This section includes voices from the OST field that describes practices with children and youth. It includes guest blogs, vlogs (video blogs), photo essays, and narratives by practitioners reflecting on lessons and learning in the area of evaluation and program assessment that supports program quality in out-of-school time programs.
We accept submissions from practitioners in the OST field. For more information about submitting your work, contact our executive editor Molly Bloom.
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Tangible Improvement: Assessing for Youth Program Quality
This photo essay by Margo Herman of the Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development describes a project to train staff working with 4-H Youth Development how to observe, assess and measure youth program quality using the Weikart Center Youth Program Quality Assessment Tool.
