From Inquiry to Impact
Dr. Heather Weiss
Ensuring Quality Across Out-of-School Programs and Systems
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About the topic
What does it take to implement quality programming? It’s often related to organizational mission, structure, resource base and geographical location. Successful approaches to ensuring program quality frequently rely on strategically aligning unique features of respective programs and delivery systems to achieve quality results.
About Dr. Weiss
A senior research associate and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she:
Is the founder and director of the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), whose mission is to help create more effective practices, interventions, and policies to support children's successful development from birth to adulthood.
Writes, speaks and advises on programs and polices for children and families and serves on the advisory boards of many public and private organizations.
Consults with and advises foundations on strategic grantmaking and evaluation.
Has written many publications, include a recent report on her longitudinal study of ways family involvement in children's learning promotes development and school success, and papers on how to measure and to encourage youth participation in after school and youth programs.
Earned a doctorate in Education and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy.
About the event
Host: University of Minnesota Extension
Date/place: October 24, 2007, at the University of Minnesota
Questions or Comments?
Contact Ann Lochner at (612) 624-8190 or lochn006@umn.edu
About the Learning Series
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, these events are planned and hosted by the Center’s Research and Evaluation Unit in partnership with the Applied Research Collaborative on Youth Development (ARCYD).
ARCYD is a network of researchers, evaluators and policy leaders dedicated to generating applied research that bridges research findings with policy solutions for youth.
