Creative Lives Inc.

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“Creative lives advances a holistic approach to helping chilren and learning communities thrive that addresses critical concerns for children and the adults who guide them. Based on the work of philosopher and author ellen tadd, our unique "framework for wise education" demonstrates the importance of integrated attention to children's health, their inner wellbeing, creative expression, and the development of their minds and character. Our approach reveals the building blocks of excecutive function and discernment, social-emotional wellbeing, resilience, and the foundations of lifetime happiness, creative contribution, and fulfillment.”

“Creative lives operates year-round programs for at-risk youth, develops training materials for adults, implements school-wide projects to improve outcomes for students, and delivers teacher/parent training programs. Funding sources include program tuition, private donations, businesses and corporations, private and corporate foundations, and government grants. Our volunteer time is valued at more than 8,000 annually. Our approach is outlined in two upcoming texts: "a framwork for wise education," by ellen tadd, and "creative lives: helping children thrive," a field-manual for practitioners by executive director maureen burford.”

“Volunteer board of directors”

“Teacher training programs, research, and product development: in 2019, creative lives partnered with southern new hampshire university to offer our first graduate level teacher training course. As part of this accomplishment, we completed a working draft of a comprehensive training manual: "helping students thrive,- and course syllabus. In addition to written materials, we have developed new ways to track outcomes for adults and children in our programs, audio and visual classroom supports, and contemplative education and life skills curriculum for elementary through middles school students. Trainees in our course reported positive outcomes for the students they serve. Significnat outcomes included increased motivation to learn, improvements in self-regulation, and greater ability to focus at will. Participants reported significant positive impact on their understanding of human development, human potential, and on their own inner wellbeing and balance in teaching. 100% of teachers who commit to practicing our methodology shared that their teaching and outcomes for students have improved. Strategic plans include launching on-line training in 2020, and expanding local and regional workshops and courses in the summer and fall of 2019. We have recruited five expert teachers in varying fields of practice who will become part of our training team and help expand our reach in 2019-20. Creative lives programs for youth: in 2019, creative lives expanded our direct services to youth with a new partnership with the town of hartford's summer recreation camp. Our numbers of children increased from 45 served to 236 children k-8 through year-round programming that includes afterschool and 8 weeks of full-time summer camp. Students in our programs live in a region of vermont where up to 54% of students are on free and reduced lunch. 18 staff members trained in our approach in 2019. We reserve support from the granite state united way, vermont children's trust foundation, donley foundation, and morgan family. Significant outcomes include the following: finding the wise view. Children in our programs discover and practice the mechanics of focus. 62% of children identified as struggling with focus make improvements within the first six months of attendance in our afterschool lab. 24% make significant improvement within this time frame. Helping children develop emotional equilibrium. In our most recent assessment, 59% of students identified as emotionally reactive make improvements in emotional equilibrium within the first six months of attendance in our program. 26% make significant improvements. 94% of parents report positive impacts for their child's learning and wellbeing 78% of parents report significant improvement in their child's ability to focus at will”

“Consultants 12,586 0 0 outside services 894 0 0 clasp wrs program consultants 4,500 0 0 outside services 2,851 0 0 0 0 0 creative lives summer camp consultants 4,025 0 0 total 24,856 0 0”