This tool, from FHI 360’s District Summer Learning Network (DSLN), is intended for school districts to use in planning summer learning programs that focus on the whole child. Summer learning programs that use a whole child approach support not only students’ academic success but also their physical, social, emotional and mental development.
The tool is designed around principles for creating safe, positive, inclusive and engaging learning environments in which students can develop the knowledge, skills, habits and mindsets to thrive. School districts can use the tool to clarify how their vision for summer learning incorporates a whole child approach, consider how program planning and implementation address the whole child, and identify how success will be measured.
