After-School Programs in Alief ISD

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After-School Programs in Alief ISD

• Planning for the Future

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Looking Back

• Since 1998-1999, Alief After-School Programs have
  served approximately. . .
• 7,700 students
• 1,700 Alief ISD parents (GED, ESL, Parenting
  classes)
• 900 Alief Community Members
• IMPACTED over 10,000 lives

Alief ASPs have brought our students and parents
in excess of 5 million dollars for intervention
programs, tutoring, and enrichment programs.
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Program Funding

• Currently
• 8 campuses are funded through 21st Center
  Community Learning Centers
• 5-year grant with decreased funding in Year 4
  (-20) and
• Year 5 (-20)
• 4 campuses are in year 4 (Miller, Youngblood,
  Olle, ODonnell)
• 3 campuses are in year 3 (Collins, Landis,
  Youens)
• 1 campus is in year 1 (Klentzman)
• Funding supports a lead teacher or co-lead
  teachers at each campus
• Teachers, paraprofessionals, college students,
  and contractors provide academic and enrichment
  activities
• Grants are supplemented by Title I and campus
  funds

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After-School Programs In Alief

• Alexander YMCA _at_ Liestman
• Best YMCA w/ Houstons Kids
• Boone YMCA
• Chambers YMCA _at_ Sneed
• Chancellor YMCA
• Collins 21st CCLC
• Cummings YMCA
• Heflin YMCA
• Hicks YMCA
• Horn YMCA w/ Houstons Kids
• Kennedy YMCA
• Liestman - YMCA
• Mahanay YMCA _at_ Heflin
• Martin YMCA _at_ Cummings

• Outley -- YMCA
• Petrosky YMCA
• Rees YMCA
• Smith YMCA _at_ Boone ASAP
• Sneed YMCA
• Youens 21st CCLC
• Budewig YMCA _at_ Outley
• Klentzman YMCA w/ Houstons Kids 21st CCLC
• Mata YMCA _at_ Kennedy
• Miller YMCA _at_ Rees 21st CCLC
• Youngblood 21st CCLC
• ODonnell 21st CCLC
• Olle 21st CCLC Olle 21st CCLC

No after-school programs at Bush, Hearne, Owens,
Albright, Alief, Holub, or Killough
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Program Benefits

• Alief Mirrors National Results
• Increased homework completion
• Increased parental involvement
• High degree of satisfaction from stakeholders
• Increased self confidence
• Increased number of students feeling safer after
  school
• THE FACTS
• 2001 2005 Parent involvement level doubled in
  all schools involved
• 2005 2006
• 58 of elementary students served were LEP
  students.
• 45 of middle school students enrolled in after
  school passed TAKS 82 were promoted
• 54 of elementary students passed ALL portions of
  the TAKS spring administered test
• 21 of the 54 received commendable in ONE area

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2006 Spring TAKS Scores for 21st CCLC Schools
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2006-2007 Survey Results

• Responses
• Parents 128 ASP 197 parent center
• Students 755
• Staff 93
• Lead Teachers 9
• Principals 7

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Purpose of ASPs
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Important Components
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What our students say

• 90 of the students surveyed in the After School
  Program say they like the program and have fun.
• 88 of students in the
• After School Program feel safe.

After School builds life skills and academic
success.
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What our students say

• 81 of students in the After School Program say
  they use what they learn in their classroom
  and/or at home.
• 77 of students in the
• After School Program feel like they do better in
  school.
• 81 of students in the After-School Program feel
  like their teachers listen to them.

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What our parents say
98 of parents with children in an After-School
Program are happy with the program.
Comments include that the After School Program

• Helps our children with academics.
• Improves grades reinforces the skills taught at
  school.
• Provides new opportunities.
• Offers fun, active enrichment activities.
• Builds confidence social skills.
• Keeps childrens minds off unhealthy activities.
• Helps students build solid foundations.
• Provides transportation.

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What our staff says
The After School Program is

• Positive
• Kids have fun and come out of their shells
• Students have better attitudes
• Beneficial
• Additional exposure to academics
• Opportunity to know the student better
• Enriching
• Worthwhile
• Rewarding
• Exciting
• Frustrating

The After School Program provides a great
opportunity to build relationships with
students. - After School Program
Lead Teacher
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What our staff says
Our challenges are

• Hours / Days
• Grant requirement 5 days/week, 3 hours/day
• Suggestion 4-day/week After School Program
• Staffing
• Burn Out
• Suggestion Provide a full-time campus
  coordinator
• Suggestion Tag team with another teacher one
  week on/one week off
• Suggestion Offer academics enrichment two
  days/week respectively
• Behavior
• Students are restless/long day
• Suggestion Use behavior rewards system to
  encourage good behavior
• Suggestion Hold students more accountable for
  actions
• Curriculum
• Too much like the regular school day / Make more
  fun
• Suggestion Need additional bilingual resources
• Suggestion Design curriculum for all subjects so
  teachers dont have to plan for ASP

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What our principals say
Our greatest successes are

• Student Achievement
• Academic Self-Esteem
• The additional time ASP affords helps give us
  one more avenue for required interventions (to
  assist in academics).
• I, as principal, monitor performance of kids in
  the ASP to ensure they are improving in their
  grades, DCAs ATMS assessments.
• My specialists have coordinated the academic
  curriculum so it aligns with first line
  instruction - smart beneficial to kids.
• Parental Involvement
• Parent nights have always had a successful
  turnout.
• Parent involvement has increased parents are on
  our campus more often.

Our students feel relaxed and accepted into our
program. - Alief ISD Principal
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What our principals say
Our greatest successes are

• Additional Resources
• Students have plenty of resources to utilize to
  improve academics social skills.
• We are able to try out various materials to meet
  the needs of our kids.
• School Climate
• My students are exposed to a variety of
  enrichment activities that they would otherwise
  not participate in
• Teachers enjoy teaching ASP and have the
  opportunity to bond with students in a more
  relaxed setting.
• Leadership Development
• The after school teachers have become a nice
  subgroup of teachers who have learned to plan
  together. This methodology carries over to daily
  planning together. Thats good PLC once
  again.

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What our principals say
Our challenges are

• Reporting
• Budget
• Staffing / Hours
• ASP depletes campus resources for after school
  tutorials/intervention groups.
• Difficulty finding and keeping responsible
  energetic personnel.
• Have one day off per month for staff meetings.
• Change (program) to four days per week.
• Contractors
• Increase pool of outside service providers so
  campus staff isnt exhausted.

It (ASP) provides a safe place for students,
strengthens skills provides students with
activities to do which are just fun.- Alief ISD
Principal
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What our principals say
Our challenges are

• Student Mandatory Attendance
• Some students informed me that sometimes they
  just didnt want to be here. They either
  wanted to go home, play with their friends, or be
  a part of another school extracurricular
  activity. We were able to accommodate a few
  students by allowing them to attend our ASP for
  the first hour, then report to practice.

The ASP is a great program maintain the same
stress-free, positive and enrichment environment
that all students and ASP teachers have enjoyed
in the past. - Youngblood ASP Staff Member
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Program Management
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What our parents say about
Transportation

• Parent Center Parents
• 73 say their children will attend an After
  School Program if transportation is not provided.
• ASP Parents
• - 40 of parents whose children currently ride
  the bus home from an After School Program say
  they will attend if transportation is not
  provided.

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What our parents say about
Program Fees

• 77 of parents surveyed say they will pay a small
  fee for their children to attend an After School
  Program.

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After School Program
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After School Program
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Program Models

• Grant funded programs balanced program
• Fee-based balanced program with
• academic and enrichment activities
• Fee-based programs little or no
• academic component (day care/YMCA)
• Club style program

• YMCA
• 52 per week (208/month)
• Offers financial aide
• 32 students per site

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Other Districts

• Fort Bend ISD
• All elementary and 1 middle school
• K-5
• First-come first-served
• Cap of 85 students per site
• Transportation not provided
• Staff have high school education and become
  certified as an educational aide
• Homework only no tutoring or instruction
• Completely fee-based - 180 month w/ some
  scholarships 25 registration fee

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Other Districts

• Spring Branch
• 14 programs - 21st CCLC funded
• 1 campus ASAP funded
• 2 campuses YMCA program
• No fee-based programs
• Lamar Consolidated
• All programs are campus-based
• Katy
• YMCA only campus decision

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Supporting Information
Performance Data - TAKS scores Survey Results
Research - other models, other districts
Financial Analysis - budget proposal
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Recommendation

• Standardize programs at grant-funded campuses
  through a phased-in fee-based approach with the
  Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

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Rationale

• After-school programs are beneficial to students
  and families, and should be sustained
• Grant funding is limited
• Reduction eventual elimination of funding
• Difficult to plan
• Grant funding is limiting
• Grant requirements including program hours/days,
  summer, no fees, excessive reporting requirements

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• TANF provides financial assistance to low-income
  families for childcare to remove barriers to
  employment.
• Eligibility
• Income
• Must be in training or working
• Children from 4 12 years of age
• Amount
• Sliding fee scale from 0 co-pay to full amount
  of child care.
• Average co-pay is 45 per month.
• Reimbursement of 9.82 per child per day
• Reimbursement monthly based on attendance data.

TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)
Texas Workforce Commission
Alief ISD
Pasadena, Aldine, Clear Creek, Galena Park, HISD
work with TWC
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Program Schedule

• 5 day program with 2 - 3 hours each day
• 10 minutes for snack
• 20 minutes for homework assistance
• 40 - 60 minutes for academic class
• 40 - 50 minutes for enrichment activity
• 10 minutes for dismissal
• Possible 30 minutes before-school
• Wednesday Friday Schedules
• 15 minutes for snack, 20 minutes for
  homework
• 200 minutes for enrichment activity led by
  contractor

M 2 hrs. T 2 hrs. W 3 hrs. Th 2 hrs.
F 2 hrs.
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Staffing

• Lead teacher or co-lead teachers
  (alternate days/weeks)
• Clerical assistant
• Certified teachers for academic component
• Certified teachers, college students or
  contractors for enrichment activities

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Next Steps

• Local Budget
• Program Coordinator Salary (ongoing)
• 140,000 cushion for transportation costs
  (2007-2008)
• Develop implementation schedule
• Work with business partners to scholarship
  students
• Establish procedures with Texas Workforce
  Commission
• Determine campuses / meet with principals
• Investigate the possibility of offering a .5
  credit for 8th grade students in the Spring of
  2008
• Partnership possibilities (Houstons Promise,
  YMCA, school commitment, etc.)