THIS IS AN ARCHIVE FOR THE 21ST CCLC ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BEST SUMMER EVER! LEARNING COMMUNITY

21st CCLC's

Best Summer Ever!
Strategic Vision

PD SERIES: Vision | Planning | Recruitment & Culture | PD Series | IL Labs | Resources

DEFINE YOUR SUMMER STRATEGY

21st CCLC Summer Learning Programs focus on addressing Academics, Youth Development, and Family Engagement. Envisioning what success looks like will help you to begin strategizing how you’ll meet the needs and interests of youth and families while supporting them to achieve outcomes aligned with 21st CCLC program priorities. Setting up an intentional cycle of feedback and reflection opportunities enables you to capture and act upon lessons learned as you work to strengthen summer learning programs from year to year.

SUMMER PROGRAM VISION AND GOALS

How do your vision and goals for your 21st CCLC summer learning program address Academics, Youth Development, and Family Engagement?
What do you hope young people, their families, teachers, and program staff will experience because of your program?

Tips

Commit in the fall to have a 21st CCLC Summer Learning Program and engage in a Continuous Quality Improvement process that includes pre- and post- tests, stakeholder feedback, and site and classroom observations
Determine which young people to target and spend some time imagining what you hope these young people, their families, teachers, and site staff will experience as a result of your 21st CCLC Summer Learning Program
Develop a vision and goals with clear success criteria that show how 21st CCLC summer learning program activities lead to the outcomes you hope young people will achieve

Sample Outcomes

21st CCLC summer learning program is implemented for one week longer than the previous year/one week longer than the minimum requirement to support young people in achieving desired outcomes
1-2 new strategies were implemented to gather input on the vision and goals from youth, families, and teachers.

Academic offerings as described in the original grant are based on rigorous scientific research that aligns with measures of effectiveness. Summer programs provide academic enrichment activities to students in core content areas such as reading, literacy, and math.

Youth Development programs and activities as described in the original grant must be offered to participating 21st CCLC students. Activities may include youth development, leadership, service learning, counseling, art, music, technology, coding, STEM, cultural & character education, health and physical education, environmental literacy, drug, and violence prevention, etc.

Family Engagement refers to an intentional and systemic partnership of education, family, and community members who share responsibility for a student’s preparation for school, work, and adult life.

1. Build Collaborative Relationships with Youth, Families, and Teachers

Utilize the envisioning process as a catalyst to create or deepen trusting relationships and equitable partnerships with stakeholders.

What 21st CCLC summer learning program activities do young people say they like? Dislike?
What areas of academic progress do teachers think are most critical?
How will you support families to provide informed input on the vision for your 21st CCLC summer learning program?
What do participating families value about your 21st CCLC summer learning program?
What barriers or challenges keep families from enrolling their children in 21st CCLC summer learning programs?
What key details do families need to know before enrolling in your 21st CCLC summer learning program?
What do you hope teachers will experience this summer or as a result of this summer?

2. Leverage Partnerships that Expand Horizons

Collaborate with partners you trust to complement and enhance youths’ academic, social, and emotional learning, provide access to “non traditional sources of instruction,” or strengthen civic engagement and ties to the local community.

How will you identify program gaps and needs that can be addressed by partner organizations?
What local characteristics, assets, and cultural elements are widely recognized and valued by your community?
How will enrichment activities engage students in learning that supports academic learning, and youth development?
How might you develop partnerships to enhance enrichment and instructional offerings, including non-traditional sources of instruction?

3. Make Every Summer the Best Summer Ever

Engage in a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process that supports key stakeholders to reflect on strengths and opportunities for improvement and leverages these insights to refine the 21st CCLC summer learning program from year to year.

How will your team document challenges and lessons learned during program implementation?
How will you secure ongoing feedback from youth, families, teachers and program staff before, during, and after your 21st CCLC summer learning program?
How will you communicate program goals and key measures to stakeholders and staff?
Where do 21st CCLC CCLC summer learning program goals align with district and/or school priorities?