Part B: 21st Century Community Learning Centers
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Title IV, Part B) program supports the creation of opportunities for academic enrichment during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics; offers students enrichment activities that complement regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
VDOE funds, through a competitive process, projects that provide significant expanded learning opportunities for children and youth, and that will assist students to meet or exceed state and local standards in core academic subjects.
Peer Reviewer Training Videoconference
A video training session for peer reviewers who will be reading and scoring the 21st CCLC competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) applications was held April 24 and 25, 2012. A recording of the video presentation is available.
2012-2013 Competitive Grant Program
Application Process
All 21st CCLC grants are awarded on a competitive basis. The deadline for submitting applications is April 27, 2012. VDOE will give priority to applications that meet any or all of the following criteria:
- Joint applications between at least one school division and at least one public or private community organization;
- Propose to serve students in schools that either are not fully accredited or did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the 2011-2012 school year;
- Proposals to serve students in middle or high schools; or
- Proposals to serve students who attend schools with free and reduced-price lunch eligibility of 75 percent or greater.
Application documents:
- Request for Proposals (RFP) for 21st Century Community Learning Centers Competitive Grant Program – Superintendent’s Memo #059-12
- Application Guidelines, Instructions and Assurances (PDF)
- Application (XLS)
- Virginia schools with a 40% or higher free and reduced price eligibility, by school division (PDF)
RFP Technical Assistance Workshops
VDOE will conduct technical assistance workshops for potential applicants on:
- Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012, and
- Thursday, March 22, 2012.
Registration forms must be submitted by Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
Resources
- Evaluations of 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- 21st CCLC Awards 2002-2011 (PDF), Updated October 27, 2011
- 21st CCLC Administrative Handbook (PDF) Revised November 2011
- 21st CCLC Grant Coordinators - October 2011 (PDF)
- Program Quality Self-Assessment for Continuous Improvement Tool (Word) VDOE Resource (2010)
- Monitoring
- Updated Virginia Application to the U. S. Department of Education (PDF)
Budget Transfer Request Workbooks for Non-School Divisions
Reimbursement Workbooks for Non-School Divisions
Ensuring Equitable Services to Private School Students
Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers – November 21, 2009 Webinar on Private School Participation in NCLB/ESEA; see also Title IX: General Provisions
Virginia Conference Presentations
Professional development files are posted here for Virginia 21st CCLC grantees' reference. They are organized by the professional development activity at which they were presented. All files below are in PDF format.
Statewide Grantee Institute – March 14 and 15, 2012
- Collaboration Panel – Blaire Denson
- Collaboration Panel – Mark Emery
- State and National Research on Afterschool Programs
- Monitoring
- ESEA Flexibility Waiver
- Voices for Virginia’s Children – Child Poverty
New Coordinator Institute – October 4 and 5, 2011
- College and Career Readiness Initiative
- Gentlemen’s Club and CCRI
- Introduction to 21st CCLC
- Resources
- List of Resources and Websites
- Research to Practice – Current Research and the Benefits of Out-of-School Time Programming
- Managing 21st CCLC Programs
- New Principal – Coordinator Orientation
- Allowable Expenditures and Budget Transfers
- Virginia’s 21st CCLC Monitoring Plan
- Evaluation
- Sustainability Strategies
- Sustainability Self Assessment Summary Worksheet
- Sustainability Self Assessment Tool Worksheet
- Virginia’s OMEGA System
- Management Nonschool Divisions
- PPICS-Starting Up Grantee Profile2011
- Preparing for the APR
- Panel – What I Wish I Knew
- Glossary of Terms and Reporting Calendar
Statewide Grantee Institute – March 1 and 2, 2011
- Panel on Partnerships, Resources, and Strategies
- Maximizing Afterschool Opportunities for English Language Learners
- Afterschool Navigation: Using GPS Technology
- Virginia’s Quality Improvement Self Assessment Program
- 21st CCLC Evaluation
- Monitoring Virginia’s 21st CCLC Programs
- PPICS for 21st CCLC Programs
- A Social and Economic Perspective on Our Nation’s Children
- OMEGA Update
- Student Assistance Programming
New Coordinator Institute – October 5 and 6, 2010
- Panel of Experienced Managers – Lessons Learned
- Background and Introduction to 21st CCLC
- Resources for Out-of-School Time Programs
- List of Grant Resource Websites
- Managing 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program
- New Principal/Coordinator Orientation
- Hints for Submitting Budget Transfer Requests
- Reporting Calendar Timeline
- Virginia’s 21st CCLC Grant Monitoring System
- On-Site Monitoring Visit Table of Contents
- Virginia’s 21st CCLC Evaluation System
- Networking Lunch
- Top 14 Tips from Experienced Managers
- Online Management of Education Grant Awards (OMEGA)
- Management Practices and Procedures for Non-School Divisions
- U.S. Department of Education 21st CCLC Profile & Performance Information Collection System (PPICS) – Starting Up
- Preparing for the PPICS Annual Performance Report (APR)
- Increasing Graduation Rates and Decreasing Dropout Rates Through 22st CCLC Strategies
Statewide Grantee Institute – March 16 and 17, 2010
- Sustainability Panel Dr. Marek
- Virginia Boys and Girls Club Alliance
- Poster & Partnership Sessions Participants
- Virginia Evaluation System Handout
- Evaluating 21st CCLC's
- Completing Online Monitoring Document
- Virginia's Monitoring System
- PPICS Introduction S Clark
- PPICS N Naftzger
- Resource - Graduation Rates Fact Sheet
- Resource - Sustainability Profiles OST
New Coordinator Institute – October 7 and 8, 2009
- What I Wish I Knew When I Began Managing a 21st CCLC Grant
- Background and Introduction to 21st CCLC
- Resources for Out-of-School Time Programs
- List of Grant Resource Websites
- Grant Program Monitoring
- Online Grantee Monitoring Document (GMD)
- Virginia Evaluation System
- Annual Local Evaluation Report Template (ALERT)
- Managing 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program
- Online Management of Education Grant Awards (OMEGA)
- Managing A 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Grant For Non-School Divisions
- U.S. Department of Education 21st CCLC Profile & Performance Information Collection System (PPICS) – Getting Started
- Preparing for the Profile and Performance Information Collection (PPICS) Annual Performance Report (APR)
- Using 21st Century Community Learning Centers as a Targeted Intervention "A Drop-Out Prevention Strategy"
- Additional Handout Materials
Institute for Potential Eligible Middle Schools – March 17, 2009
- U. S. Dept of Education Briefing
- Introduction to 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Grants
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Grant Annual Application and Award Process
- Peer Review – Writing a Successful Proposal
- Access, Quality, and Benefits Research On Afterschool Programs for Older Children
- Promising Practices in Middle Schools – Dan River Middle School, Pittsylvania County
- Promising Practices in Middle Schools – Dinwiddie County
Outside Resources
- The Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time
- The After School Institute
- The Afterschool Alliance
- Best Out-of-School Time Collaborative
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Afterschool Programs
- The Finance Project
- The National AfterSchool Association
- National Center for Quality Afterschool
- National Institute for Out of School Time
- The School Age Care List (SAC-L)
- U. S. Department of Education 21st CCLC Guidance (Word)
- U. S. Department of Education 21st CCLC Law (PL 107-110, Title IV-B)
- U. S. Department of Education 21st Century Learning Centers Program
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