an insider’s look at improving program quality
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An Insider’s Look at Improving Program Quality
The Ready by 21 Quality Initiative
Forum for Youth Investment & The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Austin one of 11 sites
Center for Youth Program Quality (High Scope Educational Research Foundation)
Capacity to Assess & Improve Program Quality
Assumptions:
High-quality programs can influence key developmental outcomes for children and youth.
Accurate, accessible data about program quality can influence staff practice and drive planning and decision-making at the system level.
Plan
Make choices Reflect
Partner with adults
Lead and mentorBe in small groups
Experience belonging
Engagement
Reframing conflictEncouragementSkill building
Active engagementSession flow
Welcoming atmosphere
Supportive Environment
Interaction
Safe Environment
Healthy food and drinksProgram space and furniture Emergency procedures
Psychological and emotional safety
Physically safe environment
What is Assessed?
Sample Score Report
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
44.5
5
SafeEnvironment
SupportiveEnvironment
Interaction Engagement
Alignment of Professional Development Opportunities
You are invited…
to join us to improve the quality of youth programs.
You can accept by
Identifying a person from your staff to be trained as a self-assessor.
Training day – October 14th
Commit to assessing organization
External Assessor?
Identifying a person from your staff to be trained as an external assessor.3 days of training – October 14 – 16 Assess 3 program offerings
Get Assessed
Volunteering to have one of your programs assessed After October 16th, there will be external
assessors available to complete assessments of program offerings.
An assessment takes about 2-hours
Final Notes
All assessment trainings and assessments are free.
There will be a charge of $10 to cover the cost of materials for the professional development sessions.
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