individualized system of support for afterschool programs (iss-ap)

Individualized System of Support for Afterschool Programs (ISS-AP)

September 20, 2012Fairlee, Vermont

Who’s in the room . . . •Directors & New Directors•Site Coordinators•Program Staff

Who’s in the room . . . VCAE TeamHolly Morehouse Director

Karen Scott Project Manager for Quality

Tracy Truzansky Project Manager for Training

Erin Ruitenberg Project Assistant for Membership & Development

Cassie Willner Project Assistant for Communications & Partnerships

Who’s in the room . . . ISS-AP Coaches & MentorsKaren Scott Afterschool EssentialsTami Stagner New DirectorsHolly Morehouse YPQITricia Pawlik & Julie PetersonBetsy Stacey YPQI – Middle SchoolLuke Stafford &Christine Graham

YPQI – Elementary

Sustainability

Individualized System of Support for

Afterschool Programs

Agenda9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome

9:30 – 11:45 pm ISS-AP Training – Part I

12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch(Middle School round table)

1:00 – 1:45 pm Statewide Announcements

2:00 – 3:45 pm ISS-AP Training – Part II

Date: Friday, October 26thLocation: Stoweflake Mountain Resort, StoweEarly-bird special - $25 off until October 1st

Date: October 18th

Goals: 1) Double the number of registered programs!2) Sen. Sanders visiting programs

21C Statewide Evaluation

• Five year evaluation plan

• 2008-09 and 2009-10 – Baseline data

• 2010-11 and 2011-12 – Clear areas of strength and areas in need of attention noted

21C Statewide Evaluation

Three Goal Areas:

1) Serving the neediest students

2) High quality, intentionally designed programs

3) State level support for programs

21C Statewide Evaluation

Serving the Neediest StudentsStrength: Growth in the number of students served

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

  2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

21C Participants (school-year and summer)

11,377 13,209 14,638 15,550

21C Regular Attendees 

4,290 4,954 5,621 6,176

21C Low-income Regular Attendees(based upon F&R lunch status)

2,324 2,752 3,087 3,352

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Serving the Neediest StudentsNeeds Attention:• 43% of sites do not meet target around regular

attendees

• 54% of sites do not meet target for high-risk regular attendees

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

21C Statewide Evaluation

Total 21C Participants - 100

Total Regular Attendees – 6060%

Total F&R Regular

Attendees – 3558%

School F&R Lunch Rate:

45%

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Sufficient DosageStrength: • Increase in the number of programs that offer

programming at least 32 weeks per year

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

Needs Attention: • Number of programs operating 5 days per week and

14 hours per week

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54%51%

55%61%

50%55% 55%

49%

28% 30% 32% 30%

% of Programs Meeting TargetsTotal Wks./ Yr. > or = 32

Total Days/ Wk. > or = 5

Total Hrs./ Wk. > or = 14

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

21C Statewide Evaluation

Summer ProgrammingStrength:• Increase in number of summer programs• Days per week and hours per week meet targets

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

Needs Attention:• 36% of projects do not offer summer programming• No. of weeks summer programming is offered is low

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45%40% 39% 40%

83%76%

84% 84%

62%56%

68% 70%

% of Programs Meeting TargetsTotal Wks./ Yr. > or = 5

Total Days/ Wk. > or = 5

Total Hrs./ Wk. > or = 21

2008-09 2011-122010-112009-10

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Program Leadership/ Qualified StaffStrength:• High level of expertise among directors and site

coordinators

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

Needs Attention:• Only 50% of sites meet target around having 1/3

licensed teachers as staff

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Community PartnersStrength:• One-half of Vermont’s programs meet the target of

having two or more community partnerships.

Highlights from the 2011-12 Report:

Needs Attention:• National average is six community partners.

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Action Items for 2012-13:1) Build up regular attendees, focus on high-risk students2) Add summer programming to all projects and increase the number of weeks offered3) Increase the percent of teachers working in

programs4) Build new community partnerships

21C Statewide Evaluation

Questions:

•Do you see trends that can be explained through programming changes?

•What could you do this year to impact the areas in need of attention?

And review for errors!

21C Statewide Evaluation

Where to go from here . . . .

•Evaluation Technical Assistance

•VTDOE Evaluation Workshop Series

Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence

Holly Morehousehollymorehouse@vermontafterschool.org

Lynne Feal-Staublfealstaub@gmail.com

www.vermontafterschool.org