COVID-19 Learning Loss Intervention Program (CLLIP)
Roddenberry Foundation
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Goal
The goal of CLLIP is to provide cross sector collaborations between Governments, Educational Institutions, Community Service Providers, Corporations, Funders and Parents for the purpose of brainstorming and executing innovative and creative solutions that will address the K-12 learning gap that has occurred as a result of COVID-19. Problem Students around the world have been displaced from “in-classroom” instruction in a traditional school setting as a result of the Novel Coronavirus. Oxford Research shows that students who spent 2 months (Summer) outside of a learning environment loses equivalent to 2.6 months of math retention. In addition, the “Summer Slide” has been the reason why many school districts around the world invest in Summer learning opportunities. Now take the evidence that we have regarding the Summer Learning Gaps that occur and then multiply that times 2 or 3 (depending on how early schools closed in that region if the world). |
The amount of detrimental learning loss that will occur as a result of COVID-19 can have lasting results that can take years to recover from. In addition, other factors that has not been assessed are: Assess to quality online education, professional development for the transition to digital learning for teachers, cross sector collaborations for enrichment instruction, mental health care and social emotional learning and development, a system which has never existed before we created CLLIP.
How will I️ address the problem
CLLIP (Coronavirus Learning Loss Intervention Project) is an app and online educational resource that brings together cross sector collaborations between Governments, Educational Institutions, NPO/Community Service Providers, Healthcare, Corporations, and Philanthropists for the purpose of implementing innovative and creative online and socially distant educational solutions. Through CLLIP collaborations, K-12 learning gaps that occurred during the COVID-19 crisis (and any future crisis) will dramatically improve a student’s overall academic development in math in literacy, self-confidence, and creativity.
About Management
Ty Woods, Founder of Knocks Education, has been an Education Advocate and Reformist for over 20 years. After graduating Valedictorian from Life University, she became a full-time winning awards such as innovative teacher of the year and child advocate of the year. Her efforts although great in the classroom left her displeased when she saw there were systemic flaws in the US public educational system. She resigned as a teacher and started a nonprofit called Artportunity Knocks where she led the efforts to popularize Arts Integration strategies in the classroom. In 2015, she began touring the country doing professional development lectures for schools, districts and organizations on incorporating creativity and technology in the classroom as a method of driving academic outcomes. Her efforts saved one Charter School from closing down permanently. Since COVID-19 closed schools, she immediately began tapping into her 20+ years of experience and formulated her team.
Strategy
During the initial grant period, CLLIP will focus on forming collaborations in 6 major U.S Cities hardest hit by the Novel Coronavirus: New York City, Seattle, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit and Atlanta. Once collaborative have been identified then the CLLIP team will partner with a local school district to identify and create programs for students who are most likely at risk of detrimental learning loss. Some of the identifying factors could be: students already identified with learning differences who has an Individualized Learning Plan (IEP), students who’s previous year grades were an average of 75 (C), and students who have been identified as mentally or emotionally impaired (as a result a death or severe financial impact relating to COVID-19).
An example of a CLLIP cross-sector collaboration can be:
A Summer Mental Health Camp - Hosted by YMCA, a Summer Camp provider (NPO), with segments in the mental health development for kids curriculum curated by Children’s Hospital (Healthcare), math and literacy standards curated by the state Department of Education (Gov’t) and funding for at-risk students to attend free by Pfizer (Corporation). Each partner contributes to provide the child with a well-rounded academically enriching Summer camp experience.
The goal of CLLIP is to provide service providers (organization/Educational Institutions) who consistently serve students) with an opportunity to create a program on our platform and join forces with a CLLIP collaborator to solicit support services such as funding, curriculum, technical assistance, and other student development resources in order to improve learning loss and social emotional development.
Example of impact
During the first month of school closures, the CLLIP collaborations formed rather quickly between Government, Corporations, Philanthropists, Educational Institutions and NPOs. In Atlanta, Georgia, an example of a successful cross-sector collaboration is as follows:
The Need
Low income families who heavily depended on school breakfast and lunches to survive, were suddenly without meals as a result of COVID-19 school closures. Since the digital platform for CLLIP has not been developed, dozen of volunteer hours went into forging collaborations between the school district and Goodr (a for-profit food delivery company) and they were able to secure $250,000 of funding from the philanthropic community to continue the food deliveries to displaced families through the end of the school year. Once the mayor heard, she joined the effort by opening recreation centers as a food pickup area, which furthered the cause. More than 100,000 meals are served DAILY through this major cross sector collaboration! The impact this has had on the community has been tremendous with little to no food deserts as a result of COVID-19.
The Community we will serve (who will benefit?)
The initial target market for the CLLIP collaborations are going to be in regions where students were drastically negatively impacted as a result of COVID-19. Those regions have been identified in the United States as New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle and Detroit. Students in grades K-12 who are classified as economically disadvantaged will be the ones hit the hardest. So our focus will be on finding collaborators to work with school districts classified as “Title 1” (the majority of the school qualifies for Free or Reduced Lunch) on solutions that will drastically improve the learning gap and social emotional health.
Innovative
We are using modern technology to cultivate relationships across various sectors to drive academic achievement. This type of platform currently doesn’t exist and has an unique approach to solving an existing problem, the academic learning gap. Through this innovative platform, Educational Service providers can curate a program with collaborators and collaborators can go to a place to distribute their resources and use their influence to improve outcomes. Lasting cross sector Partnerships can be formed through CLLIP.
How will I️ address the problem
CLLIP (Coronavirus Learning Loss Intervention Project) is an app and online educational resource that brings together cross sector collaborations between Governments, Educational Institutions, NPO/Community Service Providers, Healthcare, Corporations, and Philanthropists for the purpose of implementing innovative and creative online and socially distant educational solutions. Through CLLIP collaborations, K-12 learning gaps that occurred during the COVID-19 crisis (and any future crisis) will dramatically improve a student’s overall academic development in math in literacy, self-confidence, and creativity.
About Management
Ty Woods, Founder of Knocks Education, has been an Education Advocate and Reformist for over 20 years. After graduating Valedictorian from Life University, she became a full-time winning awards such as innovative teacher of the year and child advocate of the year. Her efforts although great in the classroom left her displeased when she saw there were systemic flaws in the US public educational system. She resigned as a teacher and started a nonprofit called Artportunity Knocks where she led the efforts to popularize Arts Integration strategies in the classroom. In 2015, she began touring the country doing professional development lectures for schools, districts and organizations on incorporating creativity and technology in the classroom as a method of driving academic outcomes. Her efforts saved one Charter School from closing down permanently. Since COVID-19 closed schools, she immediately began tapping into her 20+ years of experience and formulated her team.
Strategy
During the initial grant period, CLLIP will focus on forming collaborations in 6 major U.S Cities hardest hit by the Novel Coronavirus: New York City, Seattle, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit and Atlanta. Once collaborative have been identified then the CLLIP team will partner with a local school district to identify and create programs for students who are most likely at risk of detrimental learning loss. Some of the identifying factors could be: students already identified with learning differences who has an Individualized Learning Plan (IEP), students who’s previous year grades were an average of 75 (C), and students who have been identified as mentally or emotionally impaired (as a result a death or severe financial impact relating to COVID-19).
An example of a CLLIP cross-sector collaboration can be:
A Summer Mental Health Camp - Hosted by YMCA, a Summer Camp provider (NPO), with segments in the mental health development for kids curriculum curated by Children’s Hospital (Healthcare), math and literacy standards curated by the state Department of Education (Gov’t) and funding for at-risk students to attend free by Pfizer (Corporation). Each partner contributes to provide the child with a well-rounded academically enriching Summer camp experience.
The goal of CLLIP is to provide service providers (organization/Educational Institutions) who consistently serve students) with an opportunity to create a program on our platform and join forces with a CLLIP collaborator to solicit support services such as funding, curriculum, technical assistance, and other student development resources in order to improve learning loss and social emotional development.
Example of impact
During the first month of school closures, the CLLIP collaborations formed rather quickly between Government, Corporations, Philanthropists, Educational Institutions and NPOs. In Atlanta, Georgia, an example of a successful cross-sector collaboration is as follows:
The Need
Low income families who heavily depended on school breakfast and lunches to survive, were suddenly without meals as a result of COVID-19 school closures. Since the digital platform for CLLIP has not been developed, dozen of volunteer hours went into forging collaborations between the school district and Goodr (a for-profit food delivery company) and they were able to secure $250,000 of funding from the philanthropic community to continue the food deliveries to displaced families through the end of the school year. Once the mayor heard, she joined the effort by opening recreation centers as a food pickup area, which furthered the cause. More than 100,000 meals are served DAILY through this major cross sector collaboration! The impact this has had on the community has been tremendous with little to no food deserts as a result of COVID-19.
The Community we will serve (who will benefit?)
The initial target market for the CLLIP collaborations are going to be in regions where students were drastically negatively impacted as a result of COVID-19. Those regions have been identified in the United States as New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle and Detroit. Students in grades K-12 who are classified as economically disadvantaged will be the ones hit the hardest. So our focus will be on finding collaborators to work with school districts classified as “Title 1” (the majority of the school qualifies for Free or Reduced Lunch) on solutions that will drastically improve the learning gap and social emotional health.
Innovative
We are using modern technology to cultivate relationships across various sectors to drive academic achievement. This type of platform currently doesn’t exist and has an unique approach to solving an existing problem, the academic learning gap. Through this innovative platform, Educational Service providers can curate a program with collaborators and collaborators can go to a place to distribute their resources and use their influence to improve outcomes. Lasting cross sector Partnerships can be formed through CLLIP.