Presented by The How Kids Learn Foundation and Temescal Associates
How Kids Learn VII The Future of Afterschool Oakland, CA | December 5, 2017
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AGENDA, Part 1 The purpose of the How Kids Learn conference series is to inform and energize afterschool and summer program stakeholders – program leaders, advocates, and educators. It is our goal to present our current knowledge on how kids learn and to share innovative approaches to promote learning outside of the classroom.
8:30 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction – Laurel Room Lynn Johnson (Spotlight: Girls) and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
9:25 a.m.
Plenary Speakers Michael Funk, California Department of Education Helen Janc Malone, Institute for Educational Leadership Marnie Curry, UC Santa Cruz An-Me Chung, Mozilla Foundation Ashanti Branch, Ever Forward Club
11:20 a.m.
Break and Refreshments
11:45 a.m.
AM Small Group Sessions Session #1: “Forming Partnerships Between Afterschool Programs and Businesses” (Laurel Room) Session #2: “Trauma Informed Practice: A Case Study” (Uptown Room) Session #3: “Afterschool and the Community Schools Movement” (Elmhurst Room, 2nd Floor) 2
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AGENDA, Part 2 12:55 p.m.
Lunch and Networking
1:50 p.m.
PM Small Group Sessions Session #4: “Taking Off the Mask: Working with Boys and Their Notions of Masculinity” (Elmhurst Room, 2nd Floor) Session #5: “The State of the Afterschool Field” (Laurel Room) Session #6: “The Future of Work and the Role of Afterschool” (Uptown Room)
3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:10 p.m.
Plenary – Laurel Room Jessica Gunderson, Partnership for Children and Youth and Geordee Mae Corpuz, Californians for Justice Youth Voice: Youth from Alternatives in Action, Lyric, Ever Forward Club, and Girls Inc.
4:05 p.m.
Closing thoughts and conference assessments
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
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CO-SPONSORS The How Kids Learn Foundation wishes to acknowledge our generous sponsors, which are shown below. This conference would not have been possible without their support.
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PLENARY Conference Speakers Conference MC Lynn Johnson is a social entrepreneur, theater teaching artist, and girl advocate dedicated to igniting a compassion revolution through theater and expressive arts. She is the Co-Founder/CEO of Glitter & Razz Productions LLC based in Oakland, CA. Glitter & Razz produces Go Girls! Camp. Lynn is an expert on the topics of OST and youth development, gender and racial equity, and theater as an intervention for young people. Michael Funk is Director of the Expanded Learning Division at the California Department of Education (CDE). Prior to his appointment by Superintendent Torlakson, Michael served as the founder and Executive Director for the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center since 1996. Marnie W. Curry is a researcher at the Center for Educational Research in the Interest of Underserved Students at UC-Santa Cruz. She is deeply committed to bridging the worlds of research and practice and promoting educational equity for youth who have been historically underserved by their schools and districts.
Ashanti Branch is Founder and Executive Director of the Ever Forward Club, dedicated to working with young men of color and how they interact with their education. Raised in Oakland by a single mother on welfare, Ashanti later taught high school math, where he realized his passion to provide support for African American and Latino males who were not achieving to their potential. Helen Janc Malone is Director of Education Policy & Institutional Advancement and is National Director of the Education Policy Fellowship Program at the Institute for Educational Leadership. She is the editor-in-chief of the Current Issues in Out-of-School Time book series (Information Age Publishing) and serves on the editorial board of a peer reviewed Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities. An-Me Chung is Senior Fellow and Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Mozilla Foundation where she leads the web literacy efforts, including the use of digital badges. She is also known for her work at the C.S. Mott Foundation, where she partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to build the 21st CCLC initiative and the larger afterschool field.
Oakland Mayor, Libby Schaaf is a native Oaklander. She previously served one term as a member of the Oakland City Council and was chief of staff to Jerry Brown. She later left her legal career at Oakland’s largest law firm to build and run the first centralized volunteer program for Oakland public schools at the Marcus Foster Institute. Jessica Gunderson is Senior Director of Policy and Communications at the Partnership for Children and Youth (PCY). Jessica joined PCY in 2011 to help shape and manage their expanded learning time and community school advocacy and policy work. Geordee Mae Corpuz, Organizing Director at Californians For Justice, is responsible for developing the leadership abilities and organizing skills of the students at Oakland High and Oakland Tech. She is highly involved in several youth organizations all over Northern California, and is also apart of the UC Davis Asian Pacific American Alumni Association.
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PLENARY Youth Voice JASMINE MARTINEZ - Alternatives in Action inspires Bay Area youth to realize their leadership potential and prepares them for college, career, and community life through dynamic educational, skill-building, and real world experiences. https://www.alternativesinaction.org/ DESHUN SMITH - The Ever Forward Club mentors young men of color in middle and high school by providing them with safe, brave communities that build character and transform lives. https://everforwardclub.org/ TO BE NAMED - Girls Inc. of Alameda County equips girls to defy limitations and stereotypes, attend college, break the cycle of poverty, and move into a thriving future. https://girlsinc-alameda.org/ JOSETTE TY AND JAYSON DOWKER - Lyric’s mission is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career trainings, health promotion, and leadership development with LGBTQQ youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities. http://lyric.org/
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SMALL GROUP SESSIONS Session Leaders
Carol Hill, Principal Consultant, Radical Shift Consulting (Panel Facilitator) Dr. Carol Hill brings more than 20 years of progressive leadership in the development, implementation and management of successful educational programs and initiatives. She is a nationally recognized leader and trainer for the Coalition for Community Schools and for the National Beacon Initiative. She has been a lecturer in ethnic studies at San Francisco State University and has trained on the Community Schools Model at a number of national conferences. Samantha Walters, VP of Corporate Strategy, Colocation America (Panel Facilitator) Samantha oversees Colocation America's Corporate Social Responsibility by developing a strategic plan resulting in numerous partnerships between Colocation America and Los Angeles based nonprofits. These partnerships have led to innovative STEM programming for young adults in the greater Los Angeles area.
Helen Janc Malone, Director of Education Policy & Institutional Advancement and National Director of the Education Policy Fellowship Program, Institute for Educational Leadership Helen is the editor-in-chief of the Current Issues in Out-of-School Time book series (Information Age Publishing), serves on the editorial board of a peer reviewed Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities, is the Chair of AERA Educational Change Special Interest Group (and a former Chair of the Out-of-School Time SIG). Bill Fennessy, Director of Community Engagement and WorkBased Learning, THINK Together Bill began his career as the PasadenaLEARNs Site Coordinator for Blair International Baccalaureate Magnet School, serving grades 7 – 12. Bill was the leader of BlairLEARNs, a middle school afterschool program. He was a pioneer in the high school afterschool movement and was part of the first cohort of ASSETs programs.
Alex Vila, Learning and Development Associate, Lyric (Panel Facilitator) Alex has over 25 years of experience in the field of youth development and education. Alex's career encompasses working first as a youth minister for the Catholic Church, a counselor at a shelter for youth runaways, a community gang specialist, an executive director, a youth advocate and finally as a field consultant and trainer. Ashanti Branch, Founder and Executive Director, The Ever Forward Club The Ever Forward Club was featured last year in the documentary, “The Mask You Live In,” which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. After completing a fellowship at the Stanford d.school in 2016, Ashanti, stepped away from working for a school district and began working as the Founding Executive Director for Ever ForwardSiempre Adelante, in an effort to grow the organization to serve thousands of Bay Area students. In April 2017, Ashanti was awarded a fellowship from the national organization CBMA - Campaign for Black Male Achievement.
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SMALL GROUP SESSIONS Descriptions
Session #1: FORMING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND BUSINESSES (PANEL) If afterschool programs are to grow and remain sustainable, they must think beyond government funding. This workshop will focus on forming authentic partnerships with the business community - more than "take the money and run". Presenters will discuss partnerships that involve services for businesses and forming apprenticeships. Panelists: Bill Fennessy (THINK Together), Erin Hogeboom (National Girls Collaborative Project), and others. This panel will be moderated by Samantha Walters, Colocation America. Session #2: TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICE (PANEL) We know that many of the youth we serve experience trauma and have limited mental health and culturally relevant supports. This panel will have representatives from two teams showcasing youth development principles that support trauma informed practices in non-clinical settings. One team is school-based out of school time supporting trauma informed practices in response to violence, loss of youth life and immigration oppression. The other team is a community-based program that uses trauma informed practices to support undocumented and LGBTQQ youth in a case management setting and workforce development programs. Panelists include Dr. Marnie Curry (UC Santa Cruz), Emily Rigotti (Life Academy), Carmen Rivera (youth from Alumni of Life), Alan Gutierez (Lyric Youth Advocate), Kristina Armenakis (Lyric), and Lyric Fellows Anastazia and Xar. This panel will be moderated by Alex Vila, Lyric. Session #3: AFTERSCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MOVEMENT (PANEL) Are Community Schools the future of public education? Learn how San Francisco, Oakland, and other school districts have embraced the Community Schools movement and how afterschool programming fits into this rapidly growing model. Panel: Pam Pradachith-Demler (San Francisco Beacon Initiative); Elizabeth Carmody (West Contra Costa Unified School District); and Andrea Bustamante (Oakland Unified School District). This panel will be moderated by Dr. Carol Hill, Radical Shift Consulting.
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Session #4: "TAKING OFF THE MASK": WORKING WITH BOYS AND THEIR NOTIONS OF MASCULINITY Through presentation, hands on activities, and film, this workshop will introduce participants to the world of gender-specific support groups, with a focus on school-age boys and our societal notions of "masculinity". Far too often urban young men of color have to navigate the complex world of school, home, and the streets by themselves. Issues like fitting in, self-esteem, trauma, loss, body image and the pressures of life keep many youth from realizing their full potential inside and outside of school. Moreover, many do not have access to safe spaces in which they can talk about the trials and tribulations of growing up. This session will help participants deepen their connection to themselves, their teams and the youth they work with by adding to their emotional toolbox; awakening strategies for dealing with life’s challenges; emphasizing each other’s uniqueness and similarities as individuals; and building a community of youth workers. Session #5: THE STATE OF THE AFTERSCHOOL FIELD The modern afterschool movement was fueled by the public consensus that working families need a safe and productive place for young people after the school bell. It was marked by the rapid growth of youth programs in the afterschool hours. This session will address the questions: What is the current state of the field and where are we headed? It will feature a panel of national and state afterschool leaders. The panel will include Michael Funk (California Department of Education), An-Me Chung (Mozilla Foundation), Jennifer Peck (Partnership for Children and Youth), and Joe Hudson (Alameda County Office of Education). It will be moderated by Helen Janc Malone, editor-in-chief of the Current Issues in Out-of-School Time book series. Helen will also elicit questions and perspectives of those in attendance. Session #6: THE FUTURE OF WORK AND THE ROLE OF AFTERSCHOOL Because of rapid change in our culture, technology and the global economy, no one fully knows what the jobs of the future will require. However, there are skills and experiences that we know that young people will need. These include the more general 21st century and SEL skills that we can promote to young people of all ages, technology skills (programming, robotics, etc.) as well as work experiences (internships, apprenticeships, etc.). This session will explore these issues and the role of expanded learning programs in preparing young people for their future. This panel will be moderated by Bill Fennessy, THINK Together.
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Coming Soon
We believe strongly that in order for Afterschool to be considered a field, it is necessary to have a documented history. By “field”, think of medicine, nursing, social work, or education – each has a documented history. Although afterschool youth programs date back to the early 1900s, our history has not been documented fully. To address this, we are producing a 1-hour video documentary on the history of afterschool in America. This will be broken into three 20-minute sections suitable for use in staff training. Each section will be accompanied by a brief study guide. These materials will be available in the spring of 2018. They will be distributed to afterschool programs across the country at no charge. Video interviews were recorded by youth videographers that are part of local afterschool programs and youth-led social enterprises. We are currently raising funds to complete this project by reaching out to individuals for small donations. Please consider supporting this project by making a donation here: http://bit.ly/HistoryofAS and sharing this campaign through your social networks.
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About… Temescal Associates (www.temescalassociates.com) is dedicated to building the capacity of leaders and organizations in education and youth development who are serious about improving the lives of young people. Our clients include leaders of youth serving institutions and organizations, school and youth program practitioners, public and private funders, intermediary organizations, and policy makers. Their work ranges from building large-scale youth and community initiatives to providing services to young people on a day-to-day basis. To accomplish this, Temescal Associates draws on a pool of gifted and highly experienced consultants who excel at eliciting the internal knowledge and wisdom of those we work with while introducing new knowledge and strategies that can transform the day-to-day practices that lead to improved youth outcomes.
The HKL Foundation (www.howkidslearn.org) is a 501(c)(3) organization. It is dedicated to improving the effectiveness of settings that support the education and healthy development of youth. This includes schools and out-of-school time programs. The HKL Foundation provides educational and training activities that promote the capacity of organizations that support the education and healthy development of youth. Examples of activities include conferences, speaker forums, screenings of relevant films, training sessions, coaching sessions, the awarding of digital badges to acknowledge exemplar programs and the learning that happens within these settings. Activities also include the development and distribution of educational materials (papers, self-assessment tools, videos, program guides, etc.).
Expanded Learning 360°/365 (www.expandedlearning360-365.com) is a collaborative project of ASAPconnect, California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC), the Partnership for Children and Youth (PCY), and Temescal Associates/Learning in Afterschool & Summer (LIAS). This project is dedicated to promoting the development of critical skills beyond academics that research has identified as essential to young people’s success in school, work, and life.
The Center for Digital Badges (www.centerfordigitalbadges.com) is designed to 1) advocate for the use of digital badges; 2) promote state and local policies and guidelines that are supportive of digital badges; 3) promote the recognition of others that digital badges are valuable evidence of learning; 4) serve as a clearinghouse to offer the most up-to-date information on best practices, and where they are being applied; 5) provide direct services to afterschool and summer programs and trainers; and 6) contribute to national and global discussions on digital badges by participating in digital badge summits and working groups. The use and awarding of digital badges in expanded learning youth programs is a burgeoning trend that is rapidly moving across the country.
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About… The Learning in Afterschool & Summer Project (www.learninginafterschool.org) is an effort by afterschool advocates and leaders to unify the field of afterschool and focus the movement on promoting young people’s learning. This project is managed by the How Kids Learn Foundation. The idea of promoting young people’s learning and broader development after the classroom day is not new. What is new is the vast number of children who are now able to access afterschool programs. We believe that afterschool programming is a unique institution that must offer more than safe havens or homework help after school. If afterschool programs are to achieve their true potential, they must become known as important places of learning – learning that complements, but is distinguished from, the learning that happens at school or home.
The Learning in Afterschool & Summer (LIAS) Blog (www.blog.learninginafterschool.org) is designed to stimulate a deeper conversation among those who support learning in the afterschool hours. We are interested in how practitioners and field leaders are thinking about learning, the kinds of policies that impede or promote learning, and strategies that afterschool programs are using to increase the learning of their participants. We use this blog space to interview thought leaders in the field of afterschool, alert readers to important developments, and provide commentary and an exchange between readers. The LIAS Blog is published three times a month. We also provide blog posts for the California Afterschool Network (CAN) and the Expanded Learning 360°/365 Project. To date, we have published over 316 posts. You can subscribe to the LIAS Blog by going to www.blog.learninginafterschool.org and entering your email address in the right hand sidebar.
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Social-Emotional Learning in Expanded Learning Programs Visit www.expandedlearning360-365.com
High-quality expanded learning environments and practices promote social-emotional learning.
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SEL is a foundational component of all youth development programs. In fact, 6 of the Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in California directly promote 3 core areas of SEL.
Safe & supportive environment
I know how I am feeling
Active & engaged learning
Skill building
I can control my own behavior
I care about other people’s feelings
Youth voice & leadership
I work well with others
Diversity, access, & equity
I can overcome challenges
Healthy choices & behaviors
The harder I try, the better I’ll get
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WE BELONG
WE CAN
Self-awareness Self-management
Social awareness Interpersonal skills
Self-efficacy Growth mindset
Research is clear: only high-quality programs can support SEL outcomes.3
When schools and programs work together, kids benefit. To work as authentic partners, schools and programs should:
To ensure quality, use the cycle of continuous improvement.
Commit to a shared vision of student success Use a common vocabulary for SEL skills Build on existing programs & services Share and implement consistent learning strategies Recognize and honor learning in and out of the classroom Talk about, and act upon, ideas for collaboration
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Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., & Pachan, M. (2010). A meta-analysis of after-school programs that seek to promote personal and social skills in children and adolescents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45, 294-309. Several icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com.
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Resources Publications These can be viewed on a smartphone or tablet via http://bit.ly/OnlineLIAS
For Hard Copy or PDFs: info@temescalassociates.com
Videos
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Videos of past HKL Conference Presenters and Speaker’s Forum Presenters are available at http://bit.ly/HKLVideos
Books These books can be purchased on Amazon.com Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century By Cathy N. Davidson A brilliant combination of science and its real-world application, Now You See It sheds light on one of the greatest problems of our historical moment: our schools and businesses are designed for the last century, not for a world in which technology has reshaped the way we think and learn. In this informed and optimistic work, Cathy N. Davidson takes us on a tour of the future of work and education, introducing us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas will soon affect every arena of our lives, from schools with curriculums built around video games to workplaces that use virtual environments to train employees.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race By Beverly Daniel Tatum Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America.
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Resources Books and DVDs These books can be purchased on Amazon.com The Growing Out-of-School Time Field Past, Present, and Future Edited by: Helen Janc Malone Ed.D. and Tara Donahue The Information Age Publishing new book series, Current Issues in Out-of-School Time, is designed with a purpose to disseminate original research and promising practices that further the OST field. This first book sets the foundation on which the series rests upon, by offering an analysis of the progress made since the 2000s, as well as by looking toward the future for areas of considerations. Leading OST experts explore latest knowledge, intentionally bridging research and practice, and propose new areas of inquiry.
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis By Robert D. Putnam In Our Kids, Robert Putnam offers a personal and authoritative look at this new American crisis, beginning with the example of his high school class of 1959 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The vast majority of those students went on to lives better than those of their parents. But their children and grandchildren have faced diminishing prospects. Putnam tells the tale of lessening opportunity through poignant life stories of rich, middle class, and poor kids from cities and suburbs across the country, brilliantly blended with the latest social-science research.
Finding the Gold Within A Feature-Length Documentary by Karina Epperlein Finding the Gold Within follows six Black men from Akron, Ohio, through their first years of college. Despite their high levels of confidence and critical thinking, the stark reality of being away from their families and communities brings a series of crises. A sister dies in a car accident, a home gets broken into, a brush with the law, racial jokes and provocations never seem to end. In the intimate circle of Alchemy—an afterschool program which has been their “family” since sixth grade—they speak of their disappointments, despairs, trials and triumphs with a disarming honesty. Alchemy, Inc. and its leaders have been working in the school system in the Cleveland area, mentoring young black urban youth from middle through high school. Exploring ancient stories from diverse cultures, as well as drumming and writing, this innovative program gives the youth a chance to grow into self-knowledge, discipline and confidence. They are taught to “follow the sage within their hearts”.
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Resources Reports
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Acknowledgements Audio/Visual: Joshua Julian, Temescal Associates Catering: The Town Kitchen, www.thetownkitchen.com Conference Photography and Social Media: Max Piha, www.mackswell.com Conference Planning and Coordination: Sam Piha and Rozel Cruz, www.temescalassociates.com Conference Volunteers: Leslie Gravino, Max Piha, Kanita Fuller, Susan Erb, and Beth Wolinsky Photo Credits: Ever Forward Club (cover, pages 4, and 16); NationalPost.com (cover); ambergristoday.com (cover); ncwdyouth.info/.org (cover); Save After School Campaign (cover); Girls Inc of Alameda County (cover, page 10, and back cover); Spotlight: Girls (page 3); Temescal Associates (pages 2, 6, 8, 9, and 10); and Original Artwork by Angie Gonzalez (back cover).