Building Citywide Systems for Quality: A Guide and Case Studies for Afterschool Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Yohalem, Nicole; Devaney, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia
Institution	Wallace Foundation
Titel	Building Citywide Systems for Quality: A Guide and Case Studies for Afterschool Leaders
Quelle	(2012), (115 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Educational Quality; Community Leaders; After School Programs; Partnerships in Education; Academic Achievement; Program Improvement; Standards; Interviews; Program Effectiveness; Pilot Projects; Program Implementation; Children; Program Evaluation; Financial Support; Professional Development; Advocacy; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Massachusetts; New York; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Community leadership; Gemeindeleitung; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Schulleistung; Standard; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Child; Kind; Kinder; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Finanzielle Förderung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	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 for kids and 2) quality is uneven across and even within afterschool programs. Identifying quality as a priority is an important first step, but addressing it in a systemic way is complicated; it requires research, planning, consensus building, resource development, managing new processes and sometimes redefining old relationships. This guide can help those working to create better, more coordinated afterschool programming get started building a QIS, or further develop existing efforts. It helps readers understand what constitutes an effective QIS, describes the tasks involved in building one, and offers examples and resources from communities whose work is blazing a trail for others. The approach featured in this guide is based on what management gurus call "continuous improvement": the idea that organizations should regularly take stock of themselves against a standard; develop plans to improve based on what they learned; carry out those plans; and begin the cycle over again, so that the quality of their work is always improving. In their experience, afterschool programs--and more importantly, the children and youth they serve--benefit enormously when they agree to a common definition of quality and embrace continuous improvement. A glossary of terms is included. QIS Capacity Self-Assessment Tool is appended. (Contains 16 endnotes and 3 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Wallace Foundation. 5 Penn Plaza 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Tel: 212-251-9700; Web site: http://www.wallacefoundation.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10