Resourcing Capitalizing on Your Texas 21st CCLC Resources

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ResourcingCapitalizing on Your Texas 21st CCLC
Resources By Marcia Proctor, Director of Special
Initiatives and Louise Powell, Project
Coordinator,21st Century CLC Galveston ISD
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RESOURCING

• Connect the many valuable human and financial
  resources in your school and community to engage
  partners in strategic and long-lasting ways.

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PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONFrequent, Catchy and
Colorful
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PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONInternal and Community
Communication

• FOUNDATION

? Comprehensive District Program
? Hiring Teachers/Aides as Instructors
? Economic Development
? School Board Commitment
? Reports to Board 2x a year
? School Board Curriculum Committee Monthly
? Televised School Board Meetings
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PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONInternal and Community
Communication

• STRATEGIES
• Curriculum Newsletter
• District Television Programming
• Student Made Moviesadvertised summer program
• Newspapernotices of registration, etc
• Newspaperfeature articles
• Phone Alert System
• Presentations to Community groups (Lions/Rotary)
• Flyers, Posters, Phone Calls
• Campus Parent Nights help sponsor and implement

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COMMUNICATION with TEA

• ? Refer to your RFA and grant documents
• ? Submit questions to TexasACE21_at_edvanceresea
  rch.com
• ? Check www.texas21afterschool.com often
• ? Email/Call TEA before the fact for important
  questions

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FORMATION OF AFTER SCHOOLTASK FORCE

• Meet at least once the first semester, then
  monthly or quarterly
• Combine Grant Task Forces
• First Meeting Invite Task Force members
  personally
• CEOs from colleges, institutions
• Catchy email invitation
• Phone call follow up
• Reminder Day of meeting

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FORMATION OF AFTER SCHOOLTASK FORCE

• District Representatives
• Superintendent, Asst. Superintendent
• Directors Child Nutrition, Transportation,
  Educational Foundation, Special Initiatives,
  Curriculum Instruction, Business Office,
  Technology
• Grant Accountant, District Police Chief, ESL
  Coordinator, CATE Coordinator
• Principals, Teachers
• Parents and Students

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TASK FORCE MEMBERS

• Community Members
• (Diverse Demographics)
• CEOS and Directors from every institution of
  higher education, hospitals and health
  organizations, Teen Health Clinic
• Boys and Girls Club, Communities in Schools,
  Girl Scouts, YMCA,
• Community Youth Development, Artist Boat,
  Master Naturalists
• Private Foundations, Chamber of Commerce, ED
  Foundation

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AFTER SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEETINGS

• ? Lunch time Eat together at 1130
• (time to network) and meet 1200-100
• ? Eliminates schedule conflicts
• ? Introductions (name tags help)
• ? Printed agenda (sent out ahead of time)
• ? Start on time and finish on time

Feed them, and they will come.
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AFTER SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEETINGS

• ? Short PowerPointStatus of program
• ? Solicit input through interactive
  methodsgallery walks, group discussion
• ? Breakout by grants, if joint meeting
• ? Discussion on goals, challenges, budget,
  increasing sustainability, marketing, strategic
  plan

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PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Through Networking
• During After School Task Force meetings
• At Board Meetings of Community Agencies
• At churches, Lions Club, Rotary

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PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Current Partners to 21st CCLC Boys and Girls
Club, Girl Scouts, YMCA, Artist Boat, Master
Naturalists of Galveston, Gulf Coast Center
(Mental Health Agency), UTMB Teen Health Center,
Galveston College, Texas AM Galveston,
University of Texas Medical Branch
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PARTNERSHIPS IN KIND (Free) SERVICES

• UTMB Medical Student Volunteers
• Gulf Coast Small Group Disaster Counseling
• Weekly Girl Scout Meetings at 3 schools
• Gardening sessions taught by Master Naturalists
• Kayaking, Beach Restoration Field Trips
  (Artist Boat)
• Boys and Girls Club Youth Development Classes
  and Recreation

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Through Joint After School Task Force
• (maximize volunteers time)
• Electronic Newsletter expand mailing list.
• Project Manager attends community meetings,
  presents programs

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Poibility of money talk
• Community Invitations for other grant
  collaborative development activities
• ? Drop-out Grant
• ? Safe Schools
• ? Disaster Funding

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STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

• Students on Task Force
• Student Advisory Councils at each school
• Student Surveys

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FINANCIAL LEVERAGING

• Homeless Education Disaster Assistance
• Vision 20/20 Virtual Learning
• Dropout Recovery
• Title 1 Parental involvement funds
• USDE Library Grant
• USDE Advanced Placement Incentives
• T-STEM Texas High School Project
• Magnet School Parent Community Service
  Requirement
• Private Foundation Grants (large small)
• Lexus Environmental grants
• BP Grants
• FIRST Robotics