How It Works

Step 1 — We Evaluate: Submit a free inquiry and we assess whether your business is a strong fit for an expanded learning program. We look at your expertise, your space, your team, and your community value.

Step 2 — We Build: We design a structured, CDE-compliant enrichment program around what your business already does naturally. You bring the expertise. We bring the framework.

Step 3 — We Connect: We facilitate the relationship between your business and local school districts actively seeking quality ELOP vendors. You focus on delivering an incredible program. We handle the contract.

WHY SACRAMENTO

Sacramento is America's Farm-to-Fork Capital. It is a city of makers, growers, artists, and builders — and its students deserve programs that reflect that identity.

The Expanded Learning Group was built here because Sacramento's local business community has something no outside vendor can replicate — genuine roots. When a student walks into an after school program run by a business they recognize from their own neighborhood, that experience means something different. It connects learning to real life in a way that textbooks never will.

We are building a network of Sacramento-grown programs that will set the standard for what expanded learning looks like across California.

Our Approach

Our Approach

What sets The Expanded Learning Group apart is not just what we do — it is who we are inside the system.

Our founder, Alexios Vakis, is one of the most connected voices in expanded learning in California. He operates at every level of ELOP — from the California Department of Education at the state level, to the Sacramento County Office of Education, to the school district administrators making placement decisions on the ground.

Very few people in this space have advocated for expanded learning as consistently or as visibly as Alexios has. That means when we bring your program to a district, we are not a cold introduction. We are a trusted recommendation.

When your business enters the ELG network, you gain access to relationships that took years to build — and that no outside vendor can replicate.

Simple ideas

Through every step, we've focused on staying true to our values and making space for thoughtful, lasting work.

Lasting impact

We build with clarity, act with integrity, and always stay curious.