ELO Tools & Resources

Build an ELO program

NH Department of Education

• NH Minimum Standards for Public School Approval
• NH DOE Competency Validation Rubric (PDF)

Templates and charts

• ELO Program Development Process Chart (PDF)
• Program Development Readiness Checklist (MSWord)
• Program Development Readiness Checklist (PDF)
• Best Practices Checklist (PDF)

Sustaining an ELO program

• ELO Practice profile template (PDF)
• ELO Sustainability Check-in (MSWord)
• ELO Sustainability resources (MSWord)
• ELO Sustainability resources (PDF)

ELO Handbook

The New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunity Handbook (PDF, 311 pages, 2016) –  a comprehensive manual by Sheila Ward, Bonnie Robinson and Doug Cullen.

Peer Support

New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunity Network (ELON) 

Program Design resources around the web

Buck Institute for Education (BIE) – project-based learning

Create one ELO

Design tools

• ELO Design Template (PDF)
• ELO Design Template (MSWord)
• Four Learning Components graphic
• Almost ELO chart (PDF)
• Almost ELO chart (MSWord)
• Blank Almost ELO chart (MSWord)
• ELO Project Outline template (MSWord)
• ELO Development Chart for Students with Disabilities (MSWord)
• ELO team roles and responsibilities (MSWord)
• NH Dept of Education “What is a Good ELO?” (PDF)

Competency resources

• Competency map (PDF)
• Competency map (Excel)
• Competency-Based Pathways Wiki
• CompetencyWorks
• The Art and Science of Designing Competencies
• NH Competency Validation Rubric (PDF)

Essential question

• Essential question samples
• Essential question web links

Student tools

• ELO Journal template (MSWord)

Accommodations

• Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

ELO Handbook

• The New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunity Handbook (PDF, 311 pages, 2016) –  a comprehensive manual by Sheila Ward, Bonnie Robinson and Doug Cullen

Agreement form samples

• Proposal Form (MSWord)
• Learning Agreement (PDF)
• Permission Form and Student Learning Plan (MSWord)
• ELO Planning Tool (PDF)
• Community Partner Agreements (MSWord)
• Parent/Guardian Permission Slip, English/Spanish (PDF)

Community Partner resources

Templates

• Community partner template (MSWord)
• Community partner template (PDF)

NH Department of Labor

• NH DOL Contact info
• NH DOL Forms
• NH DOL Youth employment federal and state laws
• NH DOL Youth labor rules

Accommodations

• Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Other resources

• Create Approved Work-based Learning Experiences (PDF)

Assessment tools

• Four learning components graphic
• Research, Reflection, Project and Presentation Rubric Template (MSWord)

Sample school modifications to rubrics

• Lebanon High School (NH) ELO Rubrics
  
• Central Falls High School (RI)
  • Research (PDF)
  • Reflection (PDF)
  • Product (PDF)
  • Presentation (PDF)

Other resources

• Common Core Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards
• Lebanon High School (NH) ELO Rubrics
  
• Central Falls High School (RI)
  • Research (PDF)
  • Reflection (PDF)
  • Product (PDF)
  • Presentation (PDF)

Other resources

• Common Core Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards