Presented By: Elizabeth Jaramillo, Mike Snell, Ed.D. & Natalie Dodson, MSW CTFF… ● Hire individuals interested in working with youth ● Placement in expanded learning programs ○ Before & afterschool ○ Summer ○ Day ● Teaching Fellow Academy training ● Life coaching & personal development ● Future teachers!

Presented By: Elizabeth Jaramillo, Mike Snell, Ed.D. & Natalie Dodson, MSW

CTFF… ● Hire individuals interested in working

with youth ● Placement in expanded learning

programs ○ Before & afterschool ○ Summer ○ Day

● Teaching Fellow Academy training ● Life coaching & personal development ● Future teachers!

What you might not know about us ● We aren’t JUST afterschool ● 1,500 of tutors want to become educators ● 720+ hours of classroom experience

annually ● 95%+ of TF’s feel that CTFF helps them in

their future career pursuits ● 40 hours of professional development

annually ● TF’s are tutors in the communities they

grew up in ● Largest employer of Fresno State

Students ● Nationally recognized for our efforts to

connect Expanded Learning and Teacher Education

Skills & Experience Gained ● Creating safety and community ● Trauma-informed care and youth development ● Activity design and classroom management ● Modeling and promoting social-emotional development ● Collaboration, critical thinking, continuous quality

improvement ● Family engagement and partnering with school personnel ● Purpose and passion

Current Needs ● Diverse, prepared, culturally relevant,

credentialed teachers ● Simple teaching credential pipeline

system ● College students need to make

money while going to school ● All schools & students need quality

educators

What is Working Against Us ● Decrease of interest in careers in education (AACTE, 2022, Murnane &

Steele, 2007)

● Baccalaureate and credential system hard to navigate (Carver-Thomas, 2018; Ingersoll & May, 2016)

● Average college student needs to work (Creasey et al., 2014)

● Competition ● Afterschool hours and experiences are misaligned with

credential programs (Snell, 2023)

● Afterschool hours not valued/recognized in teacher education (Snell, 2023)

Not nearly enough of these individuals are making it across the finish line…is that shame on them? Or can we band together to set them up for success.

Expanded Learning in CA Funding

State: Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELOP) & After School Education and Safety

(ASES) program

Federal: 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)

$4.75 Billion per year combined

4,500+ programs**

500,000+ students daily**

CALL TO ACTION 1. Increase retention will

a. Increase continuity of service to students and schools

b. Improve program quality c. Reduce recruitment & training expenses d. Increase Teaching Fellow tutors hours of

teaching/improve mastery e. Reduce liability

CTFF Desires to increase Healthy or Positive Turnover – Graduation, Credential Program, Accepting a Job Teaching

CALL TO ACTION 1. Creating SPED Service will

a. Provide a new partner for schools who struggle to find SPED help

b. Deepen relationship with school/district c. Provide specialization for Teaching Fellows who

want to be SPED teachers d. Expose more TFs to SPED e. Help CTFF differentiate services/funding sources

Growth & Survival strategy