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The Role of OST Programs in Building Soft Skills
What Do You Want To Take Stock Of?: Exploring the Gallup Student Poll
This webinar discussed understanding youth outcomes through the Gallup Student Poll, a measure that tracks the hope, engagement and well-being of students in grades 5 through 12. Polly Lusk Page of the Northern Kentucky Education Council highlighted their recent survey findings and shared what they mean for their region.
Featured Speaker: Polly Lusk Page, Executive Director of the Northern Kentucky Education Council
Monday, January 30, 2012
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To make good decisions, leaders need complete data from all the settings and systems where young people spend their time. They need information about youths’ physical and mental health, afterschool activities, employment and family structure, and more. Better data helps leaders use their resources more efficiently and effectively.
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From Geek to Chic: Using Data to Improve Outcomes
America's Promise Report: Jobless Youth want Opportunities
Introduction to the Ready by 21 Strategies
Specifically, Ready by 21 helps leaders build broader partnerships, set bigger goals, collect and use better data, and take bolder actions. This webinar will guide participants through the essential components of Ready by 21 – the rationale behind Ready by 21, tools and services available to communities and leaders, and the Ready by 21 National Partnership, an unprecedented coalition of organizations representing the government, education, non-profit, business, research and philanthropy sectors.
What Do You Want To Take Stock Of?: Exploring the Gallup Student Poll
This webinar discussed understanding youth outcomes through the Gallup Student Poll, a measure that tracks the hope, engagement and well-being of students in grades 5 through 12. Polly Lusk Page of the Northern Kentucky Education Council highlighted their recent survey findings and shared what they mean for their region.
Featured Speaker: Polly Lusk Page, Executive Director of the Northern Kentucky Education Council
From Soft Skills to Hard Data: Measuring Youth Program Outcomes
The guide address a common problem throughout the youth field: We know that out-of-school time (OST) programs can help youth develop skills and attributes they need to be ready for college, work and life – skills and attributes like communications, relationships and collaboration, critical thinking and decision making, and initiative and self-direction. But few OST programs have the tools to effectively measure those outcomes. Finding the right one can be daunting.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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Everyone who runs a youth program believes in their hearts that their program helps kids – but in their heads, they know they need convincing data to prove it.
This new guide from the Forum for Youth Investment – From Soft Skills to Hard Data: Measuring Youth Program Outcomes – is here to help them get it.
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