Featured Program Metrics / Staff Promote Engagement & Stimulate Thinking
Featured Program Metrics
Staff Promote Engagement & Stimulate Thinking
- Best Practices
- Featured Program Metrics
- Additional Program Metrics
- Organization of Activity
- Activities’ Transition Time
- Staff Positively Guide Behavior
- Youth Relations with Adults
- Youth Relations with Peers
- Space Adequacy
- Overall Socio-Emotional Environment
- Informal Time: General Staff Performance
- Informal Time: Youth Engagement and Behavior
- Youth Feel Challenged
- Supportive Adults Present
- Helps Youth Academically
- Helps Youth Socially
- Social-Emotional Skills
- Measurement
Promoting youth’s interest and curiosity throughout the course of the day is an important priority for high-quality programs. Staff are energetic and enthusiastic, demonstrating active engagement in activities with youth. By asking open-ended questions and encouraging youth to think through problems, staff play a critical role in facilitating students’ self-reflection and helping them brainstorm potential solutions.