Staff may ask participants to recall factual information, make generalizations, inferences or real-world applications based on what they have learned.
What is Debrief/Check for Understanding?
100
All frontline staff have a clear role in the success of the activities they co-facilitate and are actively engaged throughout all activities.
What is Staff Engagement?
100
Anderson, FDR, Green, Mitchell, Rogers, Twain, and Smith.
What are the sites that RAP Before School program serve?
200
Program creates a spirit of community and pride amongst all youth through: daily shared traditions, cheers, competitions, team designations and awards for positive actions or attitudes.
What is program spirit?
200
Over the course of the program, all youth have the opportunity to make major decisions, based on their interest, which impact what and how they learn in the program.
What is youth voice?
200
In all structured activities, staff communicates daily learning objectives at the group or program level that are connected to youth outcome goals.
What are daily learning objectives?
200
Staff sets expectations for activities by consistently framing and focusing the activity.
What are clear expectations?
200
Bring these every Thursday whether we have a meeting or not.
What are the attendance rosters.
300
All activities show evidence of a detailed lesson plan and begin and end on time. Materials are prepared in advance and easily accessible to all youth.
What is advance planning?
300
Most activities show a blend of large group, small group and individualized instruction that is planned in advance. Transitions between groupings are smooth for both youth and staff.
What is multiple grouping strategies?
300
The average program activity has an adult to youth ratio of 1:20 or more.
What is Adult to Youth Ratio ?
300
Physical environment promotes creative thinking and exploration. Activity space set-up is different from a traditional classroom, with furniture arranged to create and intimate, interactive environment. Activity spaces are named in relation to the theme or goals of the program. Decorations are youth-driven and thematic.
What is a physical environment?
300
Be respectful, be responsible, be safe and be brilliant?
What are the R.A.P agreements?
400
Presentation and sharing youth work is a regular part of activities. Program projects and activities lead to a tangible end product that reflects the work of youth over the course of the summer.
What is youth-produced work?
400
Most activities foster creative development and allow youth to choose active or artistic expressions to convey ideas and build skills. Creative activities are tied to age appropriate skills and learning comprehension.
What is creative thinking?
400
Most activities are intentionally lined to age-appropriate academic and developmental skills and work to build subject matter expertise and skill mastery through deep analysis of a subject or idea.Measures wind speed
What is skill building?
400
Program and activities show a full integration to promote social or emotional growth. All staff leads integrated throughout the day.
What is Integration of Academic and Developmental Focus?
400
RAP is a place where we realize our amazing potential and go beyond!
To provide abundant opportunities and experiences for all.
What is the Vision and Mission statement?
500
Most activities involve a hands-on, kinesthetic or project-based component that allow youth to engage in in-depth investigations with objects, material, phenomena and ideas and draw meaning and understanding from those experiences.
What is inquiry base learning?
500
Program environment is characterized by mutual care and respect between all staff and all youth. (e.g. all staff demonstrate caring for all participants through warm tones and facial expressions. Staff recognize unique talents, qualities and experiences of all youth that create and emotionally safe and inclusive environment. Youth respond with respect and care.)
What is staff/youth interactions?
500
All staff use positive reinforcement movement toward specific group or individual goals in all activities. Positive reinforcement to recognize movement toward specific group or individual goals in all activities. Positive reinforcement highlights specific behavior rather than praising or calling attention to a particular participant doing the behaving.
What is positive reinforcement?
500
Program environment is characterized by an intentional, consistent behavior of leadership style led by both staff and youth throughout the entire program day.
Staff and youth hold each other accountable to a jointly developed behavioral contract that defines positive behaviors expectations and consequences. Staff and youth consistently demonstrate how the contract is applied and what it looks like in practice.
What is behavior management?
500
Most activities promote collaborative learning among youth. Successful completion requires youth to work together to produce a product or display of their shared learning.