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HYDE COUNTY, North Carolina – 21st^st Century Community Learning Center (21^st CCLC) is a key strategic asset of the Hyde County school system.

By definition, this federal program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide opportunities for academic enrichment during non-school hours for children, especially students who attend very poor and poorly performing schools. The program helps students meet national and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offers students a wide range of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and provides literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

Hyde County Schools Superintendent Steve Basnight explained, “What school system wouldn’t want the ability to provide extra daily assistance to a significant percentage of its student body, beyond the end of the school day. normal, in all schools in our district, for both academics and their socio-emotional well-being, as well as the ability to have the 21^st CCLC staff work so closely with the real teachers, in some cases the real teachers, who teach the content to these students? Simply put, all of them!

Hyde 21^st CCLC is proud to serve 200 children in the after-school program, 100 children in our summer program and approximately 50 families in our Saturday programming and our adult education classes and sessions. The program has many moving parts, which keep the management team and program staff on the alert!

In early August of this year, Hyde 21st CCLC Program Director, Ms. Nancy Leach, was surprised by a call from Susan Brigman, Section Head of Federal Programs at the North Carolina Department of Public Education. (NCDPI).

Ms Brigman was calling to inform Ms Leach that the 21st CCLC Division of NCDPI was being audited by the US Department of Education and this process required interviewing a LEA (Public School System) and a non-LEA 21^st CCLC program in NC. After deliberation, State 21^st The team of the century unanimously chose Hyde 21st CCLC as an exemplary program and asked Ms Leach if she would agree to her program representing North Carolina in an interview with the United States Department of Education.

Ms Leach gladly accepted this honor and asked to include Ms Tekisha Jordan, Hyde County Schools Student Services Officer and NC Pre-Kindergarten Contracts Administrator, and Mr Ken Chilcoat, County Schools Financial Director de Hyde, to join her in the interview.

During the hour-long interview, the Hyde 21^st The CCLC program director answered questions from the US Department of Education, described a typical program day, the services the program provides to families, our program’s relationship with schools, and other topics related to the functioning of the program. program. Asked about the most valuable part of the program, Ms. Leach said the answer was easy… “It’s the staff. “

The Hyde 21^st CCLC staff have been so resilient throughout the destruction following Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic. They worked diligently and tirelessly to recreate a program that met the needs of the students and seized the opportunity without complaint. They have been patient, creative, kind, and ready to try new things and grow as educators.

While the interview was about our 21st Century CCLC program, Ms. Leach found time to brag about all of our faculty and HCS staff, and how impressive it was to see the teachers and 21^st CCLC staff work together in the best interests of our students. During the 2020-21 school year, the 21^st CCLC staff have worked closely with many of our teachers, sometimes even doing daily checks on student progress and needs. Our 21st century staff have been able to add a additional layer of support for students in our school system, and that means so much. Superintendent Basnight refers to 21^st Century Community Learning Program as “our secret weapon!” Edited by Ms. Leach on 21^st The Century program is as much a part of our overall educational program as the classes we teach from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This program offers our students another layer of one-on-one assistance before they leave school grounds each day. “

We look forward to receiving the 21 of this school year^st The CCLC After School Program began in September 2021. As usual, enrolled students will benefit from targeted academic support and dynamic academic enrichment, as well as opportunities for family activities. We will continue to do what is best for students!

“Advances in literacy across the world continue to be hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, we have seen educational disparities further exacerbated by the digital divide, ”said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.

International Literacy Day (ILL) 2021 explored how literacy can help build a solid foundation for human-centered recovery, with particular emphasis on the interplay between literacy and skills digital technologies required by illiterate youth and adults. He also explored what makes technology-based literacy learning inclusive and meaningful, leaving no one behind. In doing so, DLI 2021 provided an opportunity to reimagine future literacy teaching and learning, in and beyond the context of the pandemic.

In Nepal, UNESCO collaborated with the Center for Education and Human Resources Development (CEHRD) and Shikharapur CLC to organize a series of two-day capacity building workshops for Community Learning Centers (CLC ) from August 9 to 26. A total of 636 participants from 247 CLCs and representatives of local governments from the seven provinces took part in these workshops, which were followed by a speech competition for CLC facilitators.

The celebration ended with a national workshop on September 6, attended by virtually 193 participants from CLCs across the country.

Ram Prasad Thapaliya, Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said: “Many policies have been developed to strengthen CLCs and we will ensure that over time even those who have the fewer resources become model CLCs.

During the workshops, the CLCs shared their good practices, learning from each other on ways to work with local government, mobilizing the limited resources available for more impactful activities, as well as on digitization and how to better promote their work on social media. UNESCO has created a social media group which has been very active; currently 914 CLC members have participated, using it to share their activities and learn from each other. This was made possible by trainings that were conducted by UNESCO during previous capacity building programs.

The winners of the speaking competition were officially announced by CEHRD on September 6, and the Municipality of Dakshinkali will present prizes to the winners.

This event was supported by UNESCO’s Literacy for Educational Capacity Development (CapED) Program, which is funded by Finland, France, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Dubai Cares .