HFRP Out-of-School Time Conference Presentations
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Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting
On March 24, 2006, Harvard Family Research Project organized the symposium
Critical Issues in Adolescent Participation in Out-of-School Time Activities
at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. This symposium
featured findings from several studies funded by the William T. Grant Foundation
on youth participation in out-of-school time activities, including contextual
predictors, youth engagement, program quality, duration of participation, and
youth outcomes. Heather Weiss chaired the session, Robert Granger served as
discussant, and Chris Wimer, Reed Larson, Deborah Vandell, and Jodie Roth presented
papers.
Read the presentations from the Critical Issues in Adolescent Participation
in Out-of-School Time Activities symposium:
Chris Wimer of HFRP also presented a poster at the conference entitled Family
Socioeconomic and Neighborhood Conditions as Predictors of Out-of-School Time
Activity Participation. This study examined disadvantage at the family and
neighborhood level and its association with participation in out-of-school time
activities. Neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics (i.e., income, education,
and employment) were found to mediate the association between family income,
parent education, and ethnicity and children's participation in a variety of
activities outside of school.
 Read
the Family Socioeconomic and Neighborhood Conditions as Predictors of Out-of-School
Time Activity Participation poster:
40KB
Acrobat file
Exploring Quality Standards for Middle School After
School Programs: What We Know and What We Need to Know Summit
On December 9, 2005, Harvard Family Research Project and the National Institute
for Out-of-School Time cohosted a 1-day summit entitled Exploring Quality
Standards for Middle School After School Programs: What We Know and What We
Need to Know at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This summit, made
possible through a grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, brought together
after school staff, administrators, researchers, and funders to discuss how
quality assessment looks and feels different for after school programs that
serve middle school youth.
Through presentations and roundtable discussions, participants weighed in on
issues salient to middle school-focused programs. Breakout sessions explored
five major categories of standards for after school programs and how these standards
could be modified to reflect the unique needs of middle school after school
programs. The documents below summarize the discussions leading up to the summit,
what was learned at the summit, and future directions for policy, practice,
and research.
Read the documents about the Exploring Quality Standards for Middle School
After School Programs: What We Know and What We Need to Know summit:
Society for the Study of Human Development Annual Meeting
This presentation, Supporting Children's Development in and out of the Classroom,
examined parenting behaviors and their associations with one another and with
children's outcomes in early and late adolescence, including children's participation
in out-of-school time activities. These remarks were presented by Sandra Simpkins,
Suzanne Bouffard, Eric Dearing, Holly
Kreider, Chris Wimer, Pia Caronongan, Priscilla
Little, and Heather Weiss as
part of a symposium on the changing role of parenting across the life span, at
the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development in Asilomar,
California, on October 28, 2005.
Read the Supporting Children's Development in and out of the Classroom
symposium presentation:
160KB
PDF file
American Youth Policy Forum
In this presentation, Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs:
Learning What Works, Priscilla
Little reported on the benefits of participation in out-of-school time activities,
contextual predictors of youth participation in such activities, and strategies
for improving recruitment and retention in out-of-school time programs. Remarks
were presented at a session on engaging adolescents in out-of-school time programs
at the American Youth Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2005.
Read a full summary
of Engaging Adolescents in Out-of-School Time Programs: Learning What Works
and the forum
After School Evaluation Symposium
On September 22–23, 2005, Harvard Family Research Project , with support
from the C.S. Mott Foundation, convened the After School Evaluation Symposium,
with over 100 researchers, evaluators, policymakers, and practitioners in Washington,
D.C. The goal of the 2-day meeting was to bring together the perspectives of
diverse stakeholders to inspire new ideas and foster stronger links between
research, practice, and policy. Participants discussed issues of access, quality,
professional development, the role of evaluation research, and systems-building
efforts. A major focus of the symposium was on creating “communities of
practice” and turning knowledge into action.
See the agenda, listen to presentations
and download accompanying slides, read a summary of key themes and plenary sessions,
and access related resources
Plus Time New Hampshire Annual Afterschool Conference
Engaging with families is one of the many strategies that out-of-school time
(OST) programs use to create quality, adult-supervised experiences for youth
during nonschool hours. In this workshop, Understanding and Evaluating Family
Engagement in Out-of-School Time, Holly
Kreider introduced participants to the latest research and evaluation findings
on family involvement in OST programs, and shared strategies for engaging with
families, using two case studies to illustrate these practices in context. This
workshop was presented at the Plus Time New Hampshire Annual Afterschool Conference
in Bedford, New Hampshire, on October 26, 2004, and the Community Schools Forum
in Chicago, Illinois, on March 11, 2005.
Read the Understanding and Evaluating Family Engagement in Out-of-School
Time workshop presentation, handout, and worksheet:
Workshop
slides (110KB PDF file)
Workshop
handout (45KB PDF file)
Workshop
worksheet (45KB PDF file)
Also read our 8-page snapshot on this
topic
Beyond School Hours VIII Annual Conference
After school programs are under increasing pressure to document their progress
and demonstrate their results. Priscilla
Little presented the workshop Learning What Works: An Evaluation Overview
at Beyond School Hours VIII, Foundations, Inc.'s annual conference, which took
place in Atlanta, Georgia, February 16–19, 2005. Her presentation provides
an overview of what we know about after school evaluation. It examines how programs
are collecting meaningful data for accountability and program improvement and
what they are finding. It includes an overview of the “shoestring approach”
to evaluation to design impact evaluations under time, budget, and data constraints.
Read the Learning What Works: An Evaluation Overview workshop presentation:
170KB
PDF file
21st Century Community Learning Centers Summer Institute
Intentionally linking participant goals, after school program elements, participation
outcomes, and evaluation measures is critical to improving the effectiveness
of after school programs. Priscilla
Little presented this workshop, Redefining After School Programs to Support
Student Achievement, at the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Summer
Institute in Los Angeles, California (July 22–24, 2004), and Washington,
D.C. (August 4–6, 2004). She provided an overview of current evaluation
research, described elements of effective after school programs, and discussed
a theory of change approach to designing and implementing effective after school
programs. She drew information she presented in the workshop from Moving
Toward Success: Framework for After-School Programs, as well as several
of HFRP's Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots.
Read the Redefining After School Programs to Support Student Achievement
workshop presentation:
115KB
PDF file
Also read Moving Toward
Success: Framework for After-School Programs
Also read our Out-of-School Time
Evaluation Snapshots
Plus Time New Hampshire 3-Day Training Institute
Participation in out-of-school time programs is a key ingredient to achieving
positive outcomes for young people. Harvard Family Research Project was asked
by Plus Time New Hampshire to present its latest research on participation at
Plus Time's 3-day training institute in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 27–29,
2004. Priscilla Little presented
the two workshops, which provided overviews of key participation challenges:
collecting meaningful attendance data and attracting and sustaining youth participation
in OST programs. Both presentations were followed by facilitated discussions
about how to use the information presented to inform and improve program practice.
Workshop 1
Attendance in out-of-school time programs is generally recorded in two categories:
those who participate in OST activities and those who do not participate. However,
measuring attendance in such global terms glosses over critical information
about how often youth attended activities—intensity (how many years they
have participated), duration, and breadth (whether they have participated in
one or several activities). This workshop provided an overview of how evaluators
have measured and used these more nuanced ways of tracking attendance to understand
program outcomes and to improve programs. Participants were asked to work with
their own raw data to look for patterns and determine how they would like to
use it for program improvement.
Read the Understanding and Measuring Attendance in Out-of-School Time
Programs workshop presentation:
140KB
PDF file
Also read our 12-page brief on this
topic
Workshop 2
This workshop provided an overview of 10 research-derived strategies for
attracting and sustaining youth in out-of-school time programs. Participants
were asked to reflect on their own recruitment and retention practices and examine
their current participants in light of their program goals and target population
to develop a recruitment and retention plan that ensures the youth most in need
of out-of-school time program experiences are the youth that are participating
in their programs.
Read the Moving Beyond the Barriers: Attracting and Sustaining Youth
Participation in Out-of-School Time Programs workshop presentation:
125KB
PDF file
Also read our 16-page brief on this
topic
National AfterSchool Association Research and Evaluation
Leadership Day Track
Due to the overwhelming demand for the research and evaluation information
presented in the National AfterSchool Association's (formerly NSACA) research
and evaluation leadership day track on February 26th, 2004, in Tampa, Florida,
Harvard Family Research Project and the Forum for Youth Investment prepared
a summary of the day, entitled Research and Practice: A Two-Way Street.
Since the primary goal of the session was to provide an opportunity for meaningful,
shared dialogue between researchers and practitioners, the summary begins with
a presentation of the key research questions that practitioners posed to panelists
throughout the day. The document also provides an overview of the panel sessions,
including summaries of speakers' remarks, presentation slides, contact information
for each panelist, and a list of the key resources cited during the day.
Read the Research and Practice: A Two-Way Street proceedings document:
Web version
150KB
PDF file
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