Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:The Target Audience is elemtary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary in Orem, UT; Larsen Elementary in Spanish Fork, UT; and East Meadows Elementary in Spanish Fork, UT. Changes/Problems:We were lucky that we didn't have any staff changes this last year of the grant. We didn't experience any changes or problems this last year. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Monthly staff meetings and progessional development trainings have been provided to all site coordinators. All 3 site coordinators as well as a few club leaders attended a 3 day 4-H State Leadership Conference -- Utah 4-H Leadermete. All Site Coordinators attended the CYFAR conference in Washington DC. STEM curriculum training was offered throughout the year. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each site participated in Common Measures, taking a pre and post test. However, we have yet to see the results of those surveys. The following successes have been measured: There were 385 youth, grades K-6 that participated in one of the three afterschool sites. Over the 5 year grant cycle we served 1602 different youth at the 3 afterschool sites. Each site completed 2 community service projects. Each site completed 2 parent showcases. Each site offered a Jr. Ambassador program that trained older youth (grades 5-6) to assist in the operation and leadership of the clubs for younger youth. Many youth have participated in additional county wide 4-H Activities. Each site had at least one STEM club a day. Programming was held for 30 weeks during the school year.
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is elementary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary, Larsen Elementary, an dEast Meadows Elementary. Changes/Problems:Shannon Babb- the technology specialist on this project is no longer working for USU. Mandalee Shreeve, the current PD will take over her technology and STEM responsilities. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Monthly staff meetings and profesional development trainings have been provided to all site coordinators All three site coordinators attended a 3 day 4-H State Leadership Conference -- Utah 4-H Leadermete. All site coordinators will attend CYFAR conference in Washington DC STEM curriclum training was offered throughout the year How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to administer common measure surveys Obtain results of surveys Continue to offer STEM clubs on a daily basis at each site Continue offereing additional 4-H opportunities to youth throughout the county.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each site participated in common measures. The following successes were meaured: There were 521 youth, grades K-6 that particpatede in of the three afterschool sites. There was at least 1 STEM club offered each day for 30 weeks at each site. Each site completed 2 community service projects. Each site completed 2 parent showcases. Each site offered a Jr. ambassador program that trained older youth (grades 5-6) to assist in the operation and leadership of the clubs for younger youth. All three sites had participants present at the Jr. Ambassador retreat. Many youth from these sites have participated in additional county wide 4-H activites.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience is elementary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary in Orem, UT; Larsen Elementary in Spanish Fork, UT; and East Meadows in Spanish Fork, UT. Changes/Problems:Project Director is moving out of state. A new project director was just hired 6/15/16. The new hire is Mandalee Shreeves. Jeanne Walker, afterschool site coordinator at Aspen Elementary, has retired. A new site coordinator, Norma Moreno, was hired 6/16/16. Both new hires are fulent in Spanish and will help promote program to more diverse audiences and help improve communication with Spanish speaking parents. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Monthly staff meetings andprovesional development training has been provided to all site coordinators. All three site coordinators attended a 3 day 4-H State Leadership Conference--Utah 4-H Leadermete. All site coordinators attended CYFAR conferencei n Washington, DC STEM curriculum training was offered throughout the year. Piloted curriculm was taught initially by the County STEM program coordinator with the assistance of a volunteer club leader that then taugth the curriculumagain on their own. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to administer common measure surveys. Obtain results of common measures. Continue to offer STEM clubs on a daily basis at each site. At least 2 STEM curriculums published. Continue offering additional 4-H opportunities to participates throughout the county.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each site participated in common measures. However, no results have yet been reported back to us and we have not found a way to access the results ourselves. The following successes were measured: There were 604 youth, grades K-6 that participated in one of the three afterschool sites. There was at least 1 STEM club offered each day for 30 weeks at each site. Two new STEM Curriculums were pilot tested at the sites throughout the year. Each site completed 2 community service projects. Each site completed 2 parent showcases. Each site offered a Jr. ambassador program that trained older youth (grades 5-6) to assist in the operation and leadership of the clubs for younger youth. Two of these sites set 18 Jr. Ambassadors to a county wide Jr. Teen Retreat. Many youth from these sites have participated in additional county wide 4-H activities.
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Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is elementary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary, Larsen Elementary, an dEast Meadows Elementary. Changes/Problems:Shannon Babb- the technology specialist on this project is no longer working for USU. Mandalee Shreeve, the current PD will take over her technology and STEM responsilities. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Monthly staff meetings and profesional development trainings have been provided to all site coordinators All three site coordinators attended a 3 day 4-H State Leadership Conference -- Utah 4-H Leadermete. All site coordinators will attend CYFAR conference in Washington DC STEM curriclum training was offered throughout the year How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Continue to administer common measure surveys Obtain results of surveys Continue to offer STEM clubs on a daily basis at each site Continue offereing additional 4-H opportunities to youth throughout the county.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Each site participated in common measures. The following successes were meaured: There were 521 youth, grades K-6 that particpatede in of the three afterschool sites. There was at least 1 STEM club offered each day for 30 weeks at each site. Each site completed 2 community service projects. Each site completed 2 parent showcases. Each site offered a Jr. ambassador program that trained older youth (grades 5-6) to assist in the operation and leadership of the clubs for younger youth. All three sites had participants present at the Jr. Ambassador retreat. Many youth from these sites have participated in additional county wide 4-H activites.
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Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience is elementary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary, Larsen Elementary, and East Meadows Elementary. Changes/Problems:Mandalee Shreeve, the co PDis taking over the responsibilities of the technology specialists on this project. She will be doing the STEM related trainings and offering the necessary resources. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?-Monthly staff meetings and professinoal development training has been provided to all site coordinators. -A three day leadermete (state leadership training) was provided in the spring. -All site coordinators and staff attended the CYFAR conference in WAhsington, DC. -Curriculum training was proided for club leaders and site coordinators. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?-Monthly Leader training in STEM curriculum will begin starting in September for STEM assistnat site coordinators and club leaders. -Offer 4 main components of our 4-H Afterschool program: -At least 15 STEM clubs per year at each of the three afterschool sites. -At least 2 service projects per year at each of the three afterschool sites. -At least 2 parent showcases per year at each of the three afterschool sites. -Provide additional 4-H opportunities for these youth to participate throughout the year such as camps, retreats, and contests. -Administer pre an dpost youth participants surveys to measure outcomes.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
While we didn't measure the direct outcomes of the major goals of the project, we were able to accomplish several important milestones to acheive the stated goal: -Insitutaional Reveiw Board (IRB) approval of our survey intrument. -Ran STEM related clubs mulitple times each week at each site throughout the entire school year. -Met our goals of serving 15 youth per STEM club offered. -Site Coordinators were trained to manage Afterschool proram and STEM. -New STEMcurriculumare being written and tested. -Purchased several STEM items such as Robotic Kits, Spheros, Kiva Planks and more that can be and have been used to further sustainability.
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Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience is elementary aged students K-6 at three low income, high risk elementary schools. They are Aspen Elementary, Larsen Elementary, and East Meadows Elementary. Changes/Problems:Our original technology specialist is no longer employed with Utah State University. Shannon Babb is now serving as the technology specialist on this project. She was hired in January 2015. She is responsible for STEM related training and write curriculum for the program. The evaluation specialist assisted in the set up of the evaluation tool and took leadership in getting the instrument approved through IRB. Further evaluation responsibilities now fall under the Program Director. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Monthly staff meeting and professional development training has been provided to all site coordinators. A three day leadermete (state leadership training) was provided in the Spring. All site coordinators and staff attended the CYFAR conference in Washington, DC. Curriculm training was provided for club leaders and stie coordinators. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Monthly Leader training in STEM curriculum will begin starting in September for STEM assistant site coordinators and club leaders. Offfer4 main components of our 4-H Afterschool program: At least 15 STEM clubs per year at each of the three afterschool sites. At least 2 service projects per year at each of the three afterschool sites. At least 2 parent showcases per year at each of the three afterschool sites. Provide additional 4-H opportunities for these youth to participate throughout the year such as camps, retreats, and contests. Administer pre & post youth participant surveys to measure outcomes.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
While we did not measure the direct outcomes of the major goals of the project, we were able to accomplish several important milestones to acheive the stated goal: Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of our survey instrument. Ran STEM related clubs 5 days a week at each site for one trimenter (Spring). Met our goals of serving 15 youth per STEM club offered. Site Coordinators were trained to manage Afterschool program and new STEM component. The writing of new STEM curriculum in underway and will be tested this coming year. Purchased several STEM club sets of equipment that can be used from year to year allowing for further sustainability of the program such as Lego Robotics, Snap Circuts, Spheros, Kiva Planks,etc.
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