Marcia Dvorak, Ph.D., is the Director of the Kansas Enrichment Network, an organization that seeks to create a sustainable structure of statewide, regional, and local partnerships, focused on policy, sustainability, and
quality expanded learning opportunities.
Our hope is to identify where gaps in service may exist to be able to effectively advocate for more funding and resources to support
quality expanded learning opportunities for all youth in Oregon.
Our programs and initiatives reflect our core belief that access to high -
quality expanded learning opportunities is essential for closing the opportunity gap and challenging inequity.
PCY is a member of CAN's advisory board, an advocacy network whose mission is to provide expanded learning practitioners, advocates, and community members with the resources and tools necessary to build high -
quality expanded learning programs in California.
This 5 minute video exhibits how high
quality expanded learning programs, especially Summer Learning Programs, can focus on Social - Emotional Learning for students.
In 2015, we brought together a diverse group of housing agencies and educators to meet an ambitious goal: establish standards for
quality expanded learning programs that speak to the unique needs and challenges of providing services to youth in public and affordable housing communities.
Research has shown that high -
quality expanded learning opportunities (ELO) increase school day attendance and grade promotion.
Funding and sustaining high -
quality expanded learning and afterschool opportunities remains a key challenge.
The Hub works with Providence public high schools to provide high school students across the city with high -
quality expanded learning opportunities (ELO) that not only garner them credit towards graduation, but provide flexible hands - on learning activities grounded in relevant, real world skills and professional experience.
We can help you ensure more children and youth have equitable access to sustainable, high -
quality expanded learning opportunities by igniting systems of continuous learning, fostering collaboration, and building leadership.
Last month the department released its 21st CCLC guidance for states, providing examples of high -
quality expanded learning time and explaining how 21st CCLC funds could be used to support expanded learning time.
We offer technical assistance support with the goal of supporting sustainable, high -
quality expanded learning programs that are committed to the success of students in school and in life.
PCY's approach to Technical Assistance (TA) has been defined as ongoing, needs - driven support services to create effective and
quality expanded learning programs.
Since passing Proposition 49, California has been a national leader in high
quality expanded learning programs.
And in a recent report called «The Education Transformation Project» authored by Steven Adamowski and other Connecticut superintendents, they wrote, «High
quality expanded learning time in schools is a core strategy as policymakers and educators recognize that the standard school calendar does not fit many students» needs.
Site Coordinators play a strong role in implementing a high -
quality expanded learning program, and program quality is the foundation for positive outcomes for program participants.
This landmark collection of nearly 70 articles is being met with great acclaim, as it presents bold and persuasive evidence and best practices from the field that
quality expanded learning opportunities
Increasing student access to high -
quality expanded learning opportunities (ELO) by investing $ 2.25 million in the ELO Quality Initiative, allowing triple the number of programs to participate — and 11,600 more youth to be served.
When students become engaged in
quality Expanded Learning programs, parents notice positive effects in their confidence and connection to the school environment.
So young people's access to high -
quality expanded learning opportunities — afterschool, in the summer and throughout the year — should grow.
Participating cities are launching ambitious plans for change that include components of the Education Redesign Lab's strategy for systemic change: creating student - centered, customized learning experiences for students; integrating social, emotional, and health services with education; providing easily accessible, high
quality expanded learning and enrichment experiences for all children; and creating governance structures that will support this integrated model of services.
State education agencies, school districts, statewide afterschool networks, and intermediary organizations may be eligible to receive no - cost technical assistance in planning for or implementing high
quality expanded learning opportunities for your afterschool system or school district in your community.
Studies have shown that high
quality expanded learning programs link to student achievement.
Not exact matches
The second results area (Pillar 2) focuses on improving the
quality of education in 125 selected low - performing SHS through: (i) strengthened school management and accountability; (ii) improved mathematics and science teaching and
learning; (iii)
expanded information, communication technology and internet connectivity in schools; and (iv) the implementation of school performance partnership plans.
Another $ 25 million is directed to
expanding high -
quality, full - day preschool in low - income communities, and $ 20 million goes to support extended
learning time.
The process of reform — known as the Bologna Process, which has since
expanded to include the current 47 countries — has subsequently added to this agenda additional ideals such as equal access to higher education, student - centered
learning, and student participation in
quality assurance and governance within their institutions.
Especially seeks to improve the
quality and
expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by supporting proposals for shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research - intensive
learning environments.
This brief introduces and analyzes one approach to
expanded learning that provides students — often in distressed areas — with access to
quality learning environments across the year, through what we call year - round
learning...
As online
learning continues to grow and
expand in ways that we may not even be able to envision, strong oversight to ensure both high
quality learning experiences and accountability for public funds are essential.
[iv] Summarizing this work in Education Next, Dave Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen concluded that «
expanding instructional time is as effective as other commonly discussed educational interventions intended to boost
learning» such as reducing class size and improving teacher
quality.
Well - functioning school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high -
quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an
expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital
learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
I suspect that online
learning will continue to
expand mainly via course providers like K12, but savvy customers like CMOs and high - performing stand - alone charter schools will help increase the
quality of high - tech platforms.
Their success stories offer lessons for both policymakers interested in
expanding access to
quality early
learning, and for charter - school educators seeking to serve preschoolers.
This effort will focus on convening, cultivating relationships, and communication, ultimately steering public policies and initiatives that significantly improve the
quality of early
learning environments as well as
expand their reach.
There is an emerging opportunity to boost student achievement and improve working for teachers here in the U.S. — and a huge opportunity to
expand access to
quality learning to every young person on earth.
In addition to McCleary, other education issues will include
expanding capacity for high
quality early
learning programs and fully supporting the State Need Grant to increase college access.
NAF also focuses on
expanding quality work - based
learning experiences, and increasing employer engagement and investment in college and career readiness.
Together, PASA, the Providence Public School District, partner schools, and the community of program partners have developed shared goals, a collaborative practice of community educators within the school day, and joint accountability through a PASA / District shared
learning model that includes teacher and community educators co-teaching, a data - sharing agreement, and the creation of an
expanded learning model that offers high school credits for high
quality out - of - school experiences.
Learning Forward (formally the National Staff Development Council), an organization focused on effective educator professional learning, adopted and expanded the Guskey and Sparks (2002) model by developing a set of standards for high quality educator learning (Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council
Learning Forward (formally the National Staff Development Council), an organization focused on effective educator professional
learning, adopted and expanded the Guskey and Sparks (2002) model by developing a set of standards for high quality educator learning (Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council
learning, adopted and
expanded the Guskey and Sparks (2002) model by developing a set of standards for high
quality educator
learning (Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council
learning (
Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council
Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council, 2001).
This Afterschool Alliance publicationsets forth eight principles, derived from high -
quality afterschool opportunities, that are key to developing successful
expanded learning programs.
Expanding access to high -
quality STEM
learning opportunities that help students gain skills to be successful in school today and the workforce tomorrow.
The city's efforts to dramatically
expand high
quality summer
learning slots began when the mayor and superintendent came together to find out whether and how summer
learning loss — a topic gaining increasing amounts of national attention — affected Providence students.
Initiate collaborative relationships to
expand professional
learning opportunities, engage in research, and provide
quality opportunities and placements for pre-service teachers.
The goal of
expanding access to
quality schools will not be achieved if policies entail no means of verifying
learning in ways that are transparent, unambiguous, and comparable from one school to the next.
Culturally responsive and high -
quality programming is critical to making
expanded learning successful.
Today this field is steadily enhancing the
quality and
expanding the scale of Linked
Learning across California.
BBA advocates providing universal access to health care for children,
quality early - childhood education, and
expanded access to extended
learning opportunities, after school and during the summer.
To help children reach school ready to
learn, we will
expand child - health and nutrition programs and extend Head Start to all eligible children, and guarantee all children access to
quality, affordable child care.
Providing children with access to
quality early childhood education from birth to age 5 by providing Early
Learning Challenge Grants for states to implement and
expand universal pre-K programs,
expanding Head Start, and quadrupling Early Head Start enrollment.
Twenty - three chief executives said their states needed to
expand workforce development programs; 16 touched on the importance of career technical education; and 11 governors emphasized high -
quality early
learning efforts.