This call focused on NCLB SES reauthorization and featured Kelly Rhoads, Management and Program Analyst, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education; Steve Pines, Executive Director from the Education Industry Association; Leigh Hopkins, Vice President for Education Initiatives from Public/Private Ventures; and Erika Argersinger, Policy Director, Afterschool Alliance.
The call provided an opportunity for SEAs to share ideas related to SES reauthorization. On the call Kelly Rhoads provided general comments on helping to implement, monitor implementation of SES at the USDOE. Steve Pines discussed his organization’s advocacy efforts and proposed initiatives related to improving SES provisions of NCLB. Leigh Hopkins shared her organization’s recommendations for improving SES. Erika Argersinger provided an update of her organization’s approach to reauthorization.
Please download presentations materials and transcript of the call.
NCLB Afterschool Recommendations
Education Industry Association (EIA) Briefing
Public/Private Ventures - Department of Education Initiatives Key Policy Issues in the Federal Supplemental Educational Services Program
New Options For Families: Supplemental Educational Services Pilot Programs
Transcript of the Audioconference
PRESENTER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Erika Argersinger
As Policy Director for the Afterschool Alliance, Erika Argersinger works with senior leadership to develop policy goals and implement a policy plan that helps advance afterschool for all. She works to communicate the impact of policy on afterschool program providers, children and families and to make recommendations for future policy decisions. Ms. Argersinger has been an advocate for children and families for over 10 years. She has advocated on behalf of immigrant and homeless populations, Head Start children and families, in addition to her focus on child care, afterschool and other family issues. Prior to joining the Alliance, she worked as the Associate Director of Government Affairs at the National Head Start Association where she worked with policy makers and Hill staff on Head Start reauthorization and appropriations and coordinated advocacy activities with state associations and other coalitions. She has worked on and managed political campaigns at the city and state level. Before coming to Washington DC, Ms. Argersinger held public policy positions in both Utah and Massachusetts. She holds a Masters degree in public policy and child development from Tufts University in Massachusetts, and is an Emerging Leaders Fellow with the Children's Defense Fund.
Leigh Hopkins
Leigh Hopkins is the Vice President for Education Initiatives at Public/Private Ventures, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies and programs. Ms. Hopkins has overseen P/PV's education initiatives, including the provision of literacy training and technical assistance to after-school programs in multiple states, since 2003. She manages the expansion and replication of P/PV’s Youth Education for Tomorrow (YET) literacy program; the U.S. Department of Education-funded Supplemental Educational Services Replication Project; and oversees program implementation and strategic planning for the James Irvine Foundation’s CORAL initiative. Since joining P/PV in 2000, Ms. Hopkins has expanded P/PV’s after school technical assistance work to reach more than 500 classrooms in 17 cities throughout the nation. In addition, Ms. Hopkins leads government-relations efforts, working with elected officials, lobbyists and policymakers to promote state and federal support of effective education programs and practice and to ensure that lessons learned are reflected in policy.
Prior to joining P/PV, Ms. Hopkins owned and operated a private tutoring service, utilizing her training as a reading specialist to work with students with learning challenges. She and her staff provided Philadelphia students with in-school and home tutoring in all academic areas. Ms. Hopkins serves as a national advisor to the University of Pennsylvania's Out-Of-School-Time Resource Center, a member of the program development advisory board for the Starfinder Foundation, a member of the Board of Governors for the Mt. Airy Learning Tree and a member of Philadelphia Safe and Sound's Youth Development Advisory Coalition. She received a BS in elementary education from the State University of New York at Oswego and a master’s degree in education from Nazareth College.
Steven Pines
Steven Pines is the Executive Director of the Education Industry Association (EIA), the nation’s premier umbrella association representing private companies serving the preK-16 education market. EIA, with over 800 members, includes tutoring and learning centers, test prep companies, charter and private schools, education management firms, publishers, post-secondary institutions, and marketing, financial institutions and data management firms.
The association provides professional development services to its members to ensure the highest quality services to the public. EIA also promotes public policies that are consistent with the mission of the organization and its members. The organization also promotes the contributions of its members to improved teaching and learning through outreach to the media.
Prior to joining EIA, Mr. Pines was a Vice-President for Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. for 10 years leading the company’s business in workforce development services and education programs for at-risk youth. During this time, Mr. Pines also developed a new business channel with two and four-year colleges for developmental education services, and in the corporate training area.
Mr. Pines worked for eight years as a Deputy Director at the Enterprise Foundation, working to revitalize low income neighborhoods nationwide. His initial work in education and employment policy spanned positions at the National Alliance of Business, the National Association of Counties, and the United States Department of Labor- Employment and Training Administration, where he worked during the Carter Administration. Pines has a MBA from Southern Illinois University, a MA in education psychology from the University of Connecticut, and a BA from Hobart College.
Kelly Rhoads
Kelly Rhoads is a Management and Program Analyst in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII). Among his responsibilities in OII, Kelly advises the Assistant Secretary for Innovation and Improvement on issues related to the public school choice and supplemental educational services provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Kelly also works in the Office of Non-Public Education (OII), a component office of OII. ONPE is the Department’s liaison with the non-public school community, and advises other offices of the Department on matters affecting K-12 non-public education. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in philosophy from Bucknell University.
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