2007 Family Impact Seminar
2007 Seminar
"School's Out: After-School Programs and Policies that Work"
Thursday, February 28th, The State House Inn
The three speakers for this event made thought-provoking and insightful research-based presentations about how successful after-school programs achieve their goals, where Illinois ranks relative to other states on funding, innovative approaches other states are taking to design and fund their after-school programs, and how program quality can be assessed for program self-improvement and for accountability.
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Introduction and Briefing Agenda
Speakers:
Priscilla Little, Associate Director, Harvard Family Research Project
What Works in After-School Programs? Achieving Educational, Prevention, and Youth Development Goals
Ms. Little provides intellectual and administrative leadership to the Harvard Family Research Project. She is also Project Manager for HFRP's Out-of-School Time (OST) Learning and Development Initiative focused on building the field of out-of-school time through the timely development and dissemination of information and tools for quality evaluation. Ms. Little's research interests include the evaluation of programs and policies to promote quality out-of-school time experiences for children; early care and education, with a special focus on literacy and school readiness; and family involvement and early childhood program evaluation.
• Bio
• Presentation: What Works in Afterschool Programs-Achieving Educational, Prevention, and Youth Development Goals
• Out-of School Time Resources from Harvard Family Research Project
• Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation: A Research Summary
• The Costs of Out-of-School Time Programs: A Brief Review of the Literature February 2006
• Highlights From the Latest Update to Harvard Family Research Project's Out-of-School Time Database
Jennifer Stedron, Program Manager, Education Program, National Conference of State Legislatures
After School: State Policies on Funding, Governance and Quality
Dr. Stedron is a Program Manager in the Education Program at NCSL. She is the program policy specialist in the areas of afterschool extended learning opportunities, early childhood education, and special education. Dr. Stedron is a member of the Afterschool Technical Assistance Collaborative, a group of national organizations that provide technical assistance to state after-school networks of providers, policymakers, educators and others interested in after-school programs.
• Bio
• Presentation: After-School: State Policies on Funding, Governance and Quality
• A New Day for Learning by Jennifer Stedron
• Expanded Learning Opportunities: Selected Resources
Charles Smith, Director, Youth Development Group, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
Assuring Quality in After-School Programs: What's Working in Other States?
Dr. Charles Smith supervises the development of curriculum, training, publications, assessment tools, and research for youth programs at High/Scope (High/Scope is perhaps best known for its evaluation of the Perry Preschool Project). Dr. Smith led the development of the Youth Program Quality Assessment, a research-validated instrument that assesses the quality of youth programs for purposes of accountability, evaluation and program improvement. The PQA has been adopted by a range of state and local governments, including the Michigan Department of Education.
• Bio
• Presentation: Assuring Quality in After School Programs: What's Working in Other States?
• The Youth Program Quality Assessment
• Quality Systems: Lessons from Early Efforts to Disseminate the Youth PQA
• Youth PQA: Youth Program Quality Assessment (PQA), Sample Items
Additional Material:
Planning Committee:
• Planning Committee Members - Bios
• Article on 'After School in Illinois'
• Policy Forum on After School Programs and Policies That Work
Additional Materials for Illinois After School Partnership:
• The Importance of Out-of-School-Time Programs, The Illinois After-School Initiative
2002 Task Force Report
• Illinois After-School Partnership Out-of-School-Time Workforce Survey, Executive Summary 2006
Additional Materials for Chapin Hall:
• What High School Students in The Chicago Public Schools Do in their Out-of-School Time: 2003-2005
• After-School Programs and Academic Impact: A Study of Chicago’s After School Matters
• Chicago Children and Youth 1990-2010: Changing Population Trends and Their Implications for Services
• Additional Chapin Hall Staff
• Mary Ellen Caron, Commissioner Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services - Bio
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