Summer Matters Sacramento – Professional Learning Community Kick-Off!
June 2012
Summer Matters Mini-grants awarded to promote a regional Professional Learning Community to support successful models of high Quality Summer Programs that address equity issues and improve the learning, enrichment, and health of youth
As part of a broad Summer Matters effort to strengthen summer programs for youth, the UC Davis School of Education’s Center for Community School Partnerships (CCSP) recently awarded 10 local agencies with mini-grants made possible by the Sierra Health Foundation.
Earlier this year, the National Summer Learning Association named the CCSP as a Smarter Summers Community Representative to develop CCSP’s summer learning expertise and capacity.
In May, Summer Learning hosted the first of several Summer Matters Summits. The ten agencies that received mini-grants now make up a professional learning community (PLC) that meets regularly to share best practices and advance the academic supports they offer to students over the summer.
“Sacramento’s regional prosperity depends on eliminating the achievement gap,” said Matt Cervantes, Program Officer at the Sierra Health Foundation. “We are excited to support the efforts of the UC Davis School of Education’s Center for Community School Partnerships Summer Matters Sacramento team. This effort aligns with the mission of the Sierra Health Foundation to support community educational and health equity through high quality summer learning programs.”
Mini- Grant PLC
- Always Knocking
- The Learn Project/Healthy Kids
- Native Voices
- Project Stand Together
- Riverbank Project ACTION
- Roberts Family Development Center
- Sacramento READS!
- Our World Culture Center
- MASTERS Program
- Summer of Fun Exploration Change
For more information, contact Kindra Montgomery-Block or bel Reyes:
Kindra F. Montgomery-Block, Director of Training and Community
Relations, CCSP
kfmontgomery@ucdavis.edu
(916) 799-9909
bel Reyes, Community Schools Program Director, CCSP
belreyes@ucdavis.edu
(530) 219-1609
