The presentation was recorded live on May 11, 2021 in partnership with NAA. This webinar is available on-demand.
Out-of-school-time (OST) programs benefit from community support, and engaging with community partners is a critical part of any program's funding sustainability plan. Knowing what information to share and how to engage community partners in a meaningful way can be challenging.
In the recorded webinar "Engaging with Community Partners to Grow Your OST Program," participants will receive the hallmarks of positive community partner engagement and how that engagement can help grow OST programs, including:
Strong leadership starts with your program and can have a lasting impact on relationships with community partners.
Thoughtful community partners can provide more than financial contributions to OST programs.
Proactive communication with community partners helps reinforce their value to the OST program and illustrates how their contribution increases the OST program's value to the community.
Positive engagement with community partners on social media illustrates the OST program's benefit to and impact on the community.
Complete the form on this page to access the on-demand webinar and learn more about the growing OST programs by engaging with community partners in a meaningful way.
"Cayen AfterSchool Programs has strengthened education and communities in Georgia, through the 21st CCLC program.
First and more broadly, it helps the programs to focus on data. Through the entering of data and analysis of reports, our programs are able to determine which students are receiving the greatest benefit from the program. This allows the programs to identify the strategies that are most successful and apply them across the program.
Second, our state places a strong emphasis on attendance. We utilize the attendance reports in AS21 to monitor our programs’ attendance and provide focused technical assistance on those programs that are struggling to meet their attendance goals. As a state, we have seen significant gains in the number of students served because we are targeting those programs that have the greatest opportunity for improvement.
Finally, we utilize a number of reports in AS21 to assist with our formal monitoring. Our programs are able to utilize these reports throughout the year to ensure they are meeting state and Federal requirements."
"The Wausau School District has been using the Cayen Systems for Out-of-School attendance and record keeping since 2007. This has been a tremendous resource for 21st Century grant reporting. We run our programs under multiple funding sources and the ability to track attendance and create reports tied to the appropriate funding is valuable. I appreciate the ability to monitor at a District level and prepare reports as needed for principals and other stakeholders.
The AfterSchool Programs team demonstrates responsiveness to client needs and has helped with gathering of data needed with some additional tracking requested by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. They also keep abreast of reporting requirements by the US Department of Education and structure the system to mirror the federal reporting. {Federal Reporting} will be changing this year and I feel confident my subscription to AfterSchool Programs will help with this transition.
Additionally, with the loss of the federal PPICS system, I was pleased to know that I still have access to historical data in their data backups. Thank you, AfterSchool Programs team, for 'having our back.'"
- Nancy Cedar, Out of School Learning Coordinator - Wausau School District - Wausau, WI
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