21st Century Alaska Community Learning Centers

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21st Century Alaska Community Learning Centers

• Alaska Department of Education Early
  Development (EED)
• October 2007
• Terri Campbell

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October 2007 Technical Assistance Audio Agenda

• Discussions of best practices for after
  school/extended learning
• Discussions of viable staffing
• Discussions of community partnerships
• Requested technical assistance
• Answer questions

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Best Practices/Promising Practices

• Aligned with research
• Makes sense for your community
• Explained to reviewers
• What you are doing
• Why you are doing it
• Why you are doing it the way you are doing it

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Some Resources

• http//www.afterschool.org/programs.cfm
• http//www.ed.gov/pubs/afterschool/3whatworks.html
  
• http//www.afterschoolalliance.org/action_kit.cfm
• http//www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/afterschool.html

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Viable Staffing

• Direction vs. Management
• Grant level vs. Site level
• Management time vs. contact time with kids
• Staffing in rural/remote Alaska
• Creative staffing patterns
• Staffing for alternate delivery systems

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Viable Staffing

• Key personnel have qualifications and capacity to
  fulfill goals of grant

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Community Partnerships

• Difference between partner and sub-contractor
• Documenting partnerships
• Meetings
• Shared goals/objectives/missions
• MOAs
• Importance of partners to grant sustainability

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Requested TA Can Provide

• Discussion of evaluation measures and
  expectations for reporting
• Clarifications of expectations
• Deadline reminders

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Requested TA Unable to Provide

• Ready access to broad range of EED data
• Assistance with connections in local communities
• Assistance with writing portions of the
  application or budget
• Internal systems to track student progress

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Other Areas to Consider

• Competing grants within communities
• Applicants who have received previous funding
• Applicants who have previously submitted for
  funding

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Need more information?Contact

• Terri F. Campbell
• Alaska Department of Education Early
  Development
• P.O. Box 110500
• 801 West 10th Street, Suite 200
• Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500
• [phone] Phone
• [phone] Fax
• Terri.Campbell_at_alaska.gov
• www.eed.state.ak.us/21cclc/