Program areas at Horizons National Student Enrichment Program
Hn ensures that all existing, scaling, and launching Horizons affiliates can sustain and thrive. Hn leverages its expertise to build, train, and support site and regional boards as well as coach site and executive directors in areas of fundraising, financial management, and Program health. Hn also assures quality, by providing continuous Program support and evaluation services across the network. Hn coaches affiliate staff and elevates effective practices through network-wide webinars, resource library, and an annual National conference. In addition to governance and fundraising support, hn staff members support recruitment, teacher training, and Program implementation and assessment.
Our programmatic support to Horizons affiliates includes funding for reading specialists, Student assessment software and training, a comprehensive database and data analysis, as well as curriculum development and stem programming support. This initiative has been critical to consistent Program quality and model fidelity across affiliates, and to consistent academic gains of 2-3 months improvement each year in reading and math skills for Horizons students over the last ten years.
The goal of Horizons National expansion efforts is to increase the number of students that can benefit from the Horizons experience. Hn provides strategic planning and transitional support to existing affiliates when pursuing growth, which can include adding additional sites or transitioning to a regional model. The expansion team also identifies and develops new sites, and provides seed funding which serves as the funding bridge while the new affiliate's board establishes itself in the community.