Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.

# The Learning Agenda

Build expertise. Strengthen Networks. Amplify Impact.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://agenda4learning.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Feature: Barr Foundation](https://agenda4learning.com/feature-barr-foundation/) - Barr Foundation – Catalyze New Models 2017 – Present The Learning Agenda (TLA) leads four learning communities for the Barr Foundation’s Catalyze New Models Portfolio. Barr’s investments seek to advance greater success for all students by nurturing the development and expansion of high-quality, personalized high school models that are grounded in positive youth development
- [Building an Advisory Board to Guide Program Expansion](https://agenda4learning.com/building-an-advisory-board-to-guide-program-expansion/) - Our Projects PROJECTBuilding an Advisory Board to Guide Program ExpansionBELL (BUILDING EDUCATED LEADERS FOR LIFE)The ChallengeBELL is an established, award-winning summer learning and afterschool program. When BELL leadership approached The Learning Agenda, the organization served young people from K through 8th grade, and sought to expand to serve pre-Kindergarten youth. The importance of and need
- [Summer Learning Toolkit](https://agenda4learning.com/summer-planning-toolkit/) - Our Projects PROJECTSummer Learning ToolkitTHE WALLACE FOUNDATIONSince 2011, The Learning Agenda has been a key partner to The Wallace Foundation in support of their National Summer Learning Project (NSLP).The NSLP is the largest effort to date to understand whether and how large-scale, voluntary summer learning programs led by urban public schools and their partners can
- [Feature: National Comprehensive Center](https://agenda4learning.com/feature-national-comprehensive-center/) - National Comprehensive Center Applying Evidence-Based Design to Communities of Practice for States Using ARP Funds Sep 2021 – Current Through a partnership with the United States Department of Education, the National Comprehensive Center (NCC) supports state and local education leaders to deepen their collaborations, build their capacities, and expand their toolboxes for K-12 innovation. TLA
- [Texas Education Agency](https://agenda4learning.com/feature-texas-education-agency/) - Communities Foundation of Texas / Texas Education Agency ADSY PEP Summer Learning and Full Year Redesign Community Management June 2020 – Current The Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) Additional Days Schools School Year (ADSY) initiative provides additional funding for school systems that add up to 30 instructional days to any of their elementary schools to help
- [Creating a Peer Learning Group to Advance Knowledge and Build Connections](https://agenda4learning.com/creating-a-peer-learning-group-to-advance-knowledge-and-build-connections/) - Our Projects PROJECTCreating a Peer Learning Group to Advance Knowledge and Build ConnectionsNEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION and AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCEThe ChallengeNew York Life Foundation has invested substantially in high quality out-of-school time (OST) programs for young people, in particular to support the critical transition from middle school to high school in under-resourced communities. To inform further
- [Strengthening the BELL Summer Middle School Model](https://agenda4learning.com/strengthening-the-bell-summer-middle-school-model/) - Our Projects PROJECTStrengthening the BELL Summer Middle School ModelBUILDING EDUCATED LEADERS FOR LIFEBuilding Educated Leaders for Life, or BELL, is an award-winning summer and afterschool program model intended to transform the academic achievements, self-confidence, and life trajectories of children living in under-resourced, urban communities. BELL engaged The Learning Agenda to support efforts to enhance its
- [Managing The Wallace Foundation’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Professional Learning Community (ELO-PLC)](https://agenda4learning.com/national-summer-learning-project/) - Our Projects PROJECTManaging The Wallace Foundation’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Professional Learning Community (ELO-PLC)THE WALLACE FOUNDATIONThe Learning Agenda managed a professional learning community of eight Wallace Foundation grantees, all leading providers of summer, afterschool, expanded learning and integrated student services. Member organizations included BELL, Citizen Schools, Communities in Schools, Higher Achievement, Horizons, Providence After School Alliance,
- [Developing a Plan for Sustainability](https://agenda4learning.com/developing-a-plan-for-sustainability/) - Our Projects PROJECTDeveloping a Plan for SustainabilityTHE WALLACE FOUNDATION’S NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING PROJECTThe ChallengeSince 2011, The Learning Agenda has been a key partner to The Wallace Foundation in support of its National Summer Learning Project (NSLP). The NSLP is the largest effort to date to understand whether and how large-scale, voluntary summer learning programs led
- [Capturing and Sharing Knowledge to Build Capacity and Inform Grantmaking](https://agenda4learning.com/capturing-and-sharing-knowledge-to-build-capacity-and-inform-grantmaking/) - Our Projects PROJECTCapturing and Sharing Knowledge to Build Capacity and Inform GrantmakingsFORD FOUNDATION’S TIME COLLABORATIVEThe ChallengeThe TIME Collaborative was a joint effort between the Ford Foundation and the National Center on Time and Learning to radically improve learning for students in select public schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee. The Collaborative was
- [Translating Knowledge to Inform Program Development](https://agenda4learning.com/research-to-inform-program-development/) - Our Projects PROJECTTranslating Knowledge to Inform Program DevelopmentKA‘I PROGRAM at ‘IOLANI SCHOOLThe ChallengeThe KA‘I Program at ‘Iolani School offers low-income students a comprehensive, long-term program that provides educational opportunities, critical life skills, and individualized support from middle school through post-secondary education. The program fosters a culture of achievement that supports students to graduate from high
- [Building Organizational Capacity to Lead an Engaged Peer Learning Community](https://agenda4learning.com/building-organizational-capacity-to-lead-an-engaged-peer-learning-community/) - Our Projects PROJECTBuilding Organizational Capacity to Lead an Engaged Peer Learning CommunityEVERY HOUR COUNTSThe ChallengeEvery Hour Counts is a coalition of citywide organizations working to increase access to quality expanded learning opportunities for young people. Every Hour Counts’ director reached out to The Learning Agenda with a capacity-building request: strategize with us on the best
- [Launching and Facilitating a Funder Collaborative to Help Youth Thrive](https://agenda4learning.com/launching-and-facilitating-a-funder-collaborative-to-help-youth-thrive/) - Our Projects PROJECTLaunching and Facilitating a Funder Collaborative to Help Youth ThriveGRANTMAKERS FOR THRIVING YOUTHThe ChallengeGrantmakers for Thriving Youth (GTY) is a funders’ forum advancing a comprehensive approach to learning and development that will enable all young people to acquire the skills and capacities needed for success in learning, work, citizenship, and life. Led by
- [National AmeriCorps VISTA Project](https://agenda4learning.com/national-americorps-vista-project/) - Our Projects PROJECTNational AmeriCorps VISTA ProjectTHE AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCEThe Afterschool Alliance’s national AmeriCorps VISTA project places national service volunteers with statewide organizations to extend the reach of afterschool programs within those regions. The Afterschool Alliance is deepening its partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service to expand the project up to 28 states. To
- [Horizons Philly Expansion](https://agenda4learning.com/horizons-philly-expansion/) - Our Projects PROJECTHorizons Philly ExpansionHORIZONS NATIONALThe Learning Agenda assisted Horizons National with its Community Focused Expansion (CFE) efforts in the Philadelphia region. Horizons works to engage additional school and university partners to expand the numbers of children served through the delivery of its successful six-week summer models which combines academics with arts and swimming instruction.
- [Admissions and Marketing Training](https://agenda4learning.com/admissions-and-marketing-training/) - Our Projects PROJECTAdmissions and Marketing TrainingFRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIADuring the 2015-2016 school year, the French International School (FIS) of Philadelphia navigated a leadership transition. The Learning Agenda worked with interim leadership and the admissions team to provide training, coaching, and support as FIS worked to enroll best-fit families to the school and created a
- [Collaboration on the Evaluation of the PUEO Program at Punahou](https://agenda4learning.com/collaboration-on-the-evaluation-of-the-pueo-program-at-punahou-2/) - Our Projects PROJECTCollaboration on the Evaluation of the PUEO Program at PunahouNATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOCIATIONIn partnership with the National Summer Learning Association, The Learning Agenda served as lead evaluator for the Clarence T.C. Ching PUEO Program at Punahou School. PUEO is a 7-year summer program experience for low-income, public school youth performing in the academic
- [STEM Ecosystems](https://agenda4learning.com/stem-ecosystems/) - Our Projects PROJECTSTEM EcosystemsSTEM FUNDERS NETWORKThe STEM Funders Network is supporting the development of cross-sector partnerships to advance STEM learning opportunities in communities. The Learning Agenda supported the SFN in convening a national group of stakeholders as thought partners and developing a Web-Based Toolkit to support ecosystem development and expansion.
- [Enabling Better Learning through Community Schools](https://agenda4learning.com/enabling-better-learning-through-community-schools/) - Our Projects PROJECTEnabling Better Learning through Community SchoolsCOALITION FOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLSCommunity schools are a tested vehicle for achieving more and better learning in a greater number of schools and school systems. Community schools are finding new ways to add quality learning opportunities to the school day based on their experience creating meaningful, results-focused partnerships. The
- [Grantmakers for Education's Out-of-School Time Funder Network](https://agenda4learning.com/grantmakers-for-educations-out-of-school-time-funder-network/) - Our Projects PROJECTGrantmakers for Education’s Out-of-School Time Funder NetworkGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATIONThe goal of the Out-of-School Time (OST) Funder Network is to increase access to high quality OST experiences for young people and build systemic supports to sustain the field. The network comprises diverse philanthropies from across the country who invest in OST. Its primary strategies
- [STEM Community of Practice](https://agenda4learning.com/stem-community-of-practice/) - Our Projects PROJECTSTEM Community of PracticeBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICABig Brothers Big Sisters of America, the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, has been making meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and youth (“Littles”), ages 5 through 18, in communities across the country for over 100 years. In support of its
- [Guiding Horizons National's Research & Evaluation Efforts](https://agenda4learning.com/guiding-horizons-nationals-research-evaluation-efforts/) - Our Projects PROJECTGuiding Horizons National’s Research & Evaluation EffortsHORIZONS NATIONALIn winter 2013, Horizons National engaged The Learning Agenda to inform its future research and evaluation efforts by forming and managing a Research Advisory Board comprised of leading experts on summer programming and research design. The Learning Agenda facilitated several meetings and informational interviews with the

## Pages

- [Home](https://agenda4learning.com/) - Building Capacity to Better Serve Youth and Communities BriefPhilly‘s onto something BIG! We worked with the William Penn Foundation for the past three years to help community leaders envision parks, grocery stores, buses, barber shops, and laundromats, along with informal learning settings in afterschool programs and museums as the perfect spots to create fun, interactive, LITERACY-BOOSTING activities and
- [About Us](https://agenda4learning.com/who-we-are/) - About Us The Learning Agenda TeamOur national team of consultants are experts in summer and expanded learning and innovative school and program design. We collectively hold extensive experience in: nonprofit leadership and philanthropy, youth program and system development, research and evaluation, and adult learning and group facilitation. All of our results-focused team members are thoughtful
- [Contact](https://agenda4learning.com/contact/) - Contact Get in Touch We’d love to assist your organization or program in achieving your goals. Please email Hillary Oravec at hillary@thelearningagenda.com. “Through rigorous, collaborative field-building activities based on actionable information, The Learning Agenda helped us build both philanthropic and grantee capacity around expanding opportunity and justice in education.” - Sanjiv Rao, Senior Program Officer
- [Clients](https://agenda4learning.com/who-we-serve/) - Clients Clients We’re committed to helping you do what you do better – with greater clarity and efficiency. “The Learning Agenda has been a tremendous resource for Horizons National over the last several years. The Learning Agenda team is comprised of exceptionally skilled facilitators, project managers and communicators. Their unique blend of expertise makes them
- [Services](https://agenda4learning.com/what-we-do/) - Services Services The Learning Agenda offers a variety of services to meet the needs of youth-serving organizations and philanthropies. Community of Practice FacilitationLEARN MOREStrategic PlanningLEARN MOREKnowledge TranslationLEARN MORECommunity of Practice Facilitation We develop and facilitate professional networks, learning communities, advisory boards and interactive meetings and conferences of all sizes. We have deep expertise leading groups
- [Knowledge Translation](https://agenda4learning.com/what-we-do/capturing-translating-knowledge/) - What We Do Translating Knowledge Examples Our Work in Action Capturing and Sharing Knowledge to Build Capacity and Inform GrantmakingCLIENT: Ford Foundation’s TIME Collaborative LEARN MORETranslating knowledge to inform program developmentCLIENT: KA’I Program at ‘Iolani School LEARN MORECollaborate with us Get in touch to learn how we can make knowledge useable for you and for
- [Community of Practice Facilitation](https://agenda4learning.com/what-we-do/learning-communities-group-facilitation/) - What We Do Community of Practice Facilitation Examples Our Work in Action Creating a Peer Learning Group to Advance Knowledge and Build ConnectionsCLIENT: New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance LEARN MORELaunching and Facilitating a Funder Collaborative to Help Youth ThriveCLIENT: Grantmakers for Thriving Youth LEARN MOREBuilding Organizational Capacity to Lead an Engaged Peer
- [Strategic Planning](https://agenda4learning.com/what-we-do/capacity-building-strategic-planning/) - What We Do Strategic Planning Examples Our Work in Action Developing a Plan for SustainabilityCLIENT: The Wallace Foundation’s National Summer Learning Project LEARN MOREBuilding an Advisory Board to Guide Program ExpansionCLIENT: BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) LEARN MORECollaborate with us Contact us to learn how we can help you develop new strategies and chart
- [Our Projects](https://agenda4learning.com/what-we-do/our-projects/) - Our Projects Community of Practice Facilitation Building Organizational Capacity to Lead an Engaged Peer Learning Community STEM Community of Practice Grantmakers for Education’s Out-of-School Time Funder Network Launching and Facilitating a Funder Collaborative to Help Youth Thrive Managing The Wallace Foundation’s Expanded Learning Opportunities Professional Learning Community (ELO-PLC) Creating a Peer Learning Group to Advance

## Portfolio

- [Creating a Peer Learning Group to Advance Knowledge and Build Connections](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/creating-a-peer-learning-group-to-advance-knowledge-and-build-connections/) - Creating a Peer Learning Group to Advance Knowledge and Build Connections Button Text
- [General Practice](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/general-practice/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden
- [Cardiology](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/cardiology/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden
- [Pediatrics](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/pediactrics/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden
- [Diabetes Care](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/diabetes-care/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden
- [Pre-natel Care](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/pre-natel-care/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden
- [Ultrasound Echocardiogram](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio-items/ultrasound-echocardiogram/) - Expert Health Unit There are many variations of passages of Lorem Ipsum available, but the majority have suffered alteration in some form, by injected humour, or randomised words which don’t look even slightly believable. If you are going to use a passage of lorem ipsum you need to be sure there isn’t anything embarrassing hidden

## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://agenda4learning.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [Learning Communities & Group Facilitation](https://agenda4learning.com/category/learning-communities-group-facilitation/)
- [Capacity Building & Strategic Planning](https://agenda4learning.com/category/capacity-building-strategic-planning/)
- [Capturing & Translating Knowledge](https://agenda4learning.com/category/capturing-translating-knowledge/)
- [Features](https://agenda4learning.com/category/features/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [Cardiology](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/cardiology/)
- [Care](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/care/)
- [General Practice](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/general-practice/)
- [Pediactrics](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/pediactrics/)
- [Sports](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/sports/)
- [Ultrasound](https://agenda4learning.com/portfolio_category/ultrasound/)