ERIC Number: ED627804
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jul
Pages: 23
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Expanding Summer Learning and Enrichment Opportunities for Michigan's Students through Partnerships: Conversations with Districts and Community-Based Organizations. A Region 8 Comprehensive Center Report
Dwyer, Chris
Region 8 Comprehensive Center
The Region 8 Comprehensive Center (Region 8 CC) team joined Michigan's Statewide Summer Learning Network (SSLN) to provide support in furthering the goals of increased access, participation, and quality for summer learning and enrichment opportunities. The team's initial work for the SSLN was a series of listening sessions with representatives from school districts and community-based summer program providers across the state during winter 2022. In response to the primary concerns of SSLN members, the listening sessions were designed to gather information about the current state of partnerships, the barriers and challenges facing programs, and how statewide organizations could best support local programs. In addition, we were interested in knowing more about the configurations and benefits of summer programs, unique solutions for challenges, and perspectives about the feasibility of common data reporting about summer experiences. This report is organized in sections, which correspond to the major topics of the inquiry, and are designed to be self-standing for discussion purposes: (1) The Special Role of Summer and Out-of-School Programming in Youth Development; (2) Challenges, Barriers … and Some Partnership Solutions; (3) Keys to Partnerships; and (4) Roles for the State Education Agency. The report concludes with a summary and ideas for next steps.
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Barriers, Individual Development, State Departments of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Federal Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Finance, School Districts, After School Programs
Region 8 Comprehensive Center. Available from: ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031. Tel: 800-532-4783; Tel: 703-934-3603; Fax: 703-934-3740; e-mail: info@icfi.com; Web site: https://compcenternetwork.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Office of Program and Grantee Support Services (PGSS)
Authoring Institution: Region 8 Comprehensive Center
Identifiers - Location: Michigan
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: American Rescue Plan Act 2021
Grant or Contract Numbers: S283B190013