Transcript ExCEL Academic Liaison Meeting

ExCEL Academic Liaison
Meeting
Supporting Quality After School Programs for Our Students
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Welcome!
 Warm Up Activity
Objectives of Today’s Meeting:
1) To become familiar with the ExCEL Quality Action
Plan process
2) To gain understanding of how the Academic Liaison
role can strengthen ExCEL After School Programs to
better support students
2014-15 ExCEL Initiatives and Priorities
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SFUSD Six Strategic Initiatives
ExCEL Theory of Action
ExCEL Evaluation Highlights
ExCEL Program Supports: Cohorts for Restorative
Practices and Physical Activity
SFUSD Six Strategic Initiatives
The DISTRICT’S SIX STRATEGIC INTIATIVES:
How does ExCEL currently support this district
initiative?
What is a possible program change that could
be implemented to better support this district
initiative?
Monthly meetings will include session on
intentional program design to integrate one or
more of HOM.
Strategic Initiative # 1: Implement SFUSD Core
curriculum and use student data to make
informed decisions.
Introduced 16 essential habits of minds and
will provide professional development
opportunities on how to incorporate into after
school program design.
Strategic Initiative #2:
Provide tiered level of academic and
behavioral support using a Response to
Intervention model.
Working more closely with School Health
Programs Office and Pupil Services to provide
professional development opportunities on RTI
initiatives in the district.
Will provide professional development
opportunities on the Good Behavior Game and
16 essential proactive classroom management
tools.
Strategic Initiative #3:
Build a clear vision, culture and conditions for
college and career readiness.
Overall frame of coherence between after
school and school day. Collaboration with
Office of Extended Learning to offer credit
recovery in HS programs. Academic
component in all of ExCEL programs.
Work closely with Office of Extended learning
and focus on HOM. Continue to develop
Academic Liaison role.
Strategic Initiative #4: Differentiate central
office supports to schools through a multitiered system of support.
Quality Action Plan support. Collaboration
with Expanded Learning Collaborative
Technical Assistance Project.
QAP site visits and coaching
Strategic Initiative #5:
Recruit & develop highly qualified teachers,
leaders, and staff
First source hire Project, ExCEL monthly
meetings, Expanded Learning Collaborative
Technical Assistance Project.
Strategic Initiative #6:
Implement SFUSD’s Family Engagement
Standards
Rolling out in SY 14-15
SFUSD SIX STRATEGIES & ExCEL
ExCEL Theory of Action
ExCEL participants continue
to report caring adults.
• 91% of youth report that adults in the program are
happy to see them.
• 97% of high school youth report that adults are happy to
see them!
• 90% of youth report that there is an adult who really
cares about them in the program.
• 92% of high school youth report this.
ExCEL programs are implementing
restorative practices.
• Nearly three-fourths of all youth (73%) report
participating in community circles.
• Of those for whom it was relevant, 78% report that an
adult used the restorative questions with them when
they had conflict.
ExCEL programs continue to build academic
skills, but could do so more consistently.
• 72% of youth report that they learn study skills in their
ExCEL program; this is comparable to last year.
• Among older youth, 86% report they are more likely to
finish their homework on time because of the program
• and 81% report being more prepared for the next grade
level.
ExCEL Cohort Support for Programs
2014-15
 Restorative Practices- All program sites
 Physical Activity- Middle & High School sites
ExCEL Quality Action Plan
 What is it?
 Why is it important?
 What is the timeline?
QAP
 Continuous Cycle of improvement
 4 Goals
• Academic: developed in partnership with the
Academic Liaison
• Site Defined Goal
• Restorative Practices
• Physical Activity
 New CBO Support Section
QAP Timeline: Important Dates
 Year-long process that includes: planning,
implementation, support, and reflection
 Initial QAP was due in EMS on 8/29
 QAP site meetings will take place during
September/October
 Final QAP including revisions is due in EMS on 11/7
 Site Observations by ExCEL: November- February
 Progress Meetings: January- March
Table Discussion
 What expertise and experience do you bring to
support your site’s QAP Academic goal?
 What support can you provide to your site
coordinator to strengthen the Academic Component
of the program?
Academic Liaison Workplan
 Under the direction of the Site Administrator (principal),
and in collaboration with the after school program Site
Coordinator, the Academic Liaison serves as the liaison
between school day and after school staff. The Academic
Liaison role provides leadership to guide and develop the
academic component of the Quality Action Plan (QAP) for
the ExCEL After School Program.
 If the site opts to utilize more than one staff person, the
time commitment and compensation will be divided among
staff accordingly. Each staff person should have a separate
work plan.
Academic
Liaison
Workplan
Activity: Burning Issues
Pair Share by Grade Level/Table Discussion/ Share out
 Which activity/ies on the workplan will be easiest to
implement? Which activity/ies will be most
challenging and why?
 Describe your site’s plans for this year that you are
most excited about implementing.
 What support would be helpful to ensure success?
(post it notes)
Next Steps:
Show me the moneyHow to get paid for your work
Stipend hours and amount for STAFF:
 Elementary and Middle School: 170 hours per school
year total of: $5,000
 High School Stipend Amount: 102 hours per school
year for a total of: $3,000
Due dates: 12/12/14 and 5/13/15
Upcoming Meetings:
 January 8 Elementary
 January 15 Middle/High School
 May 18 - ALL
Immediate Follow Up Items
Complete & Submit workplan
Meet with Site Coordinator to develop/finalize QAP
Academic Goal
Sign up to request substitute for January meeting
(due October 31)
Contact Information
 Karina Henriquez, Director
ExCEL After School Programs
[email protected]