Supplemental Educational Services
Service Summary Information
Camp Vacamas Association, Inc.
| 1. | Name of organization: | Camp Vacamas Association, Inc. |
| Primary location: | 250 West 57th Street,
Room 2202 |
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| Contact information: (phone / email / website): |
862-226-2674 or 917-559-3084 |
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| LEAs where service will be provided: | All NYC CSDs | |
| 2. | Years provider has delivered service: | 81 years |
| 3. | Evidence that services have been effective: | A survey of children in participating schools revealed that a summer session at Vacamas resulted in a .5 improvement in overall grade point average as compared to non-participating students. A study of children participating in New York City’s Board of Education’s Break-Aways Program also showed marked improvements in participants’ test scores. |
| 4. | Title of the instructional program, curriculum series to be used (if appropriate): | N/A |
| 5. | Grade level(s) the provider will serve: | 1 - 8 |
| 6. | Content area(s) provider will serve: | Mathematics, Language Arts |
| 7. | Number of sessions provided per week, if applicable: | 7 sessions per week |
| 8. | Average length of each service session (minutes/hours): | 3 hours per session |
| 9. | Duration of the available service period (e.g. September 1 – June 30; September 1 – August 31; weekends only; summer school only; specific number of weeks or hours, other, etc;): | Vacamas Programs for Youth will provide services all year round including a summer session. Our winter services (October-June) will be conducted either during after-school hours, two days a week for 1.5 hours per day at enrolled students’ schools or our facilities in New York State and West Milford, NJ. The summer session program will run from June 27th- July 27th, five days a week for 3 hours per day at our facilities in New York State and West Milford, NJ. |
| 10. | Type of instruction: | Small groups (8 to 1 ratio), one-on-one |
| 10a. | Description of methods and strategies for serving eligible students with disabilities: | We will meet with parents and school representatives to determine the appropriateness of a Vacamas experience. |
| 10b. | Description of methods and strategies for serving eligible students with limited English proficiency: | Our staff members include those who are bilingual English/Spanish and English/Russian |
| 11. | Qualifications of the service provider(s)/instructor(s): | New York State Teacher Certification |
| 12. | Reports to parents, teachers, and LEA (Content, frequency, method of delivery): | April 26, 2012 |
| 13. | Will transportation to the service location be provided at no charge if requested? (Note: LEAs are not required to provide or pay for transportation) | yes |
| 14. | Additional relevant information: | Vacamas is a year-round, residential educational agency providing experiential education opportunities to over 5,000 children annually. |