1:00-1:15 pm

Welcome / Shipwrecked Stretches

Laurie Mueller & Joseph Sanchez

1:15-1:45 pm

Opening Session: Be A Survivor!

Dr. Kristine Meurer

1:45-2:30 pm

  Segment #1: Let Them Know You’re There... Tips for Sending Up Your Flare!

Are you a communications castaway? Your program shouldn't be a buried treasure. Lean how and why to market your program.

Laura Kesselman

2:30-2:45 pm

Break

2:45-3:30 pm

Segment #2: Surviving the Elements: Building Your Shelter to Last. Applying Non Profit Sustainability Models in Schools

Elev8 NM is part of a national movement dedicated to provide middle school students and their families with a coordinated array of services that will support and help them succeed in school and life.  This integrated combination of high-quality supports includes:  Extended Learning, School-Based Health Services and Family Supports/Resource Center.  Integration of services and alignment of support is the strategy used for sustainability.  In this session, participants will learn about the key elements of integration used to sustain this movement.

Renee Paisano-Trujillo, Carol Pierce, Kathleen Sullivan

3:30-4:15 pm

  Segment #3: Thinking outside the treasure chest. Who do I ask for help?

This session provides success stories of the Rio Arriba Juvenile Justice Board and Santa Fe Public School's Adelante Program. The presenters will share how they used their community resources to enhance and sustain their program.

Gaile Herling, Jack Ortega

4:15-4:30 pm

Wrap up

8:00-8:30 am

Continental Breakfast / Visit Exhibits

8:30-8:45 am

Castaway Crunches

Laurie Mueller & Joseph Sanchez

8:45-9:30 am

  “X” Marks the Spot: Finding Buried Treasure.

This interactive session is designed to not only provide participants with a better understanding of the budget process at the state level, but to provide participants with the needed strategies, steps and tools to ensure that awards are received in a timely fashion and that districts/sites do not revert funds.

Dean Hopper

8:45-9:15 am

Out of School Time Network Meeting

9:30-9:45 am

Hunting & Gathering I (Break / Visit Exhibits)

9:45-11:00 am

Breakouts – Exploring Your Own Island

1.Changes to Compulsory School Attendance Law

This session will review the legislative changes to the compulsory school attendance law and will discuss the impact on school district policy, as well as PED compliance.   

2. STARS: How to Report Violence and Vandalism Effectively

The STARS presentation will cover current and new codes that have been introduced to the Student Teacher Accountability Reporting System (STARS). In addition to the new codes clarification will be provided on how to effectively report incidents into STARS. Lastly a reintroduction to the guidance document for reporting into STARS will be covered.

3. Homeless Federal Program and ARRA Requirements

This program session will provided an abbreviated update on the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program 101 approach. In addition, the NM Public Education Department program state coordinator will provide in detail an update of the accountability and transparency of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, stimulus funds as it associates to the McKinney-Vento Program.

  4. Subsidiary Funding for After School Programs

This session will cover the Child Care Services Bureau, CYFD subsidy and licensing programs.

  5. PASS Toolkit

Most students can’t learn when they come to school hungry, sick, hurt or emotionally upset. Healthy kids make better learners. We also know that educated kids are healthier and become healthier adults. Positive Assistance for Student Success (PASS) is an approach that is based on case management functions. It builds on student and family strengths and helps students and families find solutions to their problems. The PASS Toolkit provides a structured approach to help any school program that works with students and their families who have many challenges to learning and succeeding. It is designed to be easy to follow – and should increase the capacity of school district staff to serve in the role of advisor and coach for students and their families with complex needs.

11:00-11:15 am

Hunting & Gathering II (Break / Visit Exhibits)

11:15-12:15 pm

Breakouts – Flint & Steel: Tools for Lighting a Fire Under Your Programs

  1. Brain Breaks

Brain Breaks is designed to give participants a chance to learn quick and easy ways to integrate movement into academic settings. The session also will include a brief overview of the research showing the connection between activity and academic performance.

  2. Cyberbullying

Learn to identify cyber bullying and what can be done if a student is being bullied by e-mail, phone text, or social networking sites.

  3. RISK: Why Even Good Kids Can Make Bad Decisions

Over the past decade, research has indicated that human brains continue to grow well into the mid 20s. As a result, several of the key areas of the brain that help control impulsive behavior are not fully developed during adolescence. This is a key when teens are faced with decisions that could have extremely dangerous and life changing consequences. This is why parents and youth need to understand and have specific tools to help counter some of the RISK. This program will ignite discussion among children, parents and teachers and will empower and support young people to discover solutions to life-threatening behavior and situations. Parents, educators and youth should fully understand how the adolescent brain is still developing into the mid 20’s and thus find ways to make healthy decisions. Attendees will receive ideas for discussions and activities for students and adults around this issue, a copy of the DVD and the viewer guide for use in the classroom or for other venues.

  4. Know the Law Before the Law Knows You

Know the Law Before the Law Knows You is an exciting new program that informs high school students, who will soon be making adult decisions, about their new responsibilities and liabilities. Sponsored by the State Bar of New Mexico, this program allows you to present basic information on a variety of legal subjects. The information can be conveyed through an introductory DVD and handout materials, as well as through local attorneys who perform classroom visits.

5. Writing New Attendance Policies

Learn the new criteria for writing attedance policies.

12:15-1:30 pm

Grab Your Fork & Spear! The Grub is Right Here! (Lunch / Visit Exhibits)

1:30-2:30 pm

Breakouts – Counting Your Coconuts

  1. Evaluation: After School

Improving afterschool program quality must begin with a commitment on the part of practitioners to examine their programs with a critical eye. A quality program is one that is reflective, willing to improve, change and grow, and believes in successful outcomes for its participants. Moreover, practitioners must understand that improving program quality is an ongoing process. It is upon these concepts that the Elev8 NM Self-Assessment (ELSA) Tool is based. The ELSA Tool is one of few self-assessment instruments available. It is intended to help program leaders and staff, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to better understand the indicators of a high-quality program and reflect on all aspects of their program's operation. In this workshop your team will learn how to implement the ELSA tool to best inform the continuous quality improvement of your program. For those PED funded programs that are required to utilize this tool as a part of the evaluation process for the 2009-2010 school year a timeline for implementing the tool will also be distributed.

  2. Evaluation: FYRA

The session will focus on how to complete and submit the revised FYRA evaluation form for the 2009-2010 school year.

  3. Evaluation: Truancy

The session will focus on how to complete and submit the revised Truancy evaluation form for the 2009-2010 school year.

4. HIV 101

Participants will be introduced to HIV 101 through dialogue and fun activities that reinforce the participants learning experience.

  5. School Health Rules

Learn what you need to know about the seventeen plus school health rules impacting New Mexico public schools.

2:30-3:15 pm

Rescued!

Do you still feel stranded or are you back on the main land? This session will wrap up the 2009 Funded Partners Meeting. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions of the School and Family Support staff members. After the session don’t forget to turn in your yellow evaluation form to receive a thumb drive with all the presentation materials and a special gift.