Expanded Learning/K-12 Integration
Goal 4.1: California Education Leaders promote ‘Expanded Learning.’ (Co-Led)
Shared language and vision around Expanded Learning and K-12 integration among California’s education stakeholders represents a key step toward increased integration. EXLD and stakeholders will collaborate to create a description of the rationale for, and benefits of, Expanded Learning programs and K-12 regular day integration. This description will function as a cornerstone for building statewide support as
EXLD and field collaborators reach out to key statewide K-12 leadership and stakeholders. A key milestone for this goal will be the adoption of an Expanded Learning definition by California education leadership.
Objective 4.1.1: Document the case for Expanded Learning / K-12 integration.
Objective 4.1.2: Seek and demonstrate education leadership buy-in for the definition of Expanded Learning and the case for Expanded Learning / K-12 integration.
Goal 4.2: CDE divisions support Expanded Learning / K-12 integration. (EXLD Only – CDE Internal Process)
ASD is collaborating with many of the other divisions at CDE to explore how California’s Expanded Learning programs can leverage, and be leveraged by, the rest of the K-12 system. CDE has established several Integrated Action Teams on a variety of initiatives such as Common Core State Standards and The Whole Child. ASD participates on these teams to explore and promote opportunities to collaborate with other CDE divisions. Additionally, ASD staff meets with staff from other divisions on a continual basis to share ideas and explore possible points of intersecting work.
Goal 4.3: K-12 stakeholders support Expanded Learning and Expanded Learning / K-12 integration. (Co-Led)
EXLD and the field will collaborate with all levels of California’s K-12 education system to ensure that Expanded Learning is an integral part of young people’s educations. This work will encourage and support K-12 and Expanded Learning programs to share communication pathways, physical and financial resources, and support for further integration.
Objective 4.3.1: CDE supports K-12 and Expanded Learning stakeholders in developing, building, and evaluating integrated systems at various levels.
Objective 4.3.2: K-12 and Expanded Learning stakeholders leverage financial resources to support Expanded Learning programs to ensure continuity and sustainability.
Objective 4.3.3: K-12 and Expanded Learning stakeholders advocate for Expanded Learning programs that complement and enhance the impact of K-12 systems.
Goal 4.4: The CDE and California Expanded Learning advocates champion Expanded Learning at the national level. (Co-Led)
CDE and Expanded Learning advocates will influence national policy and priorities in support of Expanded Learning and Expanded Learning / K-12 integration. This will be accomplished through presentations about California’s systems and successes at national conferences and distribution of information via national networks.
Objective 4.4.1: The CDE and advocates build national awareness and understanding of Expanded Learning through existing national forums and networks.
Goal 4.5: K-12 and Expanded Learning work together to implement strategies that lead to growth (social, emotional, behavioral) and learning (cognitive) for children and youth. (Co-Led)
To support further integration of Expanded Learning and K-12, ASD and the field will actively provide encouragement and resources to assist regions, counties, districts, and sites to implement integration strategies. Strategies may include shared commitment to social-emotional and cognitive learning, shared professional development, shared decision-making, and shared responsibilities for implementation of system-wide changes (for example, the Common Core State Standards).
Objective 4.5.1: Expanded Learning and K-12 develop and demonstrate a shared commitment to improved student outcomes across academic, social, emotional, and physical domains.