Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention

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Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention

• Lori Genito
• NYSED
• The After School Experience 12/2/09

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What is Extended School Day/School Violence
Prevention (ESD/SVP)?

• Article 55 of the SAVE Legislation 2814 Omnibus
  School Violence Prevention Program
• First RFP 1996-1997
• Applicant eligibility based on Extraordinary
  Needs Aid Index (ENA)
• 5.2 Million has grown to 27.8 million
• 39 local educational agencies has grown to 86
  local educational agencies and 58 community based
  organizations
• 2 Technical Assistance Centers (ROS and NYC)
• Continuation grant for awarded programs

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Focus of Programs

• Programs may include ESD activities, SVP
  activities or a combination
• Extended School Day
• support school districts with high needs to bring
  all students to the higher learning standard
• School Violence Prevention
• ensure students and school staff have a safe and
  secure school environment

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Extended School Day Activities

• Conducted outside the regular school day
• Collaboration between public school district with
  a not-for-profit and/or community based
  organization
• Extra-curricular enrichment activities including
  
• Academic
• Athletics
• Art/music/drama
• Mentoring
• Community service/leadership development
• Other activities that will increase student
  achievement and promote school violence
  prevention

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School Violence Prevention Activities

• Safe corridor programs
• Diversity programs
• Collaborative school safety programs w/law
  enforcement agencies or CBOs
• Metal detectors
• Communication devices
• Devices to increase school security and safety of
  school personnel and students

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Current Programs

• 27.8 Million in state funds
• 146 Programs
• Rest of State (ROS)
• 53 Public Schools
• 30 CBOs
• 1 Technical Assistance Center
• New York City (NYC)
• 33 Community School Districts
• 28 CBOs
• 1 Technical Assistance Center

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Rest of State

• Serving over 100,000 students
• Program Activities for 2009-2010
• 53 provide both ESD and SVP
• 39 provide ESD Only
• 7 provide SVP Only

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Top 10 Program Activities

1. 80 Recreation
2. 67 AIS/Tutoring
3. 67Leadership Development/Community Service
4. 62 Conflict Resolution
5. 62 Healthy Choices
6. 57 Enrichment
7. 54 Social Skills
8. 49 Social/Emotional
9. 47 Setting Goals
10. 46 Violence Prevention Programs

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Site Visits

• The New York State Education Department (NYSED)
  in partnership with the New York State Center of
  School Safety (NYSCSS) have been conducting site
  visits to the ESD/SVP programs.
• Since Spring of 2007 30 of programs visited
• Spring 2010 six additional programs will be
  visited
• Visits will continue until all programs are seen

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ESD/SVP Contacts

• NYSED
• Lori Genito Audrey Almela
• 518-486-6090 518-486-6090
• lgenito_at_mail.nysed.gov
  aalmela_at_mail.nysed.gov
• NYSCSS
• Julliet Coxum Sheryl Post
• 845-255-8989 845-255-8989
• jcoxum_at_ulsterboces.org spost_at_ulsterboces.o
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