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After-School Initiative's Toolkit for Evaluating

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Table of Contents<br />

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................1<br />

TOOLKIT BACKGROUND................................................................................................................................................................................1<br />

PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE TOOLKIT ..............................................................................................................................................................2<br />

BENEFITS OF USING THE TOOLKIT ................................................................................................................................................................4<br />

USING THIS TOOLKIT................................................................................................................................................................... 5<br />

RECRUITMENT, INCENTIVES AND CONSENT ..................................................................................................................................................5<br />

UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHTS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS.....................................................................................................................6<br />

DEVELOPING THE SURVEY............................................................................................................................................................................6<br />

DEVELOPING THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION PROTOCOL .............................................................................................................................8<br />

PILOT TESTING THE SURVEY.......................................................................................................................................................................12<br />

THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION ..................................................................................................................................................................13<br />

AFTER THE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION.......................................................................................................................................................15<br />

SECTION 1: POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT DOMAINS................................................................................................16<br />

ACADEMIC SUCCESS ...................................................................................................................................................................................19<br />

ARTS AND RECREATION..............................................................................................................................................................................21<br />

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.......................................................................................................................................................................22<br />

CULTURAL COMPETENCY ...........................................................................................................................................................................23<br />

LIFE SKILLS ................................................................................................................................................................................................25<br />

POSITIVE CORE VALUES .............................................................................................................................................................................26<br />

POSITIVE LIFE CHOICES ..............................................................................................................................................................................27<br />

SENSE OF SELF............................................................................................................................................................................................28<br />

SECTION 2: PROGRAM QUALITY...............................................................................................................................................29<br />

SECTION 3: YOUTH BACKGROUND AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ...........................................................................33<br />

SECTION 4: ALTERNATIVE TO POST-ONLY SURVEY ..........................................................................................................35<br />

<strong>Toolkit</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Evaluating</strong> Positive Youth Development<br />

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