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Camp Fire USA Quality Improvement Field Test Report |
Camp Fire USA National Office commissioned the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality (Weikart Center) to help build and implement a quality improvement system for Camp Fire Councils across the United States using the Youth Program Quality Intervention as a model. |
2/1/2011 |
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Oklahoma 21st CCLC Quality Improvement Pilot Project Report |
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. |
11/1/2010 |
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Knowledge Gains from Professional Development Training: Report on the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate Pilot |
This report provides findings from the first year of the Palm Beach County Afterschool Educator Certificate (PBC-AEC) pilot. It appears that year one of the AEC pilot successfully increased youth worker knowledge. |
10/18/2010 |
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School's Out: Policy Implications of Quality Accountability and Assessment in Afterschool Programs |
In a webinar broadcast October 14, 2010, panelists Tabitha Grossman (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices ), Charles Smith (David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality and The Forum for Youth Investment) and Julie Spielberger (Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago) looked at approaches to quality improvement, assessment, and accountability in afterschool programs in states and local communities around the country and the implications for policy. |
10/14/2010 |
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Self-Assessment Using the YPQA |
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9/21/2010 |
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External Assessment Using the YPQA |
TA Brief on using the YPQA for external assessment |
9/20/2010 |
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The Youth Program Quality Intervention |
TA Brief describing the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI) |
9/20/2010 |
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Quality Matters: The Pilot Report to the Community |
Quality Matters is one of three of United Way's community change strategies, and is focused on strengthening out-of-school time programming by providing training and coaching for youth program staff on ways they can better engage children and youth enrolled in their programs, while teaching them valuable life skills along the way. This report documents the results of the five-month Quality Matters pilot project. |
8/16/2010 |
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Quality Counts: Nashville After Zone Alliance Quality Improvement Pilot Final Report |
This report summarizes key findings from the NAZA quality improvement pilot and offer recommendations for expanding and sustaining its impacts. |
7/31/2010 |
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"Work in Progress" Webinar Series |
This webinar will provide information on the elements of the TACSS model, implementation successes and challenges, and the foundational partnership between state education agency, non-profit research and technical assistance organization, and university-based evaluation team. |
6/15/2010 |