ENGINEERING STRONG SUMMER STEM
The brief documents why and how STEM education can be successfully integrated into summer learning programs, and the significant positive impacts it can have on students and staff.
Program Quality
Blast off to the 2016 Summer Matters Leadership Conference
This FREE conference will give you the opportunity to redefine summer with activities that are meaningful, support mastery and expand horizons. The goal of the conference is to provide tools and resources empowering you to deliver the highest quality program possible.
Putting Summer to Work
Using data from surveys, focus groups and program observations in the summer of 2013, the reports listed below are intended to help education leaders and program providers understand specific strategies to meet time-sensitive priorities around Common Core preparation, students’ social and emotional growth, and teacher and staff development.
Getting a Head Start on the Common Core
How education leaders can use summer programs to stop summer learning loss, and build student and staff capacity to succeed in the new Common Core environment.
A High Impact Training Ground for Teachers and Staff
How education leaders can use summer programs to provide powerful professional learning opportunities in support of Common Core implementation and student-centered learning goals.
Teaching Kids How to Succeed in School
How education leaders can use summer programs to engage students and develop their confidence as capable learners.
Using a Comprehensive Assessment of Summer Programs (CASP)
Summer learning programs participating in the Summer Matters campaign use a standard toolkit to continually assess their programs, identify strengths, and plan improvements.
Summer Learning: An Inspiring Alternative to Summer School
This 3 minute video illustrates the difference between summer learning programs and remedial summer school. See how summer learning programs help students retain and build-on their achievements during the school year.
Teaching Kids how to Succeed in School
This 5 minute video exhibits how high quality expanded learning programs, especially Summer Learning Programs, can focus on Social-Emotional Learning for students. See how program activities nurture relationship building, communication skills, and emotional intelligence in students.
Quick Reference Guide for Comprehensive Assessment of Summer Programs (CASP)
This reference guide is designed to help you understand CASP terminology. It includes definitions of key terms used in CASP. Download this reference guide to have on hand when reviewing CASP materials
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