Join Us In Shaping The Future of Expanded Learning in California!
March 2025
Building on the foundation of the collaborative work to design and implement A Vision for Expanded Learning in California, Strategic Plans 1.0 and 2.0, California’s Expanded Learning Leadership has begun an expansive strategic design process to build an Ecosystem Plan to Leverage California’s Expanded Learning Infrastructure. The California AfterSchool Network is excited to partner with the California Department of Education Expanded Learning Division to co-host a Strategic Design Process that elevates Expanded Learning as an essential partner in California’s Education, Health and Human Services, and Workforce Development ecosystems.
More than just “Strategic Plan 3.0”, this Ecosystem Plan is a collective care response—a coordinated effort to elevate Expanded Learning as a wellspring of community, healing and opportunity. In a time of uncertainty, we are building a future of abundance—one where young people are not just supported but uplifted by a community that deeply cares for the next generation.
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Read on to learn more about our kick off event and how to apply for the design team!
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Apply to Join the Design Team
Application Due: April 4, 2025
We are excited to announce the release of the Design Team Application for the Expanded Learning Ecosystem Plan! This Strategic Plan builds upon the work of Strategic Plan 2.0 furthering our commitment to shaping the future of expanded learning through systems change, collective care and equity-driven design.
The Design Team will play a key role in reviewing data, development engagement strategies, and ensuring the plan reflects the voices of our young people and adults in relationship with youth serving work across sectors (health care, behavioral health, workforce, nutrition, housing, advocacy). We encourage applicants who are dedicated to intergenerational collaboration, ceding power, experimentation, generative conflict and compassionate systems work.
Join Us for the Ecosystem Plan Virtual Kickoff!
Wednesday, March 26, 2025; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us in shaping the future of Expanded Learning in California! On March 26, 2025, from 10 AM – 12 PM (Virtual), youth-serving organizations across the state will come together to listen deeply, build trust, and co-design solutions that center youth, family and community voice in shaping the Expanded Learning Ecosystem Plan. Register today and help build a future where youth and the communities they belong to, are uplifted, empowered, and supported!
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST