ExCEL After School Program
Lead Agency/Site Coordinator Meeting
September 16, 2014
10:00 –11:00 - ExCEL Admin & Program Updates
Workshops:
11:30-12noon – DCYF MATCH Sites – invoice process on
CMS - HOC
11:30-12:30 PM- ALL high schools – ECR protocols &
Community Works at Academy of Art! – Nia Room
12noon – 1pm – All About ExCEL – Hall of Culture
12noon – 1pm – Program Purchasing tips and tricks –
Dance Studio B
12noon – 1pm – Good Behavior Game for invited Sites –
Conf Room
12noon – 12:30 – School Loop Info session – Hall of
Culture
ExCEL Need to Know:
 Food Handlers Certification Requirement
• QAP at Glance – Visits are starting this week!
• Updated program profiles from Public Profit on
ExCEL website:
http://www.healthiersf.org/ExCELafterschool/Resou
rces/n-evaluations.php
• Lights on After School – October 23rd
• Physical Activity Cohort – Starting in November
• Restorative Practices Cohort – Started - calendar
glitch – Site coordinators – NEW material
• Family Literacy _ JQS - update
Lights On After School
October 23rd
 All DCYF grantees are required to host a Lights On
Afterschool event and register with the Afterschool Alliance.
 The Expanded Learning Collaborative is also hosting a
photo contest this year!
 take a picture that demonstrates one of the 11 Elements of
Quality (aligned to the ELC resource guide) and send it to
the ELC.
 All pictures will be on the DCYF facebook page for two
weeks, and the pictures with the most likes will be eligible to
win. See the ELC website for more info. http://sfelc.org/
Restorative Practices
 Implicit Bias
 Gender Equity
 Family Engagement
 Connecting RP to ExCEL’s strategic plannin
Coaching Awards are coming…..
Meeting Norms
Culture Norms
Harvest of the Month
& Monthly Themes
October- Winter Squash
Making Healthy Decisions
Let’s Take a Brain Break ExCEL!
WHY?
“I hear and I forget. I read and I understand. I do
and I remember.” Chinese Proverb
“Exercise provides an unparalleled stimulus, crating
an environment in which the brain is ready, willing
and able to learn.” John Ratey, Professor of Psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School.
Let’s Use Brain Breaks ExCEL
BRAIN BREAKS are
designed to help you
make the most of
your students’
energy, re-energizing
and refocusing your
students/class
throughout after
school time.
PRACTICE a Brain Break