KID POWER INC

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING - KID POWER'S AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS OPERATES FOR 3 HOURS/DAY MONDAY-FRIDAY FOR 36 WEEKS. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DAILY ACADEMIC POWER HOUR SESSIONS TO RECEIVE HOMEWORK HELP AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT SUPPORT; ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A SELF-LED ELA INTERVENTION, READ NATURALLY, ON A WEEKLY BASIS. CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY KID POWER'S AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS AND SUPPORTED BY HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS AND COLLEGE STAFF, UTILIZING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. CURRICULUM IS ALIGNED TO THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS; HOWEVER, KID POWER MEETS STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE ACADEMICALLY WHILE WORKING TO GRADUALLY SUPPORT THESE GRADE-LEVEL STANDARDS. FOLLOWING THE ACADEMIC POWER HOUR, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN DAILY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES; KP CIRCLES. THESE DAILY DISCUSSIONS HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP SEL SKILLS SUCH AS SELF-MANAGEMENT, SELF-AWARENESS, SOCIAL-AWARENESS, RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING, AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS. IN ADDITION TO DAILY ACADEMIC POWER HOUR AND SEL ACTIVITIES, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE AND HANDS-ON ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS STEM, CIVICS, ART WITH A PURPOSE, AND VEGGIETIME. AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, STUDENTS ALSO ENGAGE IN A SUMMER ACCELERATION ACADEMY (SUMMER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY) FOR 5 WEEKS. IN THE MORNING, STUDENTS RECEIVE ELA AND MATH ACADEMIC SUPPORT FROM AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS AND DCPS TEACHERS. IN THE AFTERNOON, YOUTH ENGAGE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES BASED ON OUR SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING.

HIGH IMPACT TUTORING PROGRAM (HIT) - COMBINES THE POWER OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING WITH CRITICAL EVIDENCED-BASED ACADEMIC SUPPORT. EACH WEEK, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN 90 MINUTES OF WEEKLY HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING IN EXPLICIT RESEARCH-BASED PHONICS INSTRUCTION. STUDENTS WORK IN SMALL GROUPS, WITH A STAFF-TO-STUDENT RATIO OF NO MORE THAN 1:3 ON THE UFLI FOUNDATIONS INTERVENTION (ALIGNED TO DCPS CORE READING GOALS). THE PROGRAM INCORPORATES SEL USING A 5 MINUTE MINI-LESSON TO FOSTER GREATER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, A STRONGER CONNECTION TO OUR PROGRAM AND STAFF, AND BUILD STUDENTS' SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY. TUTORS PROVIDE AN SEL SKILL ACTIVITY BEFORE EACH TUTORING SESSION, ALIGNING WITH CASEL'S FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING (DEEP BREATHING ACTIVITIES FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION, ICEBREAKER GAMES FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS AND RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING SKILLS, AND GOAL SETTING FOR RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING).