After School Programming: Seed to Tree

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After School Programming Seed to Tree

• Colorado PTA Conference April 2009

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Our Agenda Today

• Why is After-School Important?
• Transforming a time of risk into a time of
  opportunity
• A New Day for Learning
• Creating Meaningful After-School Programs
• Seed to Tree
• Case Studies
• Getting started Needs Assessment
• Funding Developing a program from Seed to Tree
• Coordinating It takes a Community
• Resources

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Your Presenters

• Rachael Bibby Resource Coordinator Colorado
  After School Network
• Aleishia Brandsma My Art Workshop Enrichment
  Program
• Shirley Farnsworth Director Extended Learning
  Denver Public Schools
• Collin Sasaki Science Matters in CO Enrichment
  Program
• Catherine Wise Lights on After School
  Coordinator Denver Public Schools.

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After School A Time of Risk

• After School hours can be filled with risks
• 33 of Colorado students are unsupervised after
  school
• Single parent or dual earner families need more
  quality and safe care for their children in the
  out-of-school time hours
• Educators and families are searching for ways to
  attack drop out rates, truancy rates, poor
  academic performance, and other risky behaviors

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Colorado Drop Out Rates
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Academic Performance
BUT - Challenges facing our youth are NOT just
going to be solved through schools
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After School A Time of Opportunity

• Research shows that after-school programs make a
  difference in all these areas
• After-school programs provide opportunities to
  support and reinforce learning happening during
  the day.
• DPS longer-term participation in after-school
  programming improved academic performance,
  specifically higher CSAP score in math and
  writing
• LAs BEST after school program 20 less likely
  to drop out
• National study of 10th graders 5-19hrs per week
  in extracurricular
• 6xs less likely to drop out by their senior year
• 3xs less likely to be suspended in their
  sophomore or senior year
• 2xs less likely to be arrested by their senior
  year
• Elementary Middle school students who regularly
  attended high-quality after-school programs
  showed gains of 12-20 in math scores compared to
  their peers who were routinely unsupervised

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A New Day for Learning

• Learning happens every waking hour of the day.
  It requires new strategies and a New Learning
  System

Use of knowledge about how student learn best
Redefinition of Student Success
Integration of proven strategies to acquiring and
reinforcing knowledge
Intentional collaboration across local, state,
and national sectors
New leadership and professional development
opportunities
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Seed to Tree Getting Started

• Our experience tells us that you will face the
  following challenges.

Finding a Place to Get Started

• Strategies
• Start with small projects
• Use a needs analysis to collect everyones
  interests
• Find multiple funding sources
• Check up on your Vendors

Funding How will you pay for it?
Coordinating Resources Getting Support
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Finding a Place to Start

• Start with a purpose in mind dont be afraid to
  start small.
• What does your school need?
• Possible things to consider
• Elementary to Jr High School
• Jr High School to High School
• Summer Learning

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Funding Falls into Three Categories

• Small
• Self Contained
• Less than 1000

• Medium
• More sophisticated application process
• Between 3-20K

• Big
• Coordinated Effort
• Less than 20K
• More Comprehensive Programs

• PTA Fund Raising
• Parent Volunteers
• Local Businesses

• State Federal Grants
• Title 1
• TANF
• Childcare Development Block Grants

• Nationwide Grants

• Examples
• District Grants
• Target Outreach http//sites.target.com/site/en/c
  ompany/page.jsp?contentIdWCMP04-031763

• Examples
• Tony Grampsas http//www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/tgys
  /history.html?col7open
• Federal Stimulus Monies

• Examples
• 21st Century Grants http//www.cde.state.co.us/cde
  comp/21stCentury.htm

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Coordinating Your Resources

• Finding partners is easy!
• Program providers ready and waiting for you!
• Cast a broad net and invite people to participate
• Agenda item at PTA meetings
• Invite parents to come learn about after school
  and help develop the strategy
• Screen your partners
• The Colorado AfterSchool Network can help you

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Questions?

• Give us a call

Rachael Bibby Colorado AfterSchool Network 303
837-8466 x 106 rbibby_at_coloradoafterschoolnetwork.o
rg
Aleishia Brandsma My Art Workshop 303
948-3598 aleishia_at_myartworkshop.com
Collin Sasaki Science Matters in CO 303
805-9287 collin_at_sciencematters.tv