Title IV Part A, Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE)
Below are resources for the three pillars of the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program.
Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities provide all students with access to a well-rounded education as a means of improving academic achievement. Ensuring all students have access to a holistic well-rounded education is central to the shared work across programs in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).
Safe and Healthy School Conditions for Learning is to improve school conditions as a means of improving academic achievement. Ensuring all students are healthy and feel safe and supported is central to the shared work across programs in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).
Effective Use of Technology is to improve the use of technology as another means to achieve academic achievement. Specifically, by promoting digital literacy of all students and providing professional development to the educators that teach and support them. In order to ensure that all students build the capacities necessary for thriving as 21st century learners and workforce contributors, program initiatives fall under three categories, Digital Citizenship, Personalized Learning and Improving Equity for All Learners.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Title IV, Part A Federal Guidance and Resources
Title IV, Part A, resources are available on the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments website:
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/ESSA-TitleIVPartA-SSAE
Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities
A ‘‘well-rounded education’’ reflects courses, activities, and programming in subjects such as English, reading or language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, geography, computer science, music, career and technical education, health, physical education, and any other subject, as determined by the State or local educational agency, with the purpose of providing all students access to an enriched curriculum and educational experience.
How to promote Well-Rounded Educational Opportunities?
- Improving access to foreign language instruction, arts and music education.
- Supporting college and career counseling, including providing information on opportunities for financial aid through the early FAFSA.
- Providing programming to improve instruction and student engagement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including access to these subjects for underrepresented groups.
- Promoting access to accelerated learning opportunities including Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IP) programs, dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college high schools.
- Strengthening instruction in American history, civics, economics, geography, government education, and environmental education.
State Resources
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- Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support (BSIS)
The mission of the Bureau is to provide quality services, resources, guidance and professional development to our educational partners. The vision is that all stakeholders are equipped and empowered to guide students to reach their full potential.
- Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS)
The Bureau administers programs for students with disabilities. The mission of exceptional student education in Florida, a committed alliance for the development of the unique gifts of each exceptional person, is to ensure the achievement of each and every individual's extraordinary purpose by expanding opportunities through collaboration of families, professionals, and communities who guarantee the highest expectations and individual success.
- Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA)
The Bureau’s primary focus is to assist schools and districts with Florida's English Language Learners (ELLs), totaling over 265,000. Florida's diversity of ELLs surpasses most states in the country. Florida is ranked 3rd in ELL population, and although Spanish is the major native language of these students, the ELLs speak more than 300 different languages.
National Resources
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- BeGlobalReady Initiative. The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office of the U.S. Department of Education is proud to debut a new series of images and messages to encourage U.S. students, teachers, and citizens to be "global ready."
- Promoting Student Success in Algebra I. Funded by the High School Graduation Initiative at the U.S. Department of Education, the Promoting Student Success in Algebra I project aims to provide program developers and administrators with a deeper understanding of five promising strategies for improving student success in Algebra I and, ultimately, high school graduation. Access tools and resources, on the High School Graduation Initiative also known as School Dropout Prevention Program website or download the webinar series flyer for more information.
- CASEL Guide to Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs provides a systematic framework for evaluating the quality of SEL programs. The guide applies the framework to identify and rate well-designed, 43 evidence-based SEL programs. The guide also shares best-practice guidelines for district and school teams on how to select and implement SEL programs.
- Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics offers a framework for understanding “success” in STEM education and discusses approaches for formal K-12 STEM education including recommendations regarding inclusive STEM skills.
- The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings from Four Longitudinal Studies (2012) examines arts-related variables from four large datasets – three maintained by the U.S. Department of Education and one by the U.S. Department of Labor – to understand the relationship between arts engagement and positive academic and social outcomes in children and young adults of low socioeconomic status (SES). The analyses show that achievement gaps between high- and low-SES groups appear to be mitigated for children and young adults who have arts-rich backgrounds.
Safe and Healthy School Conditions for Learning
The term ‘‘safe and healthy” refers to a school environment that fosters a safe and supportive environment for learning, student physical and mental health, and any other activities that cut across both those areas as determined by the State or local educational agency, with the purpose of providing all students access to safe and healthy educational experience. A safe and healthy school environment may be described as a “positive school climate”, and the components of a positive school climate as “conditions for learning”. You can read more about school climate and conditions for learning at the USDOE School Climate webpage.
How to Promote Student Health and Safety?
Safe and Supportive Schools
- Bullying Prevention
- Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention
- Dropout Prevention
- Anti-Trafficking Education
- Reducing Use of Exclusionary Discipline Practices and Promoting Supportive School Discipline
- Re-entry Programs and Transition Services for Justice-Involved Youth
- Relationship Building Skills School Readiness and Academic Success
- Suicide Prevention
Student Physical and Mental Health
- Asthma and Other Chronic Disease Management
- Drug and Violence Prevention
- Concussions in School Athletic Programs
- Healthy/Active Lifestyle
- Nutritional Education
- Physical Activities
- School-Based Health and Mental Health Services
- Trauma-Informed Classroom Management
- Tobacco Prevention
Cross-Cutting Activities
- Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- Mentoring and School Counseling
- Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS)
- School-based Surveillance/ Surveys
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid
State Resources
- Florida Department of Education
- Office of Healthy Schools
Located in the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support (BSIS), the office of Healthy Schools encompasses two curriculum content areas: Health Education and Physical Education and the following projects; Statewide Online Tobacco Prevention Teacher Training; USF Healthy Schools HIV/STD, Teen Pregnancy Prevention and School-based Survey.
- Office of Safe Schools
Located in the Bureau of Family and Community Outreach (BFCO), the office of Safe Schools serves to promote and support safe learning environments by addressing issues of student safety and academic success on state, district, and school levels.
- Office of Student Support Services
Located in the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS), this project exists to develop and promote the implementation of a statewide system of comprehensive, multi-tiered supports for all students across Florida. This includes providing leadership and expertise related to the social, emotional, behavioral, mental, physical health, and safety of all students to engage in effective academic and behavioral instruction and interventions.
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- Bullying Prevention
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Comprehensive Health Education
- CPALMS.org
- Dropout Prevention
- Family Engagement/Parental Involvement
- Gang Resources for Parents and Teachers
- HIV/STD, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
- Homeless Education Program (HEP)
- Human Trafficking
- Juvenile Justice Education
- Mentoring/Student Assistance Initiative
- School Climate & Discipline
- School Transportation
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Florida Department of Health
- Florida Department of Children and Families
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
- Florida Office of the Attorney General
- Florida Healthy School Partnership
- Equality Florida
- Florida AWARE and Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Florida PTA
- Safe Schools South Florida
- YES Institute
Effective Use of Technology
The term “educational technology” advances quickly. As stated in the November 2014 Dear Colleague Letter for Federal Funding for Technology, many of the terms we use today to describe technology enhanced learning did not exist when laws such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) were written. The effective use of educational technology has always been defined as using technological efforts to help students achieve academically.
How to Promote Effective Use of Technology?
- Supporting high-quality professional development for educators, school leaders and administrators to personalize learning and improve academic achievement.
- Carrying out innovative blended learning projects.
- Providing students in rural, remote, and underserved areas with the resources to benefit from high-quality digital learning opportunities.
- Delivering specialized or rigorous academic courses and curricula using technology, including digital learning technologies and assistive technology.
- Building technological capacity and infrastructure.