Program Quality
The 21st CCLC participates in the David P. Weikart Center’s Youth Program Quality Initiative to support program quality and improvement. Typically, this process includes internal and external assessments, which Site Coordinators and staff use to inform program quality improvement goals. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures and the shift to virtual programming, formal assessments were not required in 2020-21. Results from prior years are available below. (Additional data available)
Table 6: Program Quality Ratings
| YPQA Project Rating by Dimension (Cohort 13) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA) Dimension | Average project rating 2017-18 | Average project rating 2018-19 | Average project rating 2019-20 | Average project rating 2020-21 | Average project rating 2021-22 | WA State average 2019-20 |
| Safe Environment | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | No data | To come in 2021-22 | 4.7 |
| Supportive Environment | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | No data | 4.3 | |
| Interaction | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | No data | 3 | |
| Engagement | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | No data | 2.8 | |