Frequently Asked Questions

Curriculum

Will tutoring be available for students at my site?

• It is possible! Due to our tutoring initiative from the school year, we will have several tutors available during the summer program. These tutors are college students that have been trained in I Would Rather Be Reading's Trauma Informed Reading Mentor curriculum. However, some of the Leadership Counselors have not worked as tutors previously and have not received training. You are welcome to ask your Leadership Counselor if they were trained as a Tutor for us. If so, they can tutor during the day as well.

Program Timing

What is the minimum days per week that the hub has to meet?

• • Hubs must be open five days a week, Monday through Friday.

Our Hub is open all summer except for 1 week, is there a way to extend the services of the program?

• • Your program may operate at its own discretion.  JCPS supports will be provided June 16 - July 11. Evolve502 supports will be provided July 14 - 31.

Staffing

How many staff will JCPS provide to each site each day?  How many staff will you expect at each site to provide help?

• • It should be noted first that  any JCPS or any additional personnel will attend your site in a support capacity.  The overall facilitation of your program from the beginning of the programming day to the end of the programming day should be undertaken by staff and volunteers at your organization.

  • That said, In addition to teachers, we are working on compiling a team of support personnel to be attached directly to your site that includes, but may not limited to: Mental Health Practitioners (MHPs), School Counselors, Family Resource Youth Service Coordinators (FRYSCs).  

  • A team of these individuals will be assigned to 2-3 summer programming sites.  They will support a manageable "caseload" of students to ensure that they will not be overwhelmed, and will still be able to provide a high-level of service to your site.

Is there any possibility that our subs who are currently at our site would be able to stay and maintain a full time shift if they so desired?

• • More information will be forthcoming soon.

Can there be more than 2 teachers sent to a site if there are more kids?

• • We are working to staff sites at no more than a 25:1, student to teacher ratio

How many students will teachers work with?

• • As this is not a tutoring situation, teachers will work with groups. 

  • We are constantly assessing numbers to understand what ratios are available.  Our goal is to provide student to teacher ratios of no more than 25:1.

  • College student will also be available to work as Tutors/Leadership Counselors (this is supplemental). 

food service

What are the requirements of acquiring nutrition services from JCPS?

• • You will need a refrigeration that can store enough meals for your students each day

Do you have to use JCPS Nutrition Services?

• • No, you do not have to use JCPS Nutrition Services for breakfast and lunch

  • Note: If you use JCPS Nutrition Services for meals, you cannot use another service provider (i.e. Dare to Care)

Miscellaneous

I reviewed the presentation and wanted to inquire about the college students. Do they choose which sites they attend or could we request their services?

• • If you have a college student that has been working at your site or has worked at your site in a previous initiative you and/or the college student may request that they be placed at your site once again. 

Payment

How much will sites be paid per student?

• Sites will be paid $300 per student for the summer program. There WILL be an attendance requirement for the second payment, as determined by the JCPS 3rd day count.

When will sites be paid?

• Sites will be paid two times. 

transportation

What hours will transportation be provided (our camp is from 7:30a.m.-6:00p.m. to assist working parents)?

• • The hours of the program are 9:30am - 2:00pm (ELEMENTARY) and 8:00am - 1:00pm (MIDDLE/HIGH). However, sites must open at 9:00am/7:30am and remain open until at least 2:30pm/1:30pm. This is so that buses are able to complete their routes for Elementary and Middle/High school students. Elementary students will ride different buses than Middle/High school students.

  • Note: The summer learning initiative will provide transportation in a 5 mile radius of their home

If a student rides the bus in the morning, can they be picked up in the afternoon?

• We are currently looking into this matter. 

Registration

How will the program be marketed to the community? 

• • JCPS has created a website that families can use to sign up for available spots in programs.  By signing up, and letting us know how many open spaces you have, we can better determine how to market your site. 

How will we complete sign ups?

• • We will generate one registration site that all sites may send around to their constituencies.  The goal is to have one single point of engagement to ensure that parents and community are not confused in making the best choices for their families.