Happy Thanksgiving to You & Yours (11/11/25) Extended Learning Staff– SWORPS would like to take a moment to say how incredibly thankful we are for all the amazing work you do to support the kids of Tennessee. Your dedication and care make such a difference, and we truly appreciate everything Read more
Not-So Spooky News in ELAP (10/31/25) We are well into the 2025-2026 program year and SWORPS has been working hard to incorporate suggestions and feedback provided by our database users. Some of our more recent updates have included new reports, little additions to make your work easier, and of course, Read more
Database Issues Welcome back ELAP users! Glad to see the return of our grantees, but we could have all done without the excitement we’ve seen while opening this program year. Please don’t worry. SWORPS is working as fast and hard as we can to take care of certifications, activations, and Read more
The State Assessment Data Quality Check has been extended until August 30, 2025. Please enter state assessment data as it becomes available for your organization but refrain from doing so during the ELAP refresh period, which runs from July 15 to Mid-August. You will be able to enter this data Read more
Report 144 – Teacher Survey Completion In an effort to improve the teacher survey response rate, ELAP now has Report 144 – Teacher Survey Completion. This report lists every student in your center, the teacher email address entered in ELAP, and the status of the Teacher Survey for that student Read more
21st CCLC, LEAPs, and the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act (3/31/25) From TDOE Office of Extended Learning Programs: The purpose of this document is to illustrate the differences between three programs that provide students with out-of-school-time activities: the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act, 21st Read more
SWORPS’ December Office Hours Don’t forget we have our first SWORPS Office Hours scheduled for Tuesday, December 10th at 1 pm CT/2 pm ET. For access to the meeting, visit our Important Dates page ELAP Updates Please note, there has been an update to ELAP. When adding participants to the Read more
Recent Updates Greetings ELAP users! There are great things happening and we want to make sure everyone is on the same page. The GPA Data Entry button is available on the Attendees’ Screen. You’re now able to add and edit individual APR data categories which should allow for more efficient Read more
Keeping You in the Know! Extended Learning Family Survey The Family Survey is open. If you have not received the email with the survey link and site code(s), please reach out to the Help Desk (sworpshelpdesk@utk.edu). You can also email the Help Desk for an updated count of completed surveys Read more
Early Literacy Screener Update Recently, we’ve had some questions regarding the easyCMB Early Literacy Screener. To make sure everyone is on the same page, we’re posting the guidance we’ve received from TDOE on the subject. ELAP requires the Composite Score, also called the Nationally Normed Percentile Score. However, on the Read more
Upcoming Surveys, Office Hours, &Data Quality Checks FY24 Mid-Year Report Due Today – The FY24 Extended Learning Mid-Year Report opened on Dec. 15, 2023, and is due today, Jan. 31, 2024. For 21st CCLC Cohort 23 and LEAPs: The local evaluation training that took place during the 2023 Multi-State conference, Read more
So Much ELAP News! For those who attended SWORPS Open Office Hours today, thanks for showing up and asking questions! We’re always glad to answer. For those of you who missed it, no worries – this news post will provide a recap and links to resources as well as upcoming Read more
ELAP is Getting an Update Greetings ELAP Users Currently, some reports are being updated and will be offline for a few hours. These are primarily GPRA reports for site level reporting. These updates should be completed by Thursday morning. If you have any questions or need assistance, please email the Read more
SWORPS Announcements Keep an eye on the User News as this is where we will announce the launch of the interface to enter State Assessment scores for your PY22-23 attendees. We will allow some time for data entry and then pull the data to create the FINAL versions of the Read more
Important News & Holiday Changes Greetings ELAP Users: SWORPS wanted to keep you current on all things ELAP, so this post will be touching on several topics. First, there’s a data quality check coming up this week on November 10th. Make sure you have the following information entered: State Issued Read more