Upcoming Office Hours & Data Quality Check (3/25/26) Greetings ELAP users! As this tends to be a busy time of year, we want to send out some reminders and updates to keep everyone on track. Upcoming Office Hours on March 25th Today, March 25th, is our last SWORPS Office Hours Read more
Performance Indicator Reports (3/18/26) The TDOE sets annual performance goals for extended learning programs funded by 21st CCLC and LEAPs grant dollars. The following reports detail statewide progress toward meeting those goals during the 2024-2025 school year: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Performance Indicators 2024-25 LEAPs Performance Indicators Report 2024-25 Read more
Happy Holidays from SWORPS As the holiday season approaches, we want to take a moment to thank you for your hard work and dedication throughout the year. Your efforts make a meaningful difference in the lives of Tennessee’s students, and we are truly grateful for all that you do. To Read more
Database Issues Welcome back ELAP users! Glad to see the return of our grantees, but we could have all done without the excitement we’ve seen while opening this program year. Please don’t worry. SWORPS is working as fast and hard as we can to take care of certifications, activations, and Read more
21st CCLC, LEAPs, and the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act (3/31/25) From TDOE Office of Extended Learning Programs: The purpose of this document is to illustrate the differences between three programs that provide students with out-of-school-time activities: the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act, 21st Read more
Teacher Survey Time (02/12/25) Greetings ELAP Users – it’s teacher survey time! To help stir interest, please share this with your site(s)’ teachers! To download, just click the flyer image!
Welcome Back ELAP Team! The end of the Annual Refresh is drawing near! We hope you are as excited as SWORPS IS to get this program year started. In order to make sure everyone is ready for the reopen, we wanted to touch base on a few important steps to Read more
PY24-25 Summer Showcase The ExL Summer Showcase for Program Year 2024-2025 took place from June 11th – 13th in our West, Middle, and East Tennessee regions. Thank you to all those who were able to attend the Summer Showcase for PY24-25! It was great seeing everyone and sharing information and Read more
Upcoming Surveys, Office Hours, &Data Quality Checks FY24 Mid-Year Report Due Today – The FY24 Extended Learning Mid-Year Report opened on Dec. 15, 2023, and is due today, Jan. 31, 2024. For 21st CCLC Cohort 23 and LEAPs: The local evaluation training that took place during the 2023 Multi-State conference, Read more
Local Evaluation Resources Today we hosted the first SWORPS Open Office Hours of the year and were happy to see such a good turnout. The focus in all of this month’s sessions will be on Local Evaluation, in order to help Cohort 2023 prepare for the Midyear Report (and beyond). Read more
New Content Posted in the Resource Center Check out the new resources posted under Survey & Report Information: Local Evaluation Mid Year Report Table – includes requirements for Local Evaluation Mid Year Report Local Evaluation Final Report – includes requirements for Local Evaluation Final Report due November 2024 (1 per Read more
New Data Entry System Launch & Training Updates In exciting news – SWORPS has updated ELAP to include a new data entry system feature. Users can now edit absence and ISS data for students who were previous attendees but aren’t enrolled in the current program year. You can find the Read more
The following information is only for sites and stakeholders who have been informed they are part of the SY22-23 Student Survey. To inform ongoing quality improvement efforts, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has requested that UT SWORPS conduct a student survey.
To inform ongoing quality improvement efforts, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) requested that UT SWORPS conduct a student survey. The survey was conducted during SY21–22 with a sample of 50 extended learning programs across the state.
Each year, extended learning programs funded by 21st CCLC and LEAP grant dollars are required to survey participating families. The survey findings inform statewide Performance Indicators and continuous program improvement.