SF AFA Quality Self Assessment Tools

The SF Afterschool for All effort has TWO Quality Self-Assessment Tools, one for afterschool and one for summer programs. These tools are specially designed to help out of school time programs across the city create a common language and approach to continually improving program quality.

The afterschool tool is aligned with the statewide California After-School Program Quality Self-Assessment Tool, and was used to inform the SF Afterschool for All Core Competencies. Each competency is linked to a corresponding section of the QSA tool.

 Afterschool Program Quality Self Assessment Tool
This tool is for afterschool programs at community-based sites (or those not based at school sites). It was developed by DCYF in partnership with the 2009-10 AFA Program Quality Work Group. This QSA is also aligned with DCYF’s Minimum Quality Standards for Out of School Time Programs, originally developed in 2005.

Download either an excel file version of the tool or PDF file versions:

Intro to the tool and the Sections that are relevant to you:

•          Section 1 - Program Assessment & Design

•          Section 2 - Program Administration & Finance

•          Section 3 - Community Partnership & Collaboration

•          Section 4 - Alignment & Linkage with School Day

•          Section 5 - Program & Environment Safety

•          Section 6 - Youth Development

•          Section 7 - Staff Recruitment & Professional Development

•          Section 8 - Family Involvement

•          Section 9 - Nutrition & Physical Activity

•          Section 10 - Promoting Diversity, Access, Equity & Inclusion

•          Section 11 - Effectively Supporting English Language Learners

  Summer Quality Self Assessment Tool

This tool is designed for summer program staff to assess and evaluate their program.