Whole Child Programs
Whole Child Programs
“A whole child approach to education is one that recognizes the interrelationships among all areas of development and designs school policies and practices to support them. These include access to nutritious food, health care, and social supports; secure relationships; educative and restorative disciplinary practices; and learning opportunities that are designed to challenge and engage students while supporting their motivation and self-confidence to persevere and succeed. All aspects of children’s well-being are supported to ensure that learning happens in deep, meaningful, and lasting ways.”
More information on the Learning Policy Institute’s Guiding Principles for Equitable Whole Child Design can be found by clicking this link.
ACOE’s Whole Child Programs department aligns with the California Department of Education Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Priorities, focusing support in five integrated areas:
Whole Child Programs Departments
Early Learning
Early Learning seeks to advance equitable access, quality improvement, & alignment for early learning experiences birth through 3rd grade. Examples of this work include:
- P-3 Alignment Network & Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK Support)
- Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS)
- Workforce Retention, Advancement, & Effectiveness.
- Local Planning Council Host.
- Early Learning Inclusion.
Region 4 Expanded Learning
Expanded Learning focuses on supporting an integrated and expanded (9 hour) approach to student learning. This team provides technical assistance for:
- After School Education and Safety (ASES)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)/After School Safety and Education for Teens (ASSETs)
- Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P)
- Afterschool STEAM Enrichment.
- Quality Standards for Expanded Learning.
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy (CLRP)
This team supports strengthening districts' capacity to academically achieve through CLRP aligned systems, structures, and practices, including focus areas on the following:
- Language & Literacy.
- Arts Education.
- Multilingual Learners.
- Mathematics/STEM.
- Civic Engagement.
- Integrated Programs & Learning Experiences.
Special Education Innovation
Special Education Innovation works to identify & advance innovations that support districts' capacity to rethink identification & reimagine inclusion:
- Inclusive Early Education.
- Directors of Special Education Forum.
- Inclusion Academy.
- Para-educator professional learning.
- Project Paraeducator.
Community Schools
The Community Schools department focuses on building districts' capacity to plan, implement, and coordinate community schools aligned to the California Community Schools Framework.
- More information coming soon!
Contact Us
Akilah Byrd, M.Ed.
Director,
Expanded Learning Region IV
(510) 670-4139
abyrd@acoe.org
Olivia Rangel
Executive Director,
Special Education Innovation
(510) 670-1807
orangel@acoe.org
Maria Sujo, M.A.
Director,
Early Learning
(510) 670-7714
msujo@acoe.org
Shannon Doe
Administrative Assistant
(510) 670-4553
sdoe@acoe.org