Collecting Quality Data

Quality practices are what you see happening in a program at the point-of-service. These are the actions staff take that create the environment and opportunities for participants and is about measuring what can be observed during a youth program. It includes things like creating a physically and emotionally safe environment, scaffolding learning, and opportunities for responsibility, leadership, and youth voice.

Here are resources you can use when thinking about Quality Data!

PQA Materials

External Observation

After completing the registration to be an Activator at the Kick Off, Sprockets staff will reach out to connect you and an external assessor. The following details will help your external assessor.

Location information - parking and entrance details, where to meet the contact, etc.
General flow of the program. Do youth all meet together at the beginning and then break into separate groups? Will the group be transitioning spaces? Will they be outside or in other spaces the observer should prepare for?
Be sure to notify staff that the observer is coming and understand the purpose of the observation.

Internal Observation

Having data that you/your staff generate is also helpful and can be done through a traditional observation if you have the ability to do that, or can be through an individual or team reflection.

Here's a helpful video for thinking about what strategy works best for your team to collect self assessments.

Score Reporter

Activator quality leads receive access to a Scores Reporter account for their organization each year. Use this account to submit your internal observation scores, and to run your reports of both internal and external observations in preparation of the huddle. Below are help videos for how to use Scores Reporter.

Categories: Data, Quality, PQA