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Collecting Quality Data
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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!
YPQA Focused Practice Prioritization or SEL PQA Focused Practice Prioritization -It takes intentional design and practice to build and sustain high-quality programs. By focusing your team’s efforts—clarifying what quality means to you, embedding supports, and creating space for ongoing reflection—you can move steadily forward on your quality journey.
PQA Materials
SEL-PQA Materials
Y- PQA materials
Other Quality Program Practice Resources
The following are resources you can check out for specific program contexts. Note that Sprockets is not versed in this resources so please check them out and decide if they are right for you.
- Youth-Adult Partnership Rubric Self Assessment Form
- BiBi Effective Program Practices Self Assessment Form - printable
- BiBi Effective Program Practices Self Assessment Form - Fillable
- Mentoring Program Checklist (pg. 93)
- Tutoring Quality Improvement System Self Assessment Form
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.
Getting Started with the PQA *this is similar... but different... to the prioritization sheet above.
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.