X.
Implementing 21st Century Community Learning
Center programs
Support
for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program and
individual grantees is a key element of SERVE's Expanded Learning
Opportunities National Leadership Area. SERVE has assisted
several SEAs with the transition of 21st CCLC from federal
to state administration, including assisting with the development
of RFP processes, designing evaluation plans, and serving
as members of advisory boards. SERVE has also served on the
21st Century Training Task Force operated by the National
Center for Community Education. SERVE was recently named as
partner to assist with the national effort to provide technical
assistance and training to 21st CCLCs.
ELO
programs have recently received increased attention for the
potential role they can play in boosting students' academic
performance. In SERVE's magazine The Vision: Making the
Most of Out-of-School Time Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
we described examples of how actual programs are addressing
the need to support student learning. Articles in this issue
include:
- Discussions
of the 21st Century Community Learning Center programs.
- ELOs
under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
- Integration
of regular-day and after-school programs through NCLB.
- Critical
elements for achieving sustainability of ELO programs.
- Various
types of Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) programs:
after-school, tutoring, summer school, etc.
The issue
was disseminated to more than 5,000 teachers, coordinators,
directors, and staff members involved in serving children through
expanded learning opportunities programs.
In addition, SERVE believes
strongly that persons involved in expanded learning opportunities
programs, such as after-school programs, often learn best
when they learn from one another. Information shared between
practitioners, parents, and others actually in the field can
be most helpful in shaping the services that are provided
for children through expanded learning programs. Therefore,
SERVE sponsors and participates in a variety of activities
designed for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers
to meet together to learn about research and to discuss how
best to provide expanded learning programs that foster high-quality
student learning.
Expanded Learning Opportunities
Resources
SERVE Publications
Expanded
Learning Opportunities Programs: A Review of Research and
Evaluations on Participant Outcomes in School Readiness
and After-School Programs 
Websites
21st
Century Community Learning Centers
XI. Implementing
Homeless Education programs
SERVE's National Center
for Homeless Education (NCHE):
- Collects
and disseminates important resource and referral information
related to the complex issues surrounding the education
of homeless children, youth, and their families.
- Provides
rapid-response referral information.
- Fosters
collaboration among various organizations with interests
in addressing the education of homeless children.
- Synthesizes
and applies existing research, and guides the research agenda
to expand the knowledge base on the education of homeless
children, youth, and their families.
For more information on the
NCHE, visit http://www.serve.org/nche
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