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http://www.summermatters.net/quick-casp-instructional-video-features/

The video offers a short introduction to the purpose of the Quick CASP, its parts, and how to use it.

Watch the video and learn how the Quick CASP can benefit your program, and get an early look at the work you’ll be doing.

http://www.summermatters.net/quick-casp-instructional-video-observation-assessment/

This short video walks you through the Observation Assessment portion of the Quick CASP. It includes tips on planning your observation period, what to look for during the observations, identifying program strengths, delivering feedback, and documenting areas for improvement. Watch this video as preparation for your Observation Assessment and ensure you have the right framework for reporting and utilizing your observations.

http://www.summermatters.net/quick-casp-instructional-video-planning-management-assessment/

This short video offers guidance on the Planning and Management Assessment portion of the Quick CASP. This part of Quick CASP asks you to look at the infrastructure supporting your program including goals, stakeholder communication, and planning processes.

Watch the video and get a better handle on the Planning & Management Assessment part of Quick CASP. This section deals with many of the unseen, but essential elements of a successful summer learning program.

Adolescence is a time of enormous potential for learning. This idea might or might not seem obvious, but what is surely true is that Americans are skeptical, and neglectful, of it. Our culture all too rarely creates the affordances – settings, relationships, roles – that would help young people realize their learning potential. The aim of this paper is to provide the empirical foundation for doing so. The authors highlight what research shows about the design and conditions for good learning experiences during the high school years, providing ten principles for the design of learning during this critical life period.

The Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Toolkit was developed for the CQI Pilot Project through the partnership between the California Department of Education's (CDE) Expanded Learning Division (EXLD) and the Los Angeles County Office of Education's (LACOE) Expanded Learning Technical Assistance Unit (ELTAU). Six districts and agencies participated in the 18 month (August 2018-February 2020) pilot project with a goal of improving the understanding and implementation of CQI at the site level.

Specific content was shared with pilot participants throughout the series, and the content has now been packaged into a toolkit for others to utilize. Webinars, tools, and resources were developed and curated to help improve the implementation of CQI, while using CDE's "Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in California: Creating and Implementing a Shared Vision of Quality" to frame the process.

The toolkit contains three webinars: 1) Assess Phase, 2) Plan Phase: Data Analysis, and 3) Plan Phase: SMART Goals and Action Planning. The webinars reference and explain how to use each of the subsequent resources in each phase.

Please download the Toolkit by clicking on the like to the right.

Webinar 1:  The Impact of COVID-19: What We Know About Young People Today   and

Recruitment, Retention, and Relationships

YouTube Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO9DQ_Q3w0U

Webinar 2:  Engaging and Important Content:  Incorporating Innovative Health, Fitness, Arts and Academic Learning in Summer Learning  and   Investment of a Generation:  Accessing and Leveraging Funding and Partnerships

YouTube Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7LtfTFUJU

Building Resilience in Youth Though Summer Experiences (April 2022)

https://www.summerlearning.org/knowledge-center/building-resilience-in-youth-through-summer-experiences-april-2022/

- 54 page report

- final report on implementation and youth experiece int he initiative

- middle school program in San Francisco

- 54 page report

- Afterschool, summer learning and family involvement as Critical Learning Supports

- published by Harvard Family Research Project

What does it mean to work in expanded learning?  This video depicts what potential staff can expect day-today and can be used during staff interviews or orientations