summer learning-overview
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Summer Learning Project
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Students are connected to
summer learning & developmental experiences that:
Through a variety of summer programs that:
In order that students return to school in the
Fall:
Address their specific
academic & socio-emotional
needs
Meet and stimulate their
interests
Motivate and engage students through relevant, hands-on experiences outside
of school
Reinforce BPS academic standards & complement/activate classroom
learning
Seamlessly integrate academic instruction, skill building and
enrichment experiences
Are co-developed, co-managed and co-delivered by BPS and community
partners
Demonstrating strong ACT-
aligned skills & behaviors
Grade ready
Poised to achieve
proficiency or better on year-
end MCAS
Build the skills correlated with
success in school
A Vision for Summer Learning in Boston
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1,600 StudentsGrades 3-12, 40 BPS Schools
Funders & Partners Evaluation
Summer Learning Project 2012
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Common outcomes address both individual and program development – and contribute to robust evaluation
Addressing academic power standards and countering summer
learning loss
Addressing social-emotional needs
Building power skills consistent with success in school, college and
work
Improving partnership development and program practice
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• Initiative: Youth exhibit genuine motivation, persistence and goal directed behavior.
• Engagement in Learning: Youth show interest, and are actively involved in school or afterschool program activities.
• Communication Skills: Youth are able to effectively express themselves, share their thoughts and ideas with others. Youth are good listeners of other people’s ideas.
• Relations with Adults: Youth engage positively with adults and gain their support.
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Student Skill Development
• Support for academic learning• Effective instructional strategies• Positive socio-emotional environment• Effective content & structure of all activities• Positive relationship building between & among staff,
teachers, students• Effective use of informal program times
*See Appendix 1 in operational guide/work plan for program quality rubric for more specifics.
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Program Quality
Summer Learning Project Sites
Driven by an essential question
Essential questions promote:
•Inquiry-based learning•Collaboration with peers and adults•Connection of all program activities
Integrate academics & skill development
ACHIEVING
Student success
THRI
VING
CONNECTING
Utilize high quality & hands-on approaches
Program quality domains include:
•Support for academic learning•Positive socio-emotional environment•Promotion of adult & peer relationship building
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Summer Learning Project sites share:•common outcome goals•academic standards•assessment tools•training “Summer Institute”•program strategies
Various funding streams result in different requirements and operational
features for some sites.
Differences in student eligibility, site staffing, curricular requirements, and qualitative evaluation
Context for Summer Learning Project
SLP Program Development & Coaching Resources
Locally funded partnerships National study partnerships
• June 2, 9 am – 4 pm, Madison Park High School Theme: Program Quality Attendance Cap: 8 persons per distinct partnership
• June 9, 9 am – 4 pm, Madison Park High SchoolTheme: Integration of Academics & Skill Development
Attendance Cap: 8 persons per distinct partnership
• Pre-summer, on-site planning
• July 20 “Save the Date” Site management check-in; goal: to discuss common issues and share best practices
from Summer 2012 thus far. For non-profit leads and/or BPS site coordinators only.
To Do: • Each non-profit lead contact is responsible for disseminating Summer
Institute schedule to hired coordinators, teachers, paras, and staff. Communicate RSVPs to [email protected] week of the session.
• Non-profit leads/BPS site coordinators should utilize work plan as “working
document” to help with Summer Institute common planning time. 10
Summer Institute Schedule
May June July August Sept
Partnerships hire final teachers, submit final
SLP consent forms.
Summer Institute for teachers & partners.
On-site planning scheduled by partnerships.
-NIOST, RAND evaluations underwaySLP implementation
-Sites complete: funding and
expense tracker; data collection
template
-BPS administers fall predictive
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Summer Learning Project
Ongoing, “on-call support” from BASB, BPS, PEAR, & other
centralized vendors. July 20th “save the date” session included.
Partnerships submit 1st
draft of work plan plus
budget. MOUs developed.
Partnerships submit final work plan.
Signed MOUs
passed in.
-Partnerships complete daily student attendance, BPS personnel timesheets via Dropbox
BPS administers “end of year” spring
benchmark
Summer Learning Project
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SLP partnershipsNameOrganization/School(Partner organizations) 1-2 sentences on mission of organization(Teachers ) 1-2 sentences on your role in your school
OthersNameOrganization