Youth Program Quality Assessment External Assessor

External Assessor

This workshop gives participants practice using the Youth PQA and increases their accuracy in observing and scoring.  The bulk of the workshop consists of practice video scoring.  Participants who successfully achieve acceptable levels of reliability (80% at the item level) through a video reliability check become “Endorsed Assessors” and are able to collect “research quality data”.

Who should attend?

Anyone who will be conducting external assessments as part of a quality assessment and improvement process should attend this workshop. This workshop is also recommended for coaches or network advisors that will be working with sites to complete the self assessment process or to implement improvement plans.

All participants must complete Youth PQA Basics (live or online) prior to attending the External Assessor workshop.  Additionally, it is highly recommended they complete at least one practice observation at a local program. Both of these will help prepare participants for the intensive video practice included in this workshop .

Objectives:

To become reliable in using and scoring the YPQA.

Time Commitment:

This is a 1.5 day workshop.  It is recommended that the workshops run from 9am-5pm on the first day and 9am-1pm on the second day. Times can be adjusted if necessary.

External Assessor Refresher

This workshop gives participants practice using the Youth PQA and increases their accuracy in observing and scoring.  The bulk of the workshop consists of practice video scoring.  Participants who successfully achieve acceptable levels of reliability (80% at the item level) through a video reliability check receive “Re-endorsement” and are able to collect “research quality data”. 

Who should attend?

All participants must have previously completed the External Assessor workshop and received a letter of endorsement.  It is strongly encouraged that participants review the YPQA Handbook and do a practice observation, especially if they have not collected data in a while, prior to this workshop.

Objectives:

To renew reliablity in using and scoring the YPQA.

Time Commitment:

 The full day workshop is typically scheduled to run from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with a 30-60 minute break for lunch.  In some instances, a half day workshop is appropriate.  The times can be adjusted if necessary.