Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting November 20, BAWAT presentation 2.Instructional Aide Exam 3.After school program staff eligible for substitute pool 4.Professional Development opportunities 5.21 st Century RFA/ASES Renewal 6.Site Visit Protocol 7.Food guidelines – Harvest of the Month 8.Sign In Sheet Meeting 9.Restorative Practices 10.Summer planning meeting in December 11.SY Continuing Grants 12.Meals served in lieu of snack guidelines available 13.Site Coordinator Breakouts

Instructional Aide Exam Instructional Aide exam will be held on Saturday, December 15 th at 20 Cook Street 2- hour exam; 3- sessions Register via Event Brite Make up dates: January 3 rd & 4 th SFUSD will issue certificate of completion for those pass the exam

On-Call Substitute pool After school program staff who meet the Instructional Aide requirement are eligible to apply for the SFUSD on call substitute pool ExCEL is submitting a waiver request of BOE policy 3850 for December 11 th BOE meeting

Professional Development Opportunities Bridging the Bay Conference – Feb 1 st & 2 nd – ExCEL & DCYF are offering 1 – 2-day registration per school site. Registration via E- Brite ExCEL District Coordinators will be attending a 4-day Non-Violent Crisis Intervention train the trainer training conducted by the Prevention Institute (same organization providing training to SFUSD staff). Trainings will be offered in Jan/February to after school program staff. Restorative Practices training offered in January. One day training offered for each site to develop plan to integrate restorative practices into behavior policies. June 15 th Summer Learning program staff conference May 16th

Summer Learning Cohort ExCEL is partnering with Partnership for Children and Youth, Out of School Time Initiatives to offer a summer learning cohort. Programs that are interested would commit to: – Attend PCY Summer Director Conference on February 15th at Preservation Park Way in Oakland, CA. – Complete a self-assessment – Commit to attend 3 cohort meetings in March, April and May to plan summer learning program

21 st Century RFA/ASES Renewal has been sent to all Principals re: FY st Century RFA. DCs have forwarded the to Site Coordinators and Agency Directors for follow up with Principals. ASES renewal has been released and is due in January. A school site whose Free/Reduced lunch rate has gone below 40% is still eligible for renewal.

POWER OF DISCOVERY STEM 2 – Needs & Readiness Assessment (NRA) and Framework for Quality STEM - January – Inquiry-based Teaching Strategies and Staff Capacity - February – Free and low cost resources – February – Resources with costs – March – Design challenges - March – Alignment with School Day/Common Core- TBD

Site Visit Protocol  DCs will be visiting each site at least 2x per year  Site visits shifting from “evaluative” to quality program assessment  Site Coordinators/Lead Agency directors asked to complete site visit tool as “self – assessment” tool.  DCs visit meant to promote more of a dialogue rather than silent observation  For Audit purposes, site visits will also include compliance check of audit related items

Audit related items Hours of Operation/Program Elements (Review of weekly program schedule)  Required number of program hours are met (15 hours/week for high school AND* until at least 6 pm for elementary/middle)  There is a balance of program activities: academic, enrichment, recreation, snack  Physical activity is scheduled for at least 30 minutes per day Attendance Review (Review of prior week attendance documentation)  Required ExCEL sign in/out forms used  Master Sign in/out sheet used  All 4 pieces of sign in/out consistently in evidence* (Elementary/middle only)  Early Release policy consistently utilized* (Elementary/middle only)  Student signature count matches daily total (review 1 day)

Audit Related Items continued Staff Ratio Staff ratio meets 20:1 requirement Snack  SFUSD snack served OR For sites with non SFUSD snack,  Menu of weekly/monthly snack components provided Snack components served to students today (at least two of the following):  Grain/Bread (1 serving).  Milk (1 cup or 8 oz.).  Protein/Meat or Meat Alternate (1 oz.).  Fruit, Vegetable or 100% Juice (3/4 cup). Food Guidelines:  No sugar sweetened beverages  No foods with hydrogenated fat  No candy, ice cream, gum, potato chips, etc.

Food Guidelines Food Guidelines:  No sugar sweetened beverages  No foods with hydrogenated fat  No candy, ice cream, gum, potato chips, etc.

100% Juice – is it a drink or fruit? Only reimbursed for 100% juice drinks – not juice cocktails, juice drinks, punch, orange drink, gatorade, vitamin water, tampico In terms of After School Snack fruit or vegetable based drinks are used to meet the fruit/vegetable requirement and is NOT considered a beverage. It must to be 100% Juice (no added sugar) and the serving size is ¾ of a cup or 6oz.

Which one is 100%??

ExCEL Sign-in Sheet Workgroup The Workgroup developed a list of recommendations with a high, medium and low priority. – Step One:Cityspan will review the list and develop a cost analysis – Step Two:The list, with cost analysis, will be reviewed by ExCEL – Step Three:Recommendations will be approved based on need, cost and priority – Step Four:Cityspan will implement the approved recommendations All changes made within EMS will be announced prior to implementation. ExCEL will send out a list of recommendations out this week

Summer Planning Workgroup December 21 st 10-12noon – 20 Cook St If you are considering running a summer program, please check in with your site(s) principal and determine: – Maximum Summer enrollment number – Interest in being a host site to consolidate schools – Interest in merging with a school nearby ExCEL is working with district to determine what schools sites will be open for summer programming. Custodial costs were very high last summer so we have to consolidate sites.

FY Continuing Grants January/Feb: Information to Principals in January re: Select Lead Agency for next school year (results of RFQ process) and submit CCR/Budget for FY March/April: K-Resolutions to BOE for approval May/June: contract documents due. Priority on program that will run in July. Contracts cannot be executed until the FY budget is loaded which is generally mid-July.