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Building Citywide Systems for Quality: A Guide and Case Studies for Afterschool Leaders
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Yohalem, Nicole; Devaney, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia – Wallace Foundation, 2012
A quality improvement system (QIS) is an intentional effort to raise the quality of afterschool programming in an ongoing, organized fashion. There are a number of reasons the QIS is gaining popularity. The main reasons community leaders are drawn to improving quality is that they know that 1) higher quality programs will mean better experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Community Leaders, After School Programs, Partnerships in Education
Cities and Statewide Afterschool Networks Partnering to Support Afterschool. Strategy Guide
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Shah, Bela P. – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2009
In cities and towns across America, millions of children and youth get out of school by mid-afternoon but have neither a safe, supervised place to go nor a structured or engaging activity in which to participate. Because the hours between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. are when young people are most likely to be affected by crime or to engage in risky…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Urban Programs, Partnerships in Education, State Programs
Better Together: Building Local Systems to Improve Afterschool (A Conference Report)
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Cummins, H. J. – Wallace Foundation, 2013
What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems, After School Programs
Ready for Prime Time: Implementing a Formal Afterschool Quality Improvement System by Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc.
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Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey; Mayers, Leifa; Guterman, Kai – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2009
This is the fourth report of a process evaluation of Palm Beach County Prime Time, Inc., an intermediary organization dedicated to improving the quality of afterschool programs, by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. It covers the 2007-2008 program year, which was the inaugural year of Prime Time's formal Quality Improvement System (QIS)…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Improvement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
Palm Beach County's Prime Time Initiative: Improving the Quality of After-School Programs
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Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2008
This report covers the third year of Chapin Hall's process evaluation of the Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida, a system-building effort to strengthen the quality of after-school programs in the county. During the past two decades, the after-school field has expanded enormously, partly in response to increasing concern about…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, After School Programs, Professional Personnel, Disadvantaged Youth
The Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida: QIS Development Process Evaluation--Year 2 Report
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Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2006
This report covers the second year of a 3-year process evaluation of the Prime Time Initiative of Palm Beach County, Florida, a system-building effort to strengthen the availability and quality of after-school programs in the county. During the past two decades, the after-school field has expanded enormously. This growth has occurred partly in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Program Improvement