Thursday, July 15 from 8-9:15 am PT/11-12:15 pm ET

Web Seminar Presented by Grantmakers for Education's Out-of-School Time Funder Network.

Turning around persistently low performing schools is a key theme of the public conversation about school reform, and the primary focus of a multi-billion dollar effort led by the federal Department of Education. Expanded learning opportunities–providing students with more time to engage in integrated academic enrichment and youth development activities, within and beyond the classroom–can be a powerful element of school transformation efforts. Join grantmaking colleagues and education experts for this program focused on:

• defining expanded learning opportunities
• examining successful models of expanded learning programs
• strategizing about how grantmakers can catalyze the integration of high-quality expanded learning opportunities in state and district school reform initiatives

Presenters will include An-Me Chung of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Hillary Salmons of the Providence After School Alliance and Robert Stonehill of Learning Point Associates. Participants are encouraged to read Integrating Expanded Learning and School Reform Intiatives: Challenges and Strategies, a policy brief from Learning Point Associates and the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems.

This web seminar will be followed by a site visit/discussion opportunity in New York City in September, in collaboration with the NYC Youth Funders, and a breakout session at the GFE Annual Conference in New Orleans in October.

Registration

This program is free for members of GFE and $40 for Out-of-School Time Funder Network and member-eligible grantmaking organizations.

Advance registration is required; registration closes at COB July 12.