Program Content

Length of Program

Intake Process

Program Advertisement

Parent Involvement

After-Care

Solution: Develop one solid curriculum for each age group within the program

Benefits: Students will learn better with reinforcement of the material throughout the month and will not get bored with the content, staff will be able to easily prepare for each week’s lessons

Program Content

Solution: Use Character Counts and Social-Emotional Learning as the foundation for our program

Benefits: We will be able to reach children before they develop negative behaviors and will focus on the prevention rather than treatment of behaviors

Program Content

Solution: Create a new class for students ages 5 and 6 (or kindergartners and first graders) called “PACE Jr.” that runs twice a week from 3:30-6:00 pm

Benefits: Parents will be more likely to enroll their younger children and we will maximize the number of children we reach per year

Program Content

Solution: Shorten the length of the program to 6 months

Benefits: Higher success/graduation rates, improved parent buy-in

Program Length

Solution: Add a screening step to our intake process to help parents place their child in the appropriate program

Benefits: Children will be placed where they fit best and our graduation rates may improve

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Process

Solution: Provide parents with a parent orientation packet during the intake that includes FAQs, tips and ideas for getting the most out of their ACE/PACE experience

Benefits: Students will not miss out on valuable learning opportunities and our graduation/success rates may improve

Intake Process

Solution 1: Visit schools during in-service days to give a presentation to teachers, counselors, and administrators about our program

Solution 2: Offer our services as guest speakers and run fun sample programs at the schools to get kids excited about our program

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Solution 3: Distribute new flyers and brochures about our program throughout the community, including in offices of pediatricians, counselors, etc. throughout the community

Benefits: Increased enrollment in our program, the community will better understand our program and its goals

Program Advertisement

Solution: Provide a 30-minute parent class once a month that introduces what we will be working on with their children that month

Benefits: Parents will be empowered to reinforce positive changes at home which will lead to greater success for our students

Parent Involvement

Solution: Allow graduating students to return for a month to “refresh” their knowledge of a particular subject

Benefits: We can be a powerful support system for parents once their child graduates and continue to keep our former students on the right track

After-Care

Present our program in a more professional and positive light within the community

Improve success rates with our students and increase our graduation rates

Allow us to increase the number of children we reach each year

Strengthen our relationships with families, thus giving our program more power through “word of mouth”

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