Arizona Community Development Corporation

ESSER III funds will also be used to provide continuity of services including after school academic programs and tutoring by the classroom teachers. Summer school will be offered for three years to allow our most vulnerable populations (special education, english learniers and title 1 students) to receive additional learning opportunities to address any loss of learning

There are several ways the LEA will ensure that interventions address the academic impact of lost instructional time and respond to academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students. All schools within our District are Title I schools and therefore serve the students that were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

To meet the academic needs of our students we will:
-Implement summer learning programs - This includes providing extra duty for certified and classified staff to teach using evidence based practices, extra duty for staff to be trained on evidence based practices and resources, and extra duty for staff to coordinate and plan for the summer school program
-Implement comprehensive after school programs - This includes extra duty for certified staff to provide evidence based instruction to students after school during the school year
-Provide additional instructional assts. to work with students in 1st-2nd grade to pull small groups, model instruction for students, and provide support so students can access the curriculum being taught by the teacher.
-Provide acceleration teacher specialists who will provide small group intervention to students and assist schools in providing a MTSS structure for their students so all students can be provided the supports they need to learn at high levels
-Purchase supplemental evidence based online programs such as Moby Max to provide students with opportunities for blended learning and additional learning outside of the school day
-Increase technology in the classrooms to increase engagement, allow teachers to utilize blended learning opportunities, and allow for critical thinking of students
-Purchase supplies/materials so students have access to resources necessary to achieve at high levels
-Provide an Acceleration Specialist Director to oversee and provide leadership to the Acceleration Specialists and assist schools in creating their MTSS structure to support students
-Provide PD to teachers/staff on evidence based practices including feedback, goal setting, teacher clarity, and collective teacher efficacy

The LEA will also provide support and interventions for students regarding social emotional learning including:
-Salary/benefits for Response to Intervention - Teachers who will work to create a MTSS structure in the area of behavior and social emotional learning. These individuals will work to provide small group and individualize plans for students to ensure they receive the behavior and social skill instruction they need to be successful in the classroom. These individuals will utilize evidence based materials - I can Problem Solve.

The LEA is providing summer school to vulnerable populations and after school tutoring/enrichment. Additionally SEL will be taught to students in summer school for an hour each day.