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Join us on April 8, 2025, as we delve into research-based strategies for effective summer school planning! We'll discuss strategies and resources to enhance student engagement, optimize learning outcomes, and support a successful summer program. Whether you're an educator, administrator, or involved in summer school planning, this session will provide valuable insights and practical tools to elevate your summer school experience. .

High-quality, research-based summer learning programs help to prevent summer slide – learning loss created by the lack of student engagement in rigorous content between academic school years which compound learning delays due to Covid-19. The Summer Learning Framework provides support to districts and charter schools interested in planning and implementing a high-quality summer learning program.  

The Summer Learning Framework includes several resources such as a step-by-step project plan to plan for summer, budgeting guidance to sustainably fund your summer program with existing funding streams, and additional tools, templates, and district examples to support planning your local program. This framework has been developed by collecting helpful resources from districts and charter schools over recent years. 

A Note on Summer Curriculum: Summer program leaders should identify summer curriculum based on local needs. One option leaders can consider is leveraging the full-subject Tier one instructional materials they use during the regular school year for summer use. This may include completing an unfinished unit from the curriculum, implementing a summer-specific unit from the curriculum, implementing unit extension activities, or using another recommended approach from the curriculum designer. This prevents school districts from having to identify, purchase, and train teachers on a separate stand alone program.