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
October FPO Announcements Office Hours Schedule SWORPS will have the following Office Hours sessions in October: Tuesday 14th – 9 am CT/10 am ET Wednesday 22nd – 4 pm CT/5 pm ET To download the PY25-26 schedule, visit our online Resource Center, our Important Dates page, or click here. Local Evaluation Read more
Reports to Make Opening the New Program Year Easier (June 30, 2025) Greetings ELAP Users! We wanted to remind you of some very important information as we prepare for the end of one program year and the beginning of another. Before ELAP closes for the Annual Refresh on July 15th 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
Teacher Survey Time (02/12/25) Greetings ELAP Users – it’s teacher survey time! To help stir interest, please share this with your site(s)’ teachers! To download, just click the flyer image!
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
Welcome Back ELAP Team! The end of the Annual Refresh is drawing near! We hope you are as excited as SWORPS IS to get this program year started. In order to make sure everyone is ready for the reopen, we wanted to touch base on a few important steps to Read more
PY24-25 Summer Showcase The ExL Summer Showcase for Program Year 2024-2025 took place from June 11th – 13th in our West, Middle, and East Tennessee regions. Thank you to all those who were able to attend the Summer Showcase for PY24-25! It was great seeing everyone and sharing information and Read more
For Selected Sites Only The following information is only for sites and stakeholders who have been informed they are part of the PY23-24 Student Survey. To inform ongoing quality improvement efforts, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has requested that UT SWORPS conduct a student survey. The survey is being 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
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
Local Evaluation Resources Today we hosted the first SWORPS Open Office Hours of the year and were happy to see such a good turnout. The focus in all of this month’s sessions will be on Local Evaluation, in order to help Cohort 2023 prepare for the Midyear Report (and beyond). Read more
New Content Posted in the Resource Center Check out the new resources posted under Survey & Report Information: Local Evaluation Mid Year Report Table – includes requirements for Local Evaluation Mid Year Report Local Evaluation Final Report – includes requirements for Local Evaluation Final Report due November 2024 (1 per 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