Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development

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Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development 20Report of academic-related behaviorsThere is more to academic success than grades, test scores and attendance. Many after-school programs aim to improve attitudes aboutschool and behaviors related to learning. This question set contains questions on the topics of school attachment (e.g., bonding to school,classmates and teachers), school engagement (e.g., trying “harder,” spending more time on homework, attending class more often) and thepromotion of a general interest in learning (e.g., reading for pleasure).ASI requirement: If the academic success domain is selected, all questions in bold (a-f) are required. Note: Questions in bold on page 19also are required.Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Academic SuccessComing to [this program] has helped me to…YES KIND OF NOT REALLYa. Participate more in class activities ............................................................. ...................... .............................b. Become more interested in going to school ............................................ ...................... .............................c. Care more about my school .......................................................................... ...................... .............................d. Get along better with my classmates ......................................................... ...................... .............................e. Get along better with my teachers .............................................................. ...................... .............................f. Spend more time reading for fun (not for school).................................. ...................... .............................
Arts and RecreationMany youth programs focus on building skills through activities in arts, music, drama, dance or recreation. This question set containsquestions that measure both time spent in the arts and recreation as well as increased performance. Appreciation for the arts is also coveredin the question set.Helpful hint: Limit arts and recreation questions to those that pertain specifically to the program. For example, do not include questionsabout “dance” if the program does not purposely involve youth in dance.ASI requirement: If the arts and recreation domain is selected, a program may choose to use questions a through c, d through f and/org through i.Arts and RecreationBecause I came to [this program]…YES KIND OF NOT REALLYa. I spend more time doing arts and crafts ......................................................... ...................... .............................b. I enjoy arts and crafts more ............................................................................. ...................... .............................c. I am better in arts and crafts............................................................................. ...................... .............................d. I spend more time in music, dance and/or theater ....................................... ...................... .............................e. I enjoy music, dance and/or theater more...................................................... ...................... .............................f. I am better at music, dance and/or theater .................................................... ...................... .............................g. I spend more time doing sports, exercise and/orrecreation activities............................................................................................. ...................... .............................h. I enjoy sports, exercise and/or recreation activities more............................ ...................... .............................i. I am better at sports and/or recreation activities........................................... ...................... .............................Toolkit for Evaluating Positive Youth Development 21
Page 1 and 2: THE AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVE’STool
Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION .....
Page 5 and 6: IntroductionThe After-School Initia
Page 7 and 8: Mitigation of burden on participant
Page 9 and 10: Using This ToolkitAs part of their
Page 11 and 12: Guarantee anonymity or confidential
Page 13 and 14: • Who is responsible for gatherin
Page 15 and 16: The following is a checklist of tas
Page 17 and 18: The Survey AdministrationThe survey
Page 19 and 20: Problem situations during survey ad
Page 21 and 22: Outcome DomainOutcome IndicatorsAca
Page 23: Academic SuccessMany after-school p
Page 27 and 28: Cultural CompetencyAs communities a
Page 29 and 30: Life SkillsLife skills are proficie
Page 31 and 32: Positive Life ChoicesAlthough the f
Page 33 and 34: Section 2: Program QualityToolkit q
Page 35 and 36: ASI requirement: All program qualit
Page 37 and 38: Section 3: Youth Background and Pro
Page 39 and 40: Section 4: Alternative to Post-only
Page 41 and 42: Review of positive youth developmen
Page 43 and 44: Reliability of Toolkit DomainsDomai
Page 45 and 46: Appendix III. The Use of Incentives
Page 47 and 48: [ASI program staff may delete some
Page 49 and 50: Child Assent to Participate in the
Page 51 and 52: [ASI program staff may delete some
Page 53 and 54: Asentimiento de jovenes para partic
Page 55 and 56: OutcomeDomainCommunityInvolvementEn
Page 57 and 58: OutcomeDomainEnglish Post-only Ques
Page 59 and 60: OutcomeDomainSense of SelfEnglish P
Page 61 and 62: 7) Who will assist the surveyadmini
Page 63 and 64: ToolkitOutcomeDomainsToolkit Outcom
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Page 67 and 68: Toolkit DomainsToolkit Outcome Indi
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Outcome Domain Advanced Question I
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Background Information Advanced Que
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CSAP Tracking FormStudent IDReading
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Attendance Tracking FormStudent IDB
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Appendix IX.Complete Post-only Tool
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[Academic Success - For ASI grantee
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[Life Skills - For ASI grantees cho
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17) What grade are you in? ________
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[Life Skills - For ASI grantees cho
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17) ¿En qué grado estás? _______
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Flowchart for Selecting Post-only o
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Outcome Domain Post-Only Question P
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Outcome Domain Post-Only Question P
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Appendix XI. Complete Pre-Post Tool
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[Positive Core Values - All questio
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[NAME OF ASI PROGRAM/AGENCY]ENCUEST
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[Cultural Competency - For ASI gran
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[Questions a and b are required if
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REFERENCES1 The International Counc
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