Using ESSER Funds to Strengthen High-Quality Out-of-School Time Learning

States have utilized federal COVID relief funds to strengthen high-quality out-of-school time and summer learning. In this webinar, participants learned about findings from CCSSO’s new report, Road to Recovery: How States are Using ESSER Funds to Strengthen High-Quality Out-of-School Time Learning. Additionally, state and local education leaders from Massachusetts and Connecticut discuss their innovative approaches to out-of-school time and summer learning. Read more on CCSSO’s States Leading blog.

Speakers:

• Austin Estes, Program Director, COVID Relief Data Project, Council of Chief State School Officers
• Kathleen Airhart, Advisor, Council of Chief State School Officers
• Leslie Gabay-Swantson, National Summer Learning Association
• Ajit Gopalakrishnan, Chief Performance Officer, Connecticut State Department of Education
• Casey Cobb, Neag Endowed Professor of Education Policy, University of Connecticut
• Thomas Zorich, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Malik Howshan, Director of Extended Learning, Chelsea Public Schools
• Heidi Lima, Out-of-School Time Manager, New Bedford Public Schools
• Erin Kelly, Director, Camp Mt. Laurel
• Sarah Moran, Department Director, EdAdvance BASES

To read CCSSO’s report, The Road to Recovery: How States are Using ESSER Funds to Strengthen High-Quality Out-of-School Time Learning, click here.  

Learn more about CCSSO’s State Summer Learning Network here.

Learn more about CCSSO’s COVID Relief Data Project here.

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