Professional Development for ELP Staff
Ongoing Professional Development:
Expanded Learning staff from 119 sites receive ongoing professional development throughout the school year to help ensure quality programming. ELP Lead and paraeducators are trained on a variety of topics including:
- Program compliance
- Attendance monitoring
- Program budgeting
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
- and much more...
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The Quality Standards
The Quality Standards are a set of 12 standards used to describe high levels of "Quality" of a program at the programmatic, staff, and participant levels. The quality standards are not intended to serve as a compliance tool, but as a framework and guide of clear expectations, and a shared vision of quality among multiple stakeholders.
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Continuous Quality Improvement
The Quality Standards are a central component of the cycle of quality improvement. All state and federally-funded expanded learning programs serving elementary and middle schools in California shall engage in a data-driven program quality improvement process.
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Watching the Standards in Action:
The purpose of these videos is to provide a visual display to guide programs from a practical view point. Below are the first four videos, created by the CDE for the Youth Voice and Leadership, Active and Engaged Learning, Safe and Supportive Environment, and Diversity, Access, and Equity Quality Standards.
2. Active and Engaged Learning
3. Safe and Supportive Environment
4. Diversity, Access, and Equity Quality Standards
