A System That Works: Highlights of Effective Intervention Strategies in a Quality Improvement System

Autor/inn/en	Sinisterra, Diana; Baker, Stephen
Titel	A System That Works: Highlights of Effective Intervention Strategies in a Quality Improvement System
Quelle	In: Afterschool Matters, (2010) 12, S.37-44 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; Intervention; Educational Quality; Program Evaluation; Planning; Coaching (Performance); Social Networks; Administrators; Partnerships in Education; Interpersonal Relationship; Physical Health; Educational Improvement; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Gesundheitszustand; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper describes one approach to quality improvement efforts: the Quality Improvement System (QIS) implemented by Prime Time Palm Beach County (Prime Time) in Palm Beach County, Florida. Prime Time's QIS is recognized as one promising systemic effort to improve quality in the afterschool field (Yohalem, Granger, & Pittman, 2009). As a systemic effort, the QIS incorporates many elements of quality improvement being implemented in other afterschool settings, including assessment, planning, coaching, training, and networking. The experience of developing and implementing QIS offers opportunities for learning at multiple levels: how a systemic response can develop from an initial concern about low quality; how afterschool program directors experience the introduction and continuation of such a systemic approach; and how a system's multiple strategies can be refined and aligned. This experience also provides an opportunity to step back and reflect on the relative importance of specific contributing elements in the larger system. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Wellesley Centers for Women, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Tel: 781-283-2547; Fax: 781-283-3657; e-mail: niost@wellesley.edu; Web site: http://www.niost.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01