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 dmcauley@bostonbeyond.org 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