Strategic Use of Summer and Afterschool Set Asides Community Resources

Year 2 Schedule of Activities

Year 2 State of the State

External Resources

• ED APR ESSER Methodology and Allocations

• Edunomics Lab - ESSR Expendure Dashboard

  State data including expenditures by district

• ED ARP ESSR Fact Sheet

• ED Letter Dated May 13, 2022

  The letter pertaining to school infrastructure projects.  Upon written request from SEA, USDOE may approve up to 18 months beyond the obligation period to spend ESSER III funding on infrastructure projects. Funding must still be obligated by 9/30/24 but instead of needing to be spent by January 2025, approval may be granted to extend the spending timeline to April 2026.

• Afterschool Alliance - ARP Releated/Funded TA Through State Afterschool Networks

• 2022 School Pulse Panel

• Arizona On Track

• Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence

• Hawaii Summer Learning Dashboard

• Oregon Summer Learning Best Practice Guide

• Oregon Department of Education Summer Learning Toolkit

Year 2 Data to Promote Access, Quality, and Outcomes

Year 1 Partnerships and Staffing to Achieve Scale

CCNetwork Resources

After Action Reviews for Summer Learning Programs

This guide, developed by the National Comprehensive Center, gives users the steps and content to conduct an After Action Review (AAR) about summer learning programs. An AAR can assist schools and districts to identify the lessons learned from previous summer and extended learning programs, as well as from current attempts at providing hybrid and remote learning. These lessons can then inform strategies for learning recovery to implement during the school year and subsequent summers.

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Establishing Data Sharing Agreements Between Community Based Organizations and Schools

Learn from the experiences of state, district and community leaders how to develop effective agreements. The Boys and Girls Clubs have been working on crafting state-level and local agreements for building cooperation for the purpose of data and information sharing.

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Working Together: Recruiting, Training, and Supporting Staff Members for Impactful Summer Learning

The Pittsburgh team shared what they have learned about building an effective staff structure for summer services, including sharing professional development plans and training resources. They addressed recruitment for summer jobs and describe how they built a collaborative of over 70 organizations and individuals.

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External Resources

• Furman University - South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered (SCALE)

  The SCALE program provides summer and afterschool learning leaders with tools to maintain and build high-quality, evidence-based programs.

Year 1 Data for Continuous Improvement

CCNetwork Resources

Approaches to Data and Continuous Improvement: Youth, Program, and System Level External Resource

This discussion introduces participants to The Every Hour Counts Measurement Framework, Putting Data to Work for Young People, which was developed to help summer and afterschool leaders think through their data needs, plan for data collection and use, and carry out those plans in ways that support continuous improvement and advance racial equity.

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External Resources

• Every Hour Counts - Putting Data to Work for Young People Guidebook

  ​​​​​​​A companion resource to EHC’s Measurement Framework to help you use the framework as a planning tool.

• Sperling Center for Research and Innovation (SCRI) - Summer Learning Program Evaluation Guide

  Guidance on creating summer evaluation plans that are aligned to research and help capture impact, quality, opportunities for continuous improvement.

Year 1 Sustainability

CCNetwork Resources

Facets of Sustainability for Summer and Afterschool Programs

This plenary presentation, from the Summer and Out of School Time Community of Practice, provides an overview of the many facets of sustainability that school and community leaders must consider to set programs up for success year after year. The sustainability framework shared is based on research conducted during the National Summer Learning Project and includes clear vision and priorities, robust partnerships, strategic communications, collecting data for continuous improvement, and quality programs, among others.

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Collecting and Using Data for Continuous Improvement in Summer & Afterschool

This breakout discussion offers guidance on what to measure and how to use data to drive continuous improvement in summer and afterschool programs. Drawing from multiple frameworks and research studies, participants discuss systemic, programmatic and youth outcomes, and how state education agencies can support local education agencies and community partners to measure implementation and outcomes.

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External Resources

• Wallace Foundation – Facilitation Guide for Sustainability Planning Tools

  This Guide provides an overview of the three Sustainability Planning Tools – the Self-Assessment, Strategy Development, and Action Plan. It also provides helpful tips for summer program leads to prepare for and facilitate a collaborative planning process using those three tools.