SCRInsider Newsletter August 2020

Meeting the moment: Adapting to best serve you and families

With summer quickly coming to a close, it’s safe to say that it wasn’t quite what we expected. Everyone adapted to a new reality, from students and families to schools and community organizations. So did SCRI.

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Young student studying at home.

Strengthening the Quality of Remote Learning: Reflection Tool

As youth leaders and teachers across the country rapidly innovated to deliver remote learning, SCRI has reflected upon nearly three decades of research and evidence to consider how to measure quality in a remote learning environment. We know how important quality experiences are to a young person’s ability to learn and grow. The Remote Quality Reflection Tool is available publicly for remote learning providers to reflect on the quality of their summer programs, since for many assessing quality in a remote environment is new.

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Scaling Summer Learning to Boost Student Success in Tulsa

Scaling summer learning to boost student success in Tulsa

The Opportunity Project, in collaboration with Tulsa Public Schools, wanted to develop a new summer learning opportunity to increase achievement and engagement. They hired SCRI to gather input from community stakeholders and recommend a structure that would work.

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Student and Teacher hugging. Roca case study.

Effective practices at scale: Launching The Roca Impact Institute

With a record of outstanding results, Roca’s methods are in high demand, but its intensive model is difficult to replicate. Read how SCRI helped Roca develop a new service delivery model that sustainably scales its practices and strengthens organizational health.

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Deepening Relationships and Developing Routines

More than ever before, young people need social-emotional supports to help them cope and thrive. This edition includes helpful research for practitioners and resources for families to deepen relationships this summer.

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In Their Own Words: Scholars on social and emotional skills and summer

In this research brief, learn why social and emotional learning (SEL) is important to student success and how to measure skill development over the summer. Hear from BellXcel scholars on what growth in skills like self-regulation, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making feels like to them.

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