN row and an OUT row.

Attendance must be input by DAY for each program day.

For Elementary & Middle School Sites.

 Drop and Re-enroll dates CANNOT overlap. ◦ ◦ Whether: Moving youth from one group to another Re-enrolling a youth who has taken a break from program MON TUES WED THURS FRI Drop date from OUTGOING group Enroll date into INGOING Group

1.

2.

3.

Attendance will be locked on the 5 th each month (see calendar on website for details). A written email request to ExCEL is required for unlocking. Track your site progress: run a progress by grant type report! For Early Release Codes, the protocol is:  On-going codes that pre-populate through EMS require an early release form signed by the parent on file.  One time, non-recurring early releases do NOT require a form. (For Elementary & Middle School Sites only)

 All program staff and subcontractors who directly supervise students must document meeting minimum educational requirements OR pass the IA exam administered by the ExCEL Office.

1.

 Documentation in EMS:

Sign-in to EMS 2.

3.

4.

Click on Participants & Staff Click on View Program Staff Click on Staff Name

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An AA degree or higher or Official transcripts reflecting 48 college units and a high school diploma/equivalent or Completion of CBEST and a high school diploma/equivalent

Date July 31st, 2013 Aug 1st, 2013 Sep 5th, 2013 Sep 6th, 2013 Dec 18th, 2013 # Exams 3 3 3 3 3 Dec 19th, 2013 Apr 3rd, 2014 3 3 Apr 4th, 2014 3 http://www.healthiersf.com/Calendar/mainCal.cfm?catids=4&chgColors=teal

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Food Handlers Certification Requirement

: By the start of each school year, each program site is required to have at least one program staff certified as a Food Handler by the SF Department of Public Health. Any program staff who works with food must complete the on-line Food Handlers course. Related training/certification costs are allowable expenses using ExCEL funds.

For school year 2013-2014, this requirement must be in place by January 1, 2014

. Please use the links on the ExCEL website for more information



Contract Amendments -

Allowed on a case by case basis ONLY; Contracts are established with CBOS annually for the fiscal year of 7/1 – 6/30. 

Carry over

- There are NO carry over funds allowed from year to year. SFUSD bills CDE on a

cost reimbursement basis

year.

. Any funds not expended by the end of the fiscal year cannot be billed to CDE. As such, all POs are liquidated at the end of the fiscal It is

absolutely necessary

to invoice on a monthly basis and meet end of year invoice deadlines.

  Invoices are paid on a cost reimbursement model. Payroll should be billed for the month in which it is PAID out even if the hours worked fall in the previous month. (For example if staff worked August 1-15 paid on 8/25 will be billed on the August invoice, but staff time worked August 16 – 31 paid on 9/10 will be billed on the September invoice.) General ledger must be on file with the CBO and available upon request, but is

NOT

required each month as invoice documentation. Receipts and payroll must be submitted as documentation of expenses with the invoice to the ExCEL office.

 Transportation for educational excursions may now be invoiced to ExCEL.   Computers and tablets need to be purchased through the District and must include a complete Principal Expenditure Approval Form and a price quote from SFUSD IT Department.

 Proper documentation for CBO Expenditure Approvals includes a breakdown of the costs. Educational excursions and subcontractors also require a completed lesson plan template with the educational objectives outlined.  ExCEL Logo is required on all custom printed materials.

 Please review the ExCEL website for specific deadline calendars for Certificated Staff, Classified Staff and Amendment Requests to Increase/Decrease hours.

 ExCEL is going

paperless

! Please ensure that all sites have a scanner so that you may scan and email documents to us. NO MORE FAXES! Also NO photos from phones!  Our

website

has been updated to a more user friendly format! You can obtain needed forms, documents, and guidance. Check out the calendar for important information about due dates and upcoming convenings. http://www.healthiersf.org/ExCELafterschool/index.php

TODAY 8/6

 High School Credit Recovery  All

High School

Site Coordinators must attend. Today 3:30-4:30 PM Family Literacy  All

Family Literacy grantee

sites must attend. Today 3:30-4:00 PM Beacon Centers All

Beacon

Center Directors must attend: Today 3:30 – 4:30 PM

8/7 and 8/8

 Restorative Practices  

All Site Coordinators

must attend. Please select 1 of the 4 available sessions to attend. School Loop Workshop- mandatory for

school loop

pilot sites: Aptos, AP Giannini, Everett, Francisco, Marina, O’Connell HS, Roosevelt, Visitacion Valley Middle School, Washington HS Thursday 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM EMS Introduction – mandatory for

new

staff: Thursday at 1:00 -2:15 PM

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

   Snack adjustments on EMS Deadlines for snack adjustments are located on the ExCEL Calendar , email reminders will not be sent out. CBO agencies will be billed for non reportable snacks $$$ (At a cost of 80 cents per snack)

S NACK REPORTING IN EMS

Step 1. Click on the snack tab Step 2. Click on the week you want to report snacks.

Snack Reporting

Step 3. Report Snack Numbers and Click Save

Amount on hand:

Any snacks left over from the previous day/week.

Amount Served :

Number of snacks distributed to participants. Each student must be served TWO COMPONENTS.

Amount Sent :

The amount delivered for that day. Sites should receive equal amounts of both items. Please send an email to

[email protected]

if there is a difference.

Amount Left Over

were not distributed : Numbers of snacks that