Oklahoma Department of Education

The Oklahoma 21st Century Community learning Centers Quality Improvement Project is a statewide effort to systematically advance out of school time in Oklahoma. Beginning in the spring of 2010, Oklahoma 21st Century programs partnered with the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality to pilot a quality improvement system in 21st Century after-school sites across the state.

This Quality Improvement model was based on the Youth Program Quality Intervention, an assessment-driven continuous improvement process designed to: (a) build managers’ continuous quality improvement skills; (b) increase the quality of instructional practices delivered in afterschool programs; and, ultimately, (c) increase youths’ engagement with program content and opportunities for skill-building.