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Improving Quality Systemwide

Improving Quality Systemwide. October 11, 2012. What is your role in afterschool?. NEW resource: Building Citywide systems for quality. NEW resource from The Wallace Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, available online: http://forumfyi.org/building_system_quality Includes:

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Improving Quality Systemwide

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  1. Improving Quality Systemwide October 11, 2012

  2. What is your role in afterschool?

  3. NEW resource: Building Citywide systems for quality • NEWresource from The Wallace Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, available online: • http://forumfyi.org/building_system_quality • Includes: • How-to guide • Six case studies • Capacity self-assessment tool

  4. Today’s speakers Nicole Yohalem Director, Special Projects Charles Smith Executive Director, CYPQ VP for Research, Forum for Youth Investment Laura La Fuente Director, Target Graduation Denice Williams Assistant Commissioner

  5. Why focus on quality improvement? • Quality Matters • Quality is Measurable • Quality is Malleable

  6. Quality matters • In a 2007 meta-analysis of 73 evaluations, afterschool programs on average had positive effects on: • Attitudes toward school • Social behavior • School grades and achievement test scores • Reduced problem behaviors from aggression • But programs without specific quality features had NO effect. • -Durlak & Weissberg (2007)

  7. Quality is measurable

  8. Quality is malleable • Key findings from the Youth Program Quality Intervention (YPQI) Study • A continuous quality improvement strategy: • Improves program quality (and the more, the better). • Works across different types of afterschool systems as well as challenging staffing conditions, and may increase staff tenure. • Appears to be sustainable and cost-effective. • - Smith et al (2012) • www.cypq.org/ypqi

  9. Improving Quality Systemwide • Charles Smith • Executive Director, Center for Youth Program Quality • VP for Research, Forum for Youth Investment

  10. Components of an effective QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM (QIS) • Shared definition of quality • Lead organization • Engaged stakeholders • Continuous improvement model • Information system(s) • Guidelines and incentives for participation • Adequate resources

  11. Building a qis: Stages and tasks

  12. How far along are you in building a quality improvement system?

  13. Improving Quality Systemwide • Laura LaFuente • Director, Target Graduation • United Way for Greater Austin

  14. History of youth program quality at united way for greater austin: Fall 2008 United Way trained first set of assessors Fall 2012 Spring 2008 2007 Out-of-School Time Agenda First Austin sent first cohort of Methods trainers Austin’s Ready by 21 Coalition awarded Quality Counts grant United Way, Central Texas Afterschool Network and Ready by 21 began building and implementing Austin improvement systems. • Since 2008: • 294 assessments were conducted • 38 organizations were assessed • 481 individuals have participated in at least one training • 34 individuals were trained as Methods trainers – 17 are still active • 32 individuals were trained as External Assessors – 22 are still active

  15. youth program quality initiativeCycle of improvement

  16. Improving Quality Systemwide • Denice Williams • Assistant Commissioner • New York City Department of • Youth & Community Development

  17. NYC Department of Youth and Community Development DYCD Out-of-School Time Initiative • DYCD funds nonprofits to provide a wide range of high-quality programs including: • Adolescent Literacy • The Out-of-School Time Initiative • Beacon Community Centers • Cornerstone • Summer Youth Employment • TEEN Action/Service Learning 17

  18. Elements of the Out-of-School Time System

  19. INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT QUALITY DYCD Out-of-School Time 2013 Program Orientation 19

  20. Key issues in building a QIS Stakeholder engagement Clarifying purpose Sustainability

  21. NEW resource: Building Citywide systems for quality • NEWresource from The Wallace Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, available online: • http://forumfyi.org/building_system_quality • Includes: • How-to guide • Six case studies • Capacity self-assessment tool

  22. Improving Quality Systemwidewill be archived at: www.wallacefoundation.org • and www.forumfyi.org • Please direct follow up questions to: • Nicole Yohalemat nicole@forumfyi.org or • (202) 207-3344 • Thank you for participating! 

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