21st Century Community Learning Centers

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21st Century Community Learning Centers
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Authorization

• Title IV, Part B, of the No Child Left Behind Act
  of 2001

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What is a Community Learning Center?

• Offers academic, artistic, and cultural
  enrichment opportunities to students and their
  families when school is not in session
• Before school, after school, holidays, summer
  recess

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After-school Research

• The literature shows that well-designed and
  well-implemented after-school programs can
• improve student academic performance,
• improve attendance and graduation rates, and
• reduce risky behaviors and disciplinary actions

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Goals

• Ensure that the 21st CCLC programs offer
  high-quality, research-based academic content
  utilizing appropriate methods of teaching and
  learning.
• Ensure that programs are able to attract and
  retain students who participate regularly and
  thus can benefit from investments in the program.

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Delawares 21st Century Community Learning Centers

• General Information
• Application
• Reference Materials

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21st CCLC Program Purpose

• to create community learning centers that provide
  academic enrichment opportunities for children,
  particularly students who attend high-poverty,
  low-performing schools, to meet State and local
  standards in core academic subjects such as
  reading and mathematics
• to offer students a broad array of enrichment
  activities that complement their regular academic
  programs, and

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Purpose (continued)

• to offer literacy and other related educational
  services to the families of participating
  children.

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Priorities - Absolute

• Absolute priority will be give to applications
  that
• Propose to serve primarily students attending
  Title I schoolwide eligible schools (40 or
  higher poverty level)

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Priorities - Competitive

• Competitive priority will be given to
  applications that
• Propose to serve students in schools identified
  as Under Improvement and that are submitted
  jointly by a school district and community-based
  organization

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Priorities - Competitive

• Propose to target populations not currently being
  served in 21st CCLC before or after school
  programs

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Eligibility

• Local Education Agencies (LEAs) school
  districts
• Community-based organizations (CBOs)
• Faith-based organizations
• Public or private organizations
• For-profit organizations
• Institutions of higher learning

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Length and Amount of Award

• 5 years
• Minimum of 50,000 annually
• Year 4- 25 reduction
• Year 5- 50 reduction

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Allowable Uses of Funds

• Remedial education activities and academic
  enrichment programs
• Mathematics and science education activities
• Arts and music education activities
• Entrepreneurial education activities

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Allowable Uses of Funds (contd)

• Tutoring services
• Activities specifically designed for Limited
  English Proficient students
• Recreational activities
• Telecommunications and technology education
• Expanded library service hours

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Allowable Uses of Funds (contd)

• Family literacy programs
• Programs that provide assistance to students who
  have been truant, suspended, or expelled to
  improve academic their achievement
• Drug and violence prevention programs,
  counseling, and character education programs

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Program Components

• Academic assistance
• Enrichment
• Family literacy

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Scientifically Based Research

• Reading
• Mathematics
• Effective Instruction
• Aligned to state content standards

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Sustainability

• Investments to be made by each partner
• Year Four 25 reduction in grant
• Year Five 50 reduction in grant

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Performance Reporting and Monitoring

• DDOE will monitor program implementation
• Continuous Improvement Model
• Use of Self-Assessment Tool
• Independent Program Evaluation (RMC)
• Federal Profile Performance Information
  Collection System (PPICS)

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Location of 21st CCLC Program

• School sites
• Other locations
• Applicant, school district, and school site are
  in agreement
• Site is at least as available and accessible as
  school site
• Clearly defined plan of communication between
  alternate site and school

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Office of Child Care Licensing

• Pursue a license through OCCL
• Locate and have the program administered by the
  school and district
• Operate a hybrid program
• Regulations available
• http//kids.delaware.gov/occl/occl.shtml

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Budget

• Salaries, contracts, professional development,
  stipends, transportation, materials and supplies,
  evaluation
• 15 maximum for administration
• Indirect costs allowed

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Budget (continued)

• Funds may not be used to purchase facilities or
  for new construction
• Fees may be charged services must be accessible
  to all students
• Funds must supplant, not supplement

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Financial Reporting

• Approval to amend is required
• Final expenditure report 90 days after grant
  period expires
• Annual audit
• Report financial difficulty to DDOE

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Compliance

• Title IX
• Nondiscrimination
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Criminal Background Check
• GEPA
• Drug-Free Workplace Act
• Office of Child Care Licensing
• Federal, State, and local regulations for
  school-age programs

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Screening

• Completeness
• Adherence to application and program requirements
• 21st CCLC grantees (current federal grants)
• Achievement of Goals
• Monitoring Site Reports
• Fiscal management of the grant
• Maintenance of Enrollment

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Application Submission

• Original plus 2 copies
• Deadline 400 p.m. on January 12, 2009
• Theresa Vendrzyk Kough, Department of Education

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Application

• Application Components and Scoring Criteria
• Application Cover Sheet
• Abstract
• Needs Assessment
• Center/School Information
• Project Overview
• Work Plan

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Application (continued)

• Work Plan Rationale
• Collaboration Partnerships
• Project Administration
• Evaluation Plan
• Budget Justification
• Collaboration Partnerships (MOU)

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Application (continued)

• Application Forms Checklist
• Assurances
• Budget Pages

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Reference Materials

• 21st CCLC Web Page
• http//www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/si/state_fed_pro
  grams/cclc/default.shtml

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Where to Obtain Assistance

• Theresa Vendrzyk Kough, Education Associate
• Department of Education
• 410 Federal Street, Suite 2
• Dover, DE 19901
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail tkough_at_doe.k12.de.us