Expanded Learning Collective launches new brand and website

The new web­site, avail­able in Eng­lish and Span­ish, fea­tures an expan­sive pro­gram direc­to­ry to make find­ing out-of-school learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties eas­i­er for par­ents and care­givers. Expand​edLearn​ingJH​.org allows users to fil­ter out-of-school pro­grams by date range, pro­gram con­tent, child’s age, schol­ar­ship avail­abil­i­ty and more. New pro­grams will be added as they’re announced, includ­ing after­school pro­grams for fall 2025 and beyond.

“While Teton Coun­ty has an incred­i­bly robust and diverse out-of-school learn­ing land­scape, it can be chal­leng­ing and frus­trat­ing to nav­i­gate. Every young per­son should have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to thrive in their pur­suit of life­long learn­ing, and this resource is one of many ways that Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive is work­ing to sup­port fam­i­lies and youth in our com­mu­ni­ty,” said Lau­rie Andrews, Pres­i­dent of the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion of Jack­son Hole.

As par­ents and care­givers know, find­ing the right pro­gram is only half the bat­tle. Get­ting enrolled can be even more dif­fi­cult. The Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive and its mem­ber orga­ni­za­tions are also work­ing to improve edu­ca­tion­al access through lot­tery sys­tems, improv­ing lan­guage access and rais­ing aware­ness of schol­ar­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties for sum­mer and after­school pro­gram­ming. The Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive believes that uni­ver­sal access to out-of-school learn­ing has the pow­er to close the edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ty gap and sup­port the suc­cess and ful­fill­ment of youth in Teton County. 

As a col­lec­tive of edu­ca­tion orga­ni­za­tions and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, each orga­ni­za­tion brings unique skills and per­spec­tives to col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly address the needs of our com­mu­ni­ty that no one per­son or orga­ni­za­tion can meet on their own. Orga­ni­za­tions work to address bar­ri­ers to access, sup­port edu­ca­tor recruit­ment and reten­tion, and build stronger rela­tion­ships between providers and their con­stituents. The new name and logo bet­ter reflect this collaboration.

“Our new brand is a very excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty to bring the work of our col­lec­tive to the broad­er Teton Coun­ty com­mu­ni­ty. To address the issues affect­ing edu­ca­tion­al access we need to deep­en our rela­tion­ships with local fam­i­lies and lis­ten intent­ly to their con­cerns,” said Col­by Mitchell, Back­bone Leader of the Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive and the Com­mu­ni­ty Foundation’s Edu­ca­tion and Fam­i­lies Initiative.

To get a bet­ter pic­ture of the needs of our com­mu­ni­ty, the Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive has also been work­ing for the last year to devel­op The Edu­ca­tion Dashboard. The Edu­ca­tion Dash­board is part of the Teton Com­mu­ni­ty Well­be­ing Dash­board, a resource facil­i­tat­ed and stew­ard­ed by Lega­cy­Works Group in part­ner­ship with over 70 local part­ners and orga­ni­za­tions. The Edu­ca­tion Dash­board is a data tool col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly cre­at­ed by com­mu­ni­ty-invest­ed part­ners and sup­port­ed by the Expand­ed Learn­ing Col­lec­tive. This shared data tool will help inform and guide future edu­ca­tion improve­ments for Teton County.

https://​www​.expand​edlearn​ingjh​.org/

https://​www​.teton​com​mu​ni​ty​well​be​ing​dash​board​.com/​e​d​u​c​a​t​i​o​n​-​youth