Evolving the Standard for High Quality (Fall 2022)
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WHAT WE DO
At QTurn LLC, we are dedicated to unlocking the full potential of children through meaningful impact assessment and other innovative approaches in Out of School Time (OST) programs. Our work is guided by three core principles:
PRINCIPLE I
QTurn introduces DIY measurement tools for identifying the social and emotional skills of children as well as adult best practices. Based on our Neuroperson framework, these tools provide a unique lens for understanding and responding to children and youth.
PRINCIPLE II
Our methods for analyzing assessment scores are designed to overcome unique challenges common in OST program settings. Utilizing our Quality-Outcomes (Q-O) impact evaluation design, QTurn demonstrates program outcomes and shows where children with the greatest challenges experience the most improvement.
PRINCIPLE III
QTurn empowers program leaders with localized, strengths-based feedback, embracing a decentralized approach to coaching and evaluation. We support continuous improvement tailored to the unique needs of each community, particular those facing high levels of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Instead of lumping programs together, blind to local issues, we ensure that feedback is contextually relevant, supportive, and effective.
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By eliminating complex statistical requirements and putting evaluation tools directly into the hands of those who know OST practice best, we enable programs to reach their full potential.
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In the prior two blogs, we talked about how a group of master afterschool teachers at 25 afterschool sites in…
Keep Reading Evolving the Standard for High Quality (Fall 2022)
Like all managers I interviewed last fall, Keoshia, site manager for YouthQuest at Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School, agreed that over 50%…
The field of afterschool program services has evolved quickly since March 2020, from the pressing of resources at hand into…
With the publication of the IPCC report[1], it’s not difficult to conclude that our current political leadership is not going…
The Quality-Outcomes Design and Methods (Q-ODM) approach to program evaluation increases the use value of all estimates produced as part…
Pattern-centered theory and methods (PCM) can be used to tell simple and accurate stories about how real persons grow in real school and afterschool classrooms. Stories about the quality and outcomes (i.e., causes and effects) that are modeled using PCM are particularly useful because they can address questions related to “how” programs and classrooms work and “how much” children grow skills.
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