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The Program in Education, Afterschool, and Resiliency Dedicated to the "whole child--the whole day," PEAR continuously integrates research, theory, and practice for lasting connections between youth development, school reform, and mental health. PEAR creates and fosters evidence-based innovations so that increasingly "young people can learn, dream, and thrive." PEAR is located at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Its programs and projects are a part of a number of Boston schools replicated in other parts of the country. |
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WEBINARS •Upcoming Action Dialogues• Coming Soon... Current Webinar (Non-Flash) HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS 2012 NAA Convention Designing the Future of Afterschool FEATURED WEBSITE OF THE MONTH Development Without Limits (Podcasts) Development Without Limits provides programs and services to youth and youth professionals. They specialize in servicing organizations that work with young people outside the regular classroom, although much of their work is equally applicable to schools and classroom teachers. Development Without Limits provides direct services for youth, professional development, technical assistance including consultation and on-site coaching, curriculum and materials development, and best practice research. More.... HIGHLIGHTED READINGS Seizing Opportunity Developing Quality STEM Learning for Summer and Afterschool Stem in Afterschool Outcome Analysis Youth Development, Science Learning and Out–of –School Time: The Triple Alliance Where Youth Development Meets Mental Health and Education: The RALLY Approach A New Day for Youth: Creating Sustainable Quality in Out of School Time Toward a Systematic Evidence-Base for Science in Out-of-School Time: The Role of Assessment |
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PEAR Conference 2011 PEAR's 7th Annual Leadership Conference was held on Friday, April 29th, 2011. Gil Noam Ed.D., Ph.D. (Habil.), Director in the Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency, organized the 7th PEAR Conference held at the American Academy for Arts and Sciences. Scott Rauch, M.D., kicked off the event for 225 education and mental health leaders. Mayor Thomas Menino, Secretary of Education Paul Reville and Superintendent of Schools Carol Johnson provided the charge of the day. The focus of the conference, co-sponsored with Boston After School & Beyond, was to introduce evidence-based practices, to increase academic achievement and socio-emotional health in young people in the commonwealth. You can find more information on the conference here, and photos from the conference here. | |||||||
News Dimensions of Success Dimensions of Success (DoS) is an observation tool designed to help measure science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program quality in out-of-school time (e.g., afterschool, summer camps, etc.). Development of an Observation Tool for the Informal Science Field: Refinement, Field- testing and Establishment of Psychometric Properties is a research project that has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2010. The project is a partnership between the Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR), Educational Testing Services (ETS) and Project Liftoff. The goal of the project is to develop and psychometrically evaluate a program observation tool called Dimensions of Success. DoS is developed based on the National Science Foundation’s evaluation framework (Friedman, ed., 2008) which assesses informal STEM program quality in out-of-school time settings such as afterschool programs, summer programs, museums, field trips, community centers. DoS is made up of twelve dimensions that address different quality indicators of a STEM program. For more information about our work, Click Here PEAR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INFORMAL SCIENCE PROGRAMMING!!!
The ATIS – Assessment Tools in Informal Science – Website is a new resource for evaluating science programming in museums, schools, afterschool and summer programs. ATIS was developed based on recommendations from a PEAR report funded by the Noyce Foundation. In a yearlong study, PEAR conducted an extensive critical review of available assessment resources. ATIS is the product of this report; a resource designed to help practitioners, evaluators, researchers and policymakers understand and select appropriate tools to assess the quality of science learning and child outcomes in out-of-school time programs. Find descriptions, ratings and reviews for informal science assessment tools! Explore ATIS (www.pearweb.org/atis) now! Follow @ATISPEAR |
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