What is Expanded Learning?
California's Expanded Learning programs are an integral part of young people's education, engaging them in year-round learning opportunities that prepare them for college, career, and life.
Expanded Learning refers to before and after school, summer, and intersession learning experiences that develop the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs and interests of students. Expanded Learning opportunities should be hands-on, engaging, student-centered, results-driven, involve community partners, and complement learning activities in the regular school day/year.
Why Is Expanded Learning Important?
What is the Expanded Learning Strategic Planning Process?
The California Expanded Learning strategic planning process is a collaboration between after school program practitioners, support providers, the California Department of Education After School Division and K-12 educators.
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Sustainability Work Group
The Expanded Learning Sustainability Work Group is now recruiting members!
The purpose of the Sustainability Work Group is to support the Expanded Learning Division in identifying, documenting and sharing promising sustainability practices with the expanded learning field. As identified in Strategic Plan 2.0, these practices include securing a diverse set of funding sources and clearly communicating the value of expanded learning programs for district and school Local Control Accountability Plan goals.
Applications are now closed.
Top Strategies for Integrating SEL into Expanded Learning Programs
SEL has now emerged as a significant practice across the world focusing on the skills of students such as social skills, emotional skills and self-management skills. SEL when incorporated with Expanded Learning Programs (ELPs) has the potential to influence students’ achievement and their wellbeing. This guide investigates the best practices for integrating SEL into ELPs and offers educators and program coordinators practical recommendations for creating a positive learning environment.
What Are Expanded Learning Programs?
A Complete Guide for Educators and Policymakers
With the modern world as dynamic as it is in the sphere of education, students need to be offered experiences beyond what classroom learning offers for the school day. Extended learning time programmes (ELTPs) provide a different model of the extended time approach to enhancing learning, promoting child development, and redressing educational inequalities. To the educators and policymakers, it becomes crucial to determine the nature and effectiveness of these programs in order to develop policies that would foster student success and well-being.
Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in California Released
Today, Tom Torlakson, Superintendent of Public instruction announced that the Governor has signed SB 1221 into law, and the official release of Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in California. The announcement was made in a press release this morning.
The purpose of the Quality Standards is to describe high levels of quality of a program at the programmatic, staff, and participant levels.