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Organizational Structure

Organizational Structure . Recreation. CAS Working Group 4 CD workers 1 Rec Coordinator, 1 Rec Specialist 1 s upport staff, 1 Project Lead. More Kids, More Programs, More Often. Coordination Collaboration Quality Programming Evaluation.

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Organizational Structure

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  1. Organizational Structure Recreation CAS Working Group 4 CD workers 1 Rec Coordinator, 1 Rec Specialist 1 support staff, 1 Project Lead

  2. More Kids, More Programs, More Often • Coordination • Collaboration • Quality Programming • Evaluation

  3. Coordinate to address gaps and improve accessibility

  4. www.calgary.ca/afterschool

  5. Web Trends • VISITS TO WWW.CALGARY.CA/AFTERSCHOOL • VISITS TO WWW.CALGARY.CA/AFTERSCHOOL/SCHOOLSEARCH

  6. Collaborate

  7. Support quality Programming Why? • Effective training reduces barriers as well as impacting the experience in the program – we know that youth in particular will vote with their feet • A CAS training matrix has been developed to ensure that staff • receive the best combination of training to support quality programming. • Programs are encouraged to be SAFE (sequenced, active, focused and explicit)

  8. Training Matrix

  9. Evaluation • CAS evaluation is a pre/post design, developmental evaluation. • It is linked to the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth • By nature of being developmental it is designed to guide the • development of the initiative so we are learning as we go. • Preliminary results suggest that what we intended with the CAS project • is in fact happening. • Start early and understand that evaluation will require persistent effort. Reported Chargeable Incidents for Severe Habitual Offenders (SHO) & non SHO by age 2000-2006 – Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family

  10. What do we know so far? • Total capacity of 114 CAS programs is approx. 3008 spaces at one time. • 65 programs for children (elementary), 49 for youth, 20 for both • Programming directly respond to the needs and wishes identified by Calgary parents • Programming is attracting kids who are new to after-school programs

  11. What do we know so far? Participant demographics - Age groups

  12. What do we know so far? Participant demographics – Aboriginal & ethnocultural backgrounds

  13. What do we know so far? Participant Demographics - Gender

  14. What do we know so far? Preliminary results for children in grades 4-6

  15. Links and contact information For further information on the project please contact: Cathie Christenson, Coordinator “Calgary AfterSchool” cchristenson@calgary.ca http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/fcss/fcss_brief1_positivechild.pdf http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/fcss/outcomes/outcomes_07_individual_child_youth.pdf

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