Appendices
<strong>Making</strong> <strong>Every</strong> <strong>Day</strong> <strong>Count</strong>: Boys & Girls Clubs’ Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for <strong>Teens</strong> 46Appendix A:Club Programming, Staffing And NumbersThe ClubsThe 10 Clubs in the study all had a track record of attractingand serving teens. Drawing from interviews with Club staffand a brief survey of Club directors, this appendix providesan overview of Clubs’ programming, layout, hours of operation,daily usage numbers and staffing.ProgrammingIn addition to creating opportunities for informal interactionand Club-wide leadership roles for teens, Clubs offerformal programs and activities on a regular basis. The Clubsgenerally have a large and diverse offering of classes, workshops,drop-in activities, events and field trips. Programmingoptions often include physical activities and organizedsports, educational supports, art instruction, computer andother technology workshops (for example, video and musicproduction), along with leadership programs, such as Torchand Keystone Club. Table A.1 provides examples of somespecific programming offered across the Clubs in the study.Club LayoutThe Clubs differed in how their physical space was set up.Some had separate rooms for different types of activities,such as stand-alone art rooms, computer rooms or gamerooms. All of the Clubs had teen-specific elements, like theirown space set apart from the rest of the Club and dedicatedstaff just for teens, and teen-only activities. The separate teenareas often incorporated many elements of the larger Clubwithin this one specialized area. For example, parts of theteen space were for tutoring, doing art, working on computersor playing games. Teen centers more often than not werea multipurpose room and refuge from the larger club. Theteen-only spaces were often decorated by the teens, withtheir own interests represented in murals or their art hangingon the walls.Table A.2 shows which Clubs had teen rooms and which hada separate teen building that housed a teen center. The sizeof the space varied from large multipurpose rooms to anentire building of more than 7,500 square feet.StaffingOn the survey of Club directors, eight Clubs provided informationabout their staff size. Seven of eight had staff specificallyassigned to work with their teen population. Six of theeight had at least two staff assigned to work solely with teens.Seven clubs provided their staff-to-youth ratio, which rangedfrom 1 staff to 8 youth up to 1 to 35. The median was 1 to 15.Daily Usage: Total and TeenAs Table A.2 also shows, the total of children and youthserved by the Clubs (in 2005) during the school year rangedfrom 120 to 350 a day. (In the summer, the overall numberserved ranged from 250 to 550.) Among the numbers servedduring the school year, the teen population ranged from30 to 140 a day. As a proportion of the overall population,teens ranged from less than 20 percent to a high of nearly44 percent.Table A.1Examples of Programming at Boys & Girls ClubsThe ArtsSports, Fitness & RecreationHealth & Life SkillsEducation & CareerCharacter & LeadershipDigital Media, <strong>Making</strong> Movies, Fine Arts, Dance, Teen Art, Teen Girl African Dance, TheaterTriple Play, Specialized Initiatives, Safe Summer Streets, Organized Club Sports (football, soccer,basketball, baseball, etc.)NetSmartz, SMART Moves, Passport to Manhood, Lady Panthers, Sister Pride, Teen Society, Baby ThinkIt Over, Hot Topics, Young Miss, Cooking Club, Munch & Mingle, Gentlemen in Training, Smart Girls, ClubPossiblePower Hour, Money Matters, Career Launch, SAT Prep, College Club, College Readiness 21, Job Club,Miracles, Achievement Matters, College Tours, Credit Union, College Bound, Youth Build, Upward Bound,Page Turners, Education Talent SearchKeystone Club, Torch Club, Club Remix, Teen Talk, Council for Unity, Teen Society, Teen Tech TeamSource: Interviews with Club staff.