Measurement Tools and Manuals

Guidance for Out-of-school time Learning at a Distance (GOLD)

QTurn Team March 24, 2021

The Guidance for Out-of-School Time Learning at a Distance (GOLD) is a program quality assessment for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and other community-based programs (e.g., school-age childcare, YMCA, 4 H, Boys & Girls Clubs) that have transitioned virtual, socially distanced in-person, and blended service models. For these new models, the GOLD will: Help staff document local standards for quality and make improvements Help leaders to assess organizational readiness and demonstrate accountability Help

Subjective Well-Being (SWB)

QTurn Team March 16, 2021

In OST organizations that focus on student’s socio-emotional skills and wellbeing, pandemic conditions created new urgency to staff’s desire to know how students and caregivers were doing. While many OST organizations know how to ask families about basic needs created by the pandemic – health care, housing, food, transportation – sometimes staff are less comfortable checking in on mental health issues. The concept of subjective-well-being (SWB) has traditionally been assessed using measures of happiness and

Management Practices Self-Assessment (MPSA)

QTurn Team May 5, 2020

The Management Practices Self-Assessment (MPSA) is a measurement instrument created to empower Michigan 21st CCLC Project Directors, who manage at least one program site. The MPSA provides Project Directors with the opportunity to check-in with themselves and their team by identifying practices and policies that are well-documented and working well, or that could be updated or improved, and areas where they need additional assistance to reach their full potential. Download the Guidebook Download the Instrument