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I am Becca Cacioppo,
and I am principal here

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at the Glover Community
Learning Center, in Akron, Ohio.

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When we do our interventions
for students, first we look

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at the whole population
of the school.

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And we want kids that
are not just at risk

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and at the bottom level, but
we want the kids that are basic

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and we want to help
move them up.

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So interventions go across each
level that our students are at.

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In order to have a successful
Akron after-schools program,

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you have to have
collaboration and you have to do

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that through the
common planning time.

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And so when you go from
beginning of the school year

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and you are thinking how
many teachers do I have,

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what grade levels, and how
do I get them all together.

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So you use the kids' time for
their specials, which is art,

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music, gym, and library
time, and coordinating it

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so all the fifth-grade teachers
can have the same time period.

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And in doing that, it can
be a challenge for schools

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because I have maybe five
teachers in one grade level

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and only four specials.

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So they at least have two
to three days each week

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where they could meet
if they would choose to,

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to do the collaboration and
talk about what's going on,

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to see where they are
on the pacing guide,

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and to see where
their students are,

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and coordinating together what
they would do for a pullout

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or pushout tutor, what
they would do together

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for instruction in the Akron
after-schools learning time.

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My kids that are challenges
during the day are just happy

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as can be in their
after-school program.

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I will go into that room,
and they are not struggling,

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and they are working
on something,

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and they are getting focused,

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and they are communicating
with the teacher.

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And they are responding because
they are more comfortable,

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because they are
feeling successful,

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because they are getting
something a second time

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around in a different way and
the light bulb will go off

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because they go,
"Oh, I got it now."

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And it's because
of the extra time

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that somebody is
able to give to them.

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And so if you spend a day
with us here, and every day is

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like that, you can walk
through any grade level

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and you see them learning
and they are working hard;

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students are working
hard all day long.

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And they still want to be
at school after school,

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and they still want
to learn after school.

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That says a lot about
how positive

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that program is for them.

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And I am very lucky
to have it here,

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very lucky for my students.