Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers

Issue No 1 - October 2005

Save the Dates for a
2006 Afterschool Kickoff

First statewide conference for Texas 21st CCLC program staff
Thursday / Friday, July 27-28, 2006
Renaissance Hotel
Austin
Enrich your team so you can enrich your students! More

21st CCLC Task
Force Gathers Ideas

What does a successful 21st Century Community Learning Center look like? How do its afterschool enrichment activities support the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)? How do we measure success? And how do we sustain programs? More

Facilitator Develops Training Process for Texas 21st Grantees

SUMA/Orchard Social Marketing, an Austin-based firm with a history of collaboration with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), has been selected to serve as the facilitator for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC). More

Dear Texas 21st CCLC Grantees,

Welcome to the first issue of your very own newsletter. Although you share common goals to help Texas students, your programs are all unique. We hope this will be one of several new tools through which you can share your many ideas, success stories and learn new ways to enrich and continue building diverse, creative and sustainable programs.

You are an energetic group with lots of experience and aspirations. I hope you will share them with each other through this newsletter. And share this newsletter with all your staff members. We hope to bring you learning opportunities for every staff member.

Geraldine Kidwell
State Coordinator 21st Century Grant Program
Division of High School Completion and Student Support Programs
Texas Education Agency

Meet Your Nurturer!

Each 21st CCLC grantee has a geographically-based field representative known as a Nurturer. Each nurturer provides support and encouragement to grantees in their area through training, technical assistance, and capacity building consultation. More