Y4Y TA Topics

 

Y4Y offers free virtual technical assistance to 21^st CCLC grantees in a variety of topics. These 1.5- to 16-hour sessions can be requested by 21^st CCLC State Coordinators and are tailored to meet the needs of the requesting state. 

 

• Complete a project plan and logic model for your program.
• Develop a timeline for completing each of your critical tasks.
• Apply standard operating procedures to your program.
• Apply project management knowledge and skills as you execute your 21st CCLC project.
• Stay in compliance with local, state and federal rules and guidelines.

• Describe the process of applying for a 21st CCLC state request for proposal.
• Identify the key strategies for planning and designing a high-quality 21st CCLC program.
• Incorporate the key strategies and federal, state and local laws, regulations, and guidance into your 21st CCLC program plan and design.

• Explain components of the three phases of project-based learning.
• Implement the steps to plan, define, implement and assess high quality project-based learning activities.
• Use authentic resources and tools to develop and implement project-based learning activities.

• Understand strategies for getting and keeping school-day leaders on your program planning team.
• Learn how to engage key stakeholders.
• Be able to conduct a comprehensive program needs assessment.
• Define and implement the elements of intentionally designing and facilitating activities that meet student needs.
• Understand strategies for recruiting and retaining high-quality staff.
• Determine key resources to assist in ensuring fidelity of implementation.

• Design a summer learning program that aligns with student and program needs.
• Implement strategies to recruit and retain students in your summer learning program.
• Implement a continuous improvement process.

• Align citizen science projects with student needs and program goals.
• Use strategies to implement citizen science in your program.
• Identify resources that prepare staff and students for citizen science projects.
• Demonstrate student performance using informal assessments.

• Describe techniques to develop your STEM knowledge.
• Choose science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities that best align with student needs at various ages.
• Identify strategies for connecting to the school day.
• Recognize ways to make time for STEM within your program.
• Identify resources that can be used to implement STEM projects.

• Define mentoring support and describe the role it has in college and career readiness.
• Describe how the Work Personalities Tool can help students evaluate career choices to match their interests and work personalities.
• Identify resources that can be used to implement college and career readiness for students from special populations.
• Implement a continuous improvement process.

• Find examples of literacy activities that develop strong readers and writers.
• Gain tips on facilitating literacy learning and coaching struggling readers.
• Learn how to engage families in supporting reading and writing in your program and at home.

• How to be a coach, guide, and facilitator.
• Strategies for understanding families and their cultures.
• Approaches to understanding challenges to family engagement and providing services to support families.

• Learn concrete tips for identifying program partners.
• Come away with tools for recruiting, establishing and maintaining partners.
• Explore strategies for working with volunteers.

• Understand the effects of drug and alcohol abuse.
• Develop strategies to implement to help prevent drug and alcohol abuse.
• Identify Y4Y resources that assist with preventing drug and alcohol abuse.

• Learn project-based strategies for implementing civic learning and engagement.
• Design activities for civic learning and engagement in your program.
• Identify Y4Y resources aligned with civic learning and engagement implementation and training.

 

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