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BUILDING BACKSTRONGERTOGETHERPrime Time Palm Beach County Annual Report2021-2022
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2VISIONFor children and youth to reach their fullest potential in school and life.MISSIONTo help children and youth succeed by strengthening and expanding quality in the out-of-school time eld.ABOUT PRIME TIME PALM BEACH COUNTYPrime Time Palm Beach County is a nonprot organization that provides resources and supports for out-of-school time professionals to develop programs that inspire children to be their best and support them to thrive socially and academically. Prime Time’s integrated model of services is one of the strongest, most comprehensive and well-respected systems for measuring and improving out-of-school time program quality in the nation.
3TABLE OF CONTENTSPrime Time’s Model of Success ..........................................................................................................................................5Suppo for Children and Youth in Out-of-School Time Programs ............................................................... 6Suppo for Out-of-School Time Programs ..................................................................................................................11Suppo for Out-of-School Time Professionals ....................................................................................................... 13Suppo for the Out-of-School Time Field .................................................................................................................. 19Revenue & Expenses ................................................................................................................................................................ 20Board of Directors ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21Staff ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
4As you read through this annual report, I hope what stands out is the joy that we were able to capture in the faces of children and practitioners as we “build back stronger.” We acknowledged a positive shift in how we, our out-of-school time programs and community, continued our work as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to linger. Excited to begin coming back to in-person oerings, Prime Time oered its supports in new ways to meet our practitioners’ and community needs, meeting them where they were. Our partners and expanded learning opportunities impacted more than 29,000 youth through learning experiences that truly make afterschool an environment where youth become inspired to new possibilities. Prime Time also resumed our site-based trainings, so practitioners had easier access to in-person professional development allowing for programs to feel united as they invested in their own growth to better serve children and youth. This year, our Quality Improvement System (QIS) Directors Gathering was an in-person event where our team focused on reconnecting and reminding attendees, as we begin to feel some normalcy, to hone in on basic principles of quality out-of-school time. At the end of the scal year, we felt a great sense of gratitude for “building back stronger” for one another, our team, our partners and practitioners. As always, we are tremendously grateful for the guidance and vision of Prime Time’s Board of Directors and the support of our funders, the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Youth Services Department, the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation and The Wallace Foundation. We thank you! A special thank you to the Prime Time team. You continue to innovate and use your creativity to serve the children and youth in our community to support high quality out-of-school time experiences. Alison Adler, Ed.D. Suzette L. HarveyPresident, Board of Directors President/CEOPrime Time Palm Beach County Prime Time Palm Beach County A MESSAGE FROM PRIME TIME’S LEADERSHIP
5Administration• Communications • Executive Oce• Finance• Human ResourcesCommunity Partnerships• Advocacy and awareness• Expanded learning opportunities• Out-of-school time community events• Resource developmentProfessional Development• Academic, leadership, and social and emotional initiatives • Career advising• Formal and informal career pathways• Out-of-school Time Registry• Scholarships and incentives• Training sessionsQuality Improvement• Assess program quality based on Quality Standards for Afterschool• Coach, model, support program improvement eorts• Train programs to self-assessResearch• Exploring youth engagement in expanded learning• Gauging the impact of program quality on the social, emotional success of youth• Measuring the benets of professional development trainings and supports• Sharing knowledgeAdminResearchCommunity PanershipsQuality ImprovementProfessional DevelopmentOST ProgramsYouthPRIME TIME’S MODEL OF SUCCESSPRIME TIME VISITS MORE THAN 145 AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ENSURE PRACTITIONERS FEEL RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATEDPrime Time Palm Beach County celebrated Afterschool Professionals Appreciation Week in April 2022 to recognize, appreciate and advocate for those who work with young people by visiting more than 145 afterschool programs with tokens of our appreciation.Our youth spend many hours in their aerschool programs, and the staff who paicipate in our Quality Improvement System strive every day to make sure the youth develop the skills necessary to be successful in school and life. Those staff need to know how valuable they are. - Teal ChanceDirector of Quality Improvement, Prime Time Palm Beach County.
6SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMSPrime Time strives to provide children and youth with a wide range of hands-on learning experiences. In partnership with local content expert organizations, Prime Time makes available expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) to eligible afterschool and summer programs. An experience is dened as a one-hour live (facilitated virtually) or in-person session, facilitated by local content experts, that includes at least 10 youth.In 2021-2022, Prime Time offered 172,095 learning experiences that impacted 29,590 youth between October 2021 and September 2022.The Value of Expanded Learning OpportunitiesExpanded Learning Oppounities Oppounity ProvidersExperiences OfferedYouth Impacted (Unduplicated)Center for Creative Education 35,290 7,058Cox Science Center and Aquarium 11,842 1,974Digital Vibez, Inc. 7,804 976FAU - Pine Jog Environmental Education Center 1,772 354Florida Fishing Academy 12,402 1,189Florida Introduces Physical Activity & Nutrition to Youth (FLIPANY) 11,127 1,439Girls on the Run Palm Beach1,955122Green Mouse Academy 17,874 3,575KidzA 2,677 535Lake Woh Playhouse 2,675 157Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County 7,036 1,173Loggerhead Marinelife Center 2,514 419Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship90 45Resource Depot7,105 1,184YMCA of South Palm Beach County30,405 6,081Young Singers of the Palm Beaches9,923 1,653Youth Speak Out International 8,944 1,491Total: 171,435 29,425Expanded Learning Oppounities Oppounity ProvidersAdults Impacted (Unduplicated)The ARC of Palm Beach County Adults 158Junior Achievement of Palm Beach CountyAdults 117Total: Adults 275The average OST practitioner rating regarding overall value of expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) for youth: 9.6 out of 10 (1 = Not at all valuable, 10 = Very valuable).In Prime Time’s youth focus groups, young people revealed how high-quality ELO experiences built their skills and facilitated valuable learning. Examples of their comments, organized by theme, included:A parent/caregiver interview echoed practitioners’ views: “[One particular ELO] has really helped [my child] learn more about his interests, such as science. He loves it so much that he does not like it when I have to pick him up early.”Social-Emotional Skills: “You have to listen to the instructor. He said, ‘You don’t have to be perfect. Just try your best.’”Leadership: “Leadership is about understanding the feelings, thoughts and opinions of those you work with.”Challenge: “We were able to help each other. We could work through it.”Problem-Solving: “My charcoal started smearing. I thought of a solution to try wiping it away with a little bit of water, which worked.”New Skills and Interests: “I was able to learn a new type of dancing that I’ve never done before.”Choices: “The instructor gave us a choice….we did not have to use the same color she was using.”In another survey assessing perceived value of ELOs for youth, OST practitioners reported cognitive and social-emotional benets for children and youth, such as:“The kids learned and improved their critical thinking skills, imagination, creativity and inspiration.”“The students were able to build mutual trust and friendship as they worked together.”“Students were more willing to persevere through dicult tasks in other areas.”“Our school loves the ELOs. They add so much creativity and academic [enrichment] to our program.”“I feel I really hit the jackpot this year with ELOs. [Especially] when we had ones in person, the kids loved it and followed along so well.”In Prime Time’s stakeholder impact survey, respondents shared:
7SUPPORTING SCHOOL-DAY ACADEMIC LEARNINGPrime Time strives to provide children and youth with a wide range of hands-on learning experiences. In partnership with local content expert organizations, Prime Time makes available expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) to eligible afterschool and summer programs. Expanded Learning Opportunity Brings Marinelife Education to YouthAfterschool Professional Combines Creativity and Conservation in Her Expanded Learning Opportunity SessionsYouth Become Sea Turtle Biologists in AfterschoolPrime Time’s expanded learning opportunity provider Loggerhead Marinelife Center, a sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education and conservation center, gives youth in afterschool programs an opportunity to learn about their real-life counterparts through its six-part STEAM educational series: Diving into Ocean Connections. At the conclusion of the series, Loggerhead’s participants will a have a better understanding of the meaning of ocean stewardship and environmental awareness through passionate instructors who foster positive connections with the ocean and marine life. Lessons also focus on the emotional and physical benets of nature, as well as economic opportunities and careers in STEAM, creating a well-rounded and incredibly fun experience for youth in afterschool. Center for Creative Education oers an expanded learning opportunity session called 123 Art and Me where youth learn how to use existing shapes, letters and numbers as a basis for creating fun and whimsical animals and people. At the same time, youth are taught about the importance of wildlife conservation, animal protection and ways that they can lessen their footprint on the earth. Youth participating in the Literacy Coalition’s Stories & STEM opportunity at the Edna Runner Tutorial Center’s afterschool program became sea turtle biologists after reading “Mystery of the Turtle Snatcher” by Kyla Steinkraus. Youth learned about the anatomy of turtles and experienced the Traveling Trunk program through a partnership with Inwater Research Group. In our program, we try to expose learners to the emotional and physical benefits of nature, as well as the economic oppounities and careers in STEAM. Many of our lessons are themed around, “jump into the shoes” of a veterinarian, biologist, etc. for youth to get hands-on experience similar to those of the professionals.-Lindsay FrenchSenior Education Manager, Loggerhead Marinelife Center
8EXPLORING TECHNOLOGYCARING FOR THE WHOLE CHILDExpanded learning opportunities that includes programs that focus on computer programming, coding, robotics, media production, etc., that provides children and youth vital exploration and discovery skills to apply in a variety of ways, equipping them for the future.Expanded learning opportunities that includes programs that address mind and body health, explores mindfulness, emotional awareness and emotion management for overall wellness; physical activity (such as running, non-competitive sports, etc.), healthy eating habits or obesity prevention, etc.Youth at Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches participated in stop-motion animation classes with expanded learning opportunity provider Green Mouse Academy, where they designed and directed their very own animated lms using the stop-motion technique. Teams of two worked together to make their Dot Bots bounce basketballs, or light Olympic torches. In a practice of patience, accuracy, and teamwork, youth built and colored a background, molded a character out of Play-Doh, and recorded their unique animated lms one photo at a time.The Arc of Palm Beach County, a Prime Time expanded learning opportunity provider, ensures youth with disabilities can participate in out-of-school time (OST) programs alongside their peers, through their community inclusion program. The Arc oers inclusion trainings to OST practitioners that focus on the needs of youth with development disabilities, oering interactive strategies and activities that encourage appropriate communication, emotional awareness and social interactions.OST practitioners learn about the characteristics of dierent disabilities and participate in hands-on exercises that convey what it is like to live with a disability. These activities build understanding among practitioners and promote the inclusion and acceptance of all youth. The Arc’s specialized, on-site instruction ensures that interactions between practitioners and youth with developmental disabilities are positive and eective, fostering positive social relationships that benet other youth in OST programs.Expanded Learning Opportunity Offers Storytelling through Stop-Motion Animation in Afterschool Afterschool Professionals Build Inclusive Spaces for All Youth through Training with The Arc of Palm Beach CountyAll of our students benefit from the inclusive activities she teaches practitioners, helping to promote acceptance between children with disabilities and their classmates.-Kimberly Sheehan,Aerschool Director, Palm Beach Gardens Elementary Aerschool Program
9DISCOVERING ARTS AND CULTURE Expanded learning opportunities that includes programs that oer children and youth the opportunity to discover arts and culture: dance, music, theater, visual arts, spoken word poetry, digital arts, writing, etc., opening up possibilities of future interest or career pathways, with hopes to enrich their lives into adulthood. Youth Speak Out International brought their Today’s Technology and Communication program to youth in grades two to ve at the Edna Runner Tutorial Center. Over six weeks, students created a public service announcement (PSA) designed to educate their communities about how the overuse of technology is impacting face-to-face communication. The children and youth from Sacred Heart and City of Greenacres afterschool programs joined Prime Time expanded learning opportunity provider Lake Worth Playhouse for a special holiday showcase in early December 2021. The participants from these programs took the stage to sing, dance and act as they performed a collection of holiday classics, including: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “Mele Kalikimaka,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “The Grinch” and “Blue Christmas.”Teaching artists Deshon Allen and Laura Graham from Lake Worth Playhouse worked with each afterschool program for two months to prepare the youth for their on-stage debut. During this time, they were able to learn the ins and outs of theater and what it takes to put on a successful show with a set, costumes, scripts, music and choreography. At the culminating event, children performed their Christmas in Paradise show live on stage for their family and friends to see at the Lake Worth Playhouse.The Prime Time Young Singers Choir at Egret Lake Elementary Afterschool Program presented “Singing and Ringing in a Holiday of Lights” on December 16, 2021. Children and youth showcased their vocal, xylophone and chime skills, as they performed for their families with help from Prime Time expanded learning opportunity provider, Young Singers of the Palm Beaches.Youth in Local Afterschool Programs Took Center Stage During the Holiday SeasonToday’s technology and communication helps young people develop their media literacy and interpersonal communication skills.Mr. Deshon Allen at The Lake Woh Playhouse came to our aerschool program two to three times a week to practice with our students and poured his time and energy into each individual student. This program taught our students commitment, time management, reading script, choreography, as, theater and more.- Taylor Garcia,Admissions Director, The Sacred Hea SchoolIt was exciting to watch the students engage in each step of the creative process and have meaningful conversations about their topics. Many students spoke about feeling ignored by their parents or siblings when they spent too much time on their devices, which fuher highlights the impoance of our work.- Allison Cary,Facilitator, Youth Speak Out International
10LEADERSHIP AND CAREER PATHWAYSExpanded learning opportunities that includes programs that oer skill development needed to succeed in school and in life, and real-world application, including communication, social skills, public speaking, basic nancial and household management, etc., equipping children with foundational skills needed to be successful in life.Youth Explain What Program Quality Looks Like to ThemPalm Beach County Organizations Came Together to Host Successful Virtual Youth Summit to Promote Building a Better You, Future and CommunityPrime Time celebrates youth voice by annually facilitating a discussion that gives middle-school youth the opportunity to share perceptions of their OST program’s quality. Youth did in fact experience elements of quality, as dened by the Palm Beach County Program Quality Assessment (PBC-PQA). In their own words:Local community partners, including Prime Time Palm Beach County, came together for months to plan the Palm Beach County Youth Summit, a momentous event that gathers local middle and high school students, community groups, volunteers, and law enforcement for a day of empowerment, education and great entertainment. On June 27, 2022, the Youth Summit went live with its three-day event to provide open access to interested local middle and high school-aged youth with a unique opportunity to explore and address areas of concern impacting them through interactive virtual workshops and activities. These included insightful presentations and life-changing information on the topics of career and education planning, healthy relationships and preventative care, crime and bullying prevention, mental health, substance abuse prevention, health issues, leadership, social justice, nancial literacy and any current topics of concern.Themes included Building a Better You were hosted by Prime Time Palm Beach County Middle School Specialist Anton Spalding. Anton facilitated Q&A sessions that included questions from attendees to Palm Beach County Health Coalition, Digital Vibez and Palm Beach County Victim Services.Day three, themed Building a Better Community, was hosted by Prime Time Palm Beach County Quality Advisor Andrea Hurtado. Andrea facilitated Q&A sessions that included questions from attendees to the Palm Beach County Behavioral Health Coalition Teen Coalition in Action, Palm Beach County Sheri’s Oce, Community Partners of South Florida and Compass Community Center.Aerschool counselors always help you find your true colors and true passion.You can go up to any counselor, and they will help you focus and solve problems.Counselors notice if something is not right by our facial expressions, and they will offer to listen to us.Being given space to try new things and explore ideas helps me realize who I want to be.
11SUPPORT FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMSPrime Time has a team of quality advisors who work with out-of-school time programs that are participants of the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System to maintain or increase program quality. Using the Palm Beach County Quality Standards for Afterschool as the foundation for the work, Prime Time’s quality advisors coach and support participating programs through a self-assessment process and development of an improvement plan.In 2021-2022, Prime Time asked afterschool practitioners whether the supports they received from their quality advisor helped them increase the quality of their program. The average rating achieved: 9.5 out of 10 (1 = Not at all, 10 = Very much).Out-of-School Time Programs in the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System by Type4416336624Charter SchoolsMunicipalitiesMiddle SchoolsCommunity-Based CentersEarly Learning CentersSchool District ProgramsEighteen out-of-school time (OST) programs in the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System (QIS) participated in a pilot project to help Prime Time better understand the implications of the Palm Beach County Program Quality Assessment (PBC-PQA) Version 7. This updated quality assessment incorporates enhanced content and raised expectations regarding social and emotional learning (SEL).Several PBC-PQA scales changed between Version 6 and Version 7, with items added, removed or scored more stringently. Pilot project data revealed room for growth within some of the modied and most SEL-oriented scales. Prime Time coaches have prepared to support QIS programs in these areas, equipping sta to take the next step in promoting youth SEL, as we ocially launched the PBC-PQA Version 7 in September 2022. All OST programs in Palm Beach County and Martin County, as well as our ELOs will be assessed using this new instrument.Pilot Project Charts New Course for Quality Assessment
12Prime Time Palm Beach County facilitated a day of team-building and professional development for practitioners working at South Olive Elementary and Lantana Elementary Afterschool Programs. Prime Time came with a clear mission to ensure attendees were reminded of positive youth development practices that increase overall program quality. Practitioners were put into teams to craft a boat that included words that represented quality practices in afterschool that would help to keep the ship aoat and sailing forward. Each team was given the opportunity to present and share their structure with all in attendance.Partnering with the Children’s Service Council of Martin County, Prime Time continued the Martin County Out-of-School Time Quality Improvement Initiative for the second year to share what we have learned in supporting high quality out-of-school time programs. Prime Time worked with 12 community-based programs located in Martin County.When afterschool professionals model positive youth development practices, program quality increases, ultimately helping children and youth to reach their fullest potential in school and life.Prime Time made sure to reinforce this message:Sailing Forward Into QualityMartin County Out-of-school Time Quality Improvement Initiative
13SUPPORT FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROFESSIONALSHigh quality professional development is essential to increase practitioners’ knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they may positively aect the quality of programming that is delivered in the afterschool hours. Prime Time has partnered with stakeholders and educational institutions in the community to create a comprehensive professional development system that supports afterschool practitioners in Palm Beach County along a targeted pathway of professional development and training. With the help of Prime Time, out-of-school time (OST) professionals strengthened their skills while working in the OST eld. By providing OST professionals with career advising, educational pathways, professional development trainings, scholarships, incentives, communities of practice and more, Prime Time is committed to supporting high quality experiences for children and youth in afterschool and summer programs, as well as the retention of dedicated, passionate and professional sta.Aending trainings has given me a beer understanding of how I can teach my kids to be true to themselves, to talk about what they are going through, to help one another and to ask for help.– OST ProfessionalI have improved communication with children and co-workers, even in my personal life.– OST Professional on Impact of Prime Time TrainingsThe suppo (ACHIEVE, additional trainings, symposium) from Prime Time has assisted the OST staff’s mental state due to the last three years of unceainty.– OST Professional40-Hr Afterschool Certication 22AS-Human Services (Youth Development 7BAS-Supervise/Manage (Youth Development) 8BS-Human Services (Youth Development) 2Director Credential 19Director Credential Renewal 5SAPC 11Staff Credential (Formal Education 7Staff Credential (School-Age) 7Staff Credential Renewal 3Youth Development College Credit Certicate 21Certicates and CredentialsIncentives Awarded (Duplicated)186 training sessions were offered covering 95 topics relating to quality out-of-school time practitioners.Funds granted to out-of-school time practitioners for eld-related classes, conferences, workshops and seminarsTraining Attendees (duplicated): 2,183Recipients (duplicated): 572Recipients: 192Training Attendees: 619*190 training sessions covering 95 topics – including Martin County* 2,310 including Martin County (689 including Martin County)Professional Development TrainingsScholarships AwardedIncentives AwardedAwarded between Oct. 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 20221,865 374Have professional development trainings positively impacted the way you work with youth? Average rating achieved: 9.4 out of 10 (1 = Not at all, 10 = Very much)Prime Time asked training attendees:
14Professionalizing the out-of-school time eld is essential to increase practitioners’ knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they may positively aect the quality of programming that is delivered in the afterschool hours. City of West Palm Beach – Gaines Park Community Center Counselor Vickey Wright, pictured right, took advantage of Prime Time’s scholarships to attend classes at Palm Beach State College to gain knowledge on the best ways to mentor, coach and share with youth. She pursued Prime Time’s non-credit pathway, rst taking the Foundations of Advancing Youth Development Principles course and then moving on to complete the School Age Professional Certicate and Sta Credential.Skills to Mentor and Coach Youth Resulted from Prime Time Scholarships“I am grateful to my manager, Lynn Highsmith, who allowed me time to take all of the courses to help at work and my biggest cheerleader, Supervisor Frank Verney, who also helped me to understand the benefits of becoming a director because he is an excellent director.”- Vickey WrightAerschool Counselor, Gaines Park Community CenterAending trainings has given me a beer understanding of how I can teach my kids to be true to themselves, to talk about what they are going through, to help one another and to ask for help.Chantell Gonzalez,Aerschool Professional, Berkshire Elementary Aerschool ProgramI am forever grateful to be given the chance to pursue my career in aerschool and the diploma at the end makes this journey much more woh it.Mainique Jamison,Assistant Director, Waters Edge Elementary Aerschool ProgramI would like to add that without the suppo and panership through Prime Time, I would not be able to continue my journey to a higher level of education. Because of the scholarships that I receive and with the guidance and lead of Elisa & Nicole I don’t feel pressured at all, but I am excited to see my accomplishments to the end.Latricia JenkinsAerschool Director, Marjorie S. Fisher Boys & Girls ClubMartinique credits Prime Time’s scholarships as the reason she was not only able to stay in the eld, but grow in it, as she was able to pursue her educational goals without the added burden of nancial obligations.A tiered incentive program rewarding practitioners for participating in trainings and earning certicates and degrees, with an emphasis on best practices in youth developmentPrime Time maintained its International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) accreditation by continuing to provide high quality and eective training oerings. Prime Time’s professional development sta ensured the process for development and delivery of training sessions met all the IACET Standards by updating the policies, processes and record-keeping in place for a successful training program.Recipients (duplicated): 342Prime Time awarded 144.9 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to out-of-school time practitioners who used them to maintain and renew their various professional credentials.Recipients: 218ACHIEVE Out-of-School Time Incentive Award ProgramIACET CEUsI basically see it (ACHIEVE OST Financial Incentive) as geing paid to literally do what I love, which is working with the youth. It not only is an extrinsic motivator but also it is intrinsic because it is such a joy to work with the youth.- Kamille Bailey-Anderson,Aerschool Director, Forest Hill Elementary Aerschool Program
15A Prime Time evaluation report explored outcomes of training and support for adults launching and facilitating Teen Advisory Councils (TACs), while also highlighting the ways in which TACs—both local groups and the county-wide, Prime Time-facilitated group—benet youth and Palm Beach County as a whole.Prime Time’s annual research project engaged frontline out-of-school time (OST) sta to rate the social and emotional skills of 625 youth in fall 2021 and again in spring 2022. Over the course of the year, youth showed gains in all four skill areas included in the SEL assessment, most prominently in the areas of “displays social role mastery” and “displays goal striving mastery.” Examples of specic social and emotional skills in these areas are “monitors team progress on a task” and “problem-solves by evaluating options and potential solutions.”“Adults feel like we know everything, and that is not the case. Youth are highly intelligent, and we need to utilize that more.”“Leadership experiences such as Teen Advisory Council participation are imperative for youth self-discovery.”“Once youth are given a voice, their contributions to their program and community can be signicant.”“Youth leadership in a TAC predicts later leadership in college, the workforce and the community.”“Ever since I joined [the TAC], I felt a burden unleashed within me. I started to be more vocal and open, which overall created a positive impact.”“[TAC participation] prepared me for the world. We got to collaborate, communicate and grow our leadership skills. Being an ocer made me a better person.”“I remember being amazed at how much this community innovated personal growth. It truly made me acquire new skills and create a more positive environment within myself.”“In one meeting, [Prime Time’s middle-school professional development specialist] was talking about who wanted to be a youth co-facilitator. At rst, I said no. But when he continued explaining how [leadership roles] can impact us, it truly made me change my mind.”“You have value—if you put yourself out there [in leadership roles], you will end up where you want to be. I’m right where I want to be, all because I gave one speech at one town hall that I saw on Facebook.”“My favorite experience was deep belly breathing. I plan on practicing it every day and using it to improve my leadership skills.”What Adults Said What Youth SaidTraining and Support for Adults Launching and Facilitating Teen Advisory Councils Show Long-Term ImpactYouth Show SEL GrowthThree to four years after participating in training, local TAC facilitators, on average, felt condent and were implementing key practices well. For example, on a scale of never to very often, they reported that youth in their TACs often use leadership skills to accomplish an activity or project. Additional adult insights included:Youth answering about their experiences in the Prime Time-facilitated TAC shared perceptions very similar to those of adults facilitating local TACs. For example, youth reported often using leadership skills to accomplish an activity or project.Young people also described the transformative eect of their participation:SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNINGPrime Time continued oering a variety of trainings with embedded SEL practices that specically address leadership, adult SEL, climate and culture, explicit instruction, stress management and wellbeing and equity and mindfulness. The Adult SEL Series was launched to oer practitioners a self-paced/live-virtual option to reect on the importance of SEL in their personal lives and in the lives of peers and youth through interactive self-awareness practices, journaling and self-check exercises.SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL LEARNINGP AL M B E A C H C O U N T Y
16Prime Time partnered with local organizations in Palm Beach County to bring out-of-school time professionals together virtually to network, learn and share.EVENTSQ1 Q3 Q4Water is Our Medicine Film ScreeningVirtual Event24 Attended11/17/2021Afterschool Symposium Day 1Virtual Event166 Attended5/12/2022QIS Director’s GatheringIn-Person Event112 Attended9/2/2022ELO Launch PartyIn-Person Event133 Attended9/14/2022Afterschool Symposium Day 2Virtual Event157 Attended5/13/2022End-of-Year CelebrationIn-Person Event30 Attended12/16/2021In October of 2021, as part of the nationwide Lights On Afterschool celebration, Prime Time spotlighted four local afterschool professionals through video who have supported children and families as they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Stang and funding continues to be a top priority for afterschool programs in Palm Beach County and beyond. As part of Prime Time’s Lights On Afterschool campaign, we asked stakeholders to share the local jobs in afterschool and the incentives Prime Time oers to those that are part of our network to help in getting the word the out. Lights On Afterschool
17As afterschool programs across Palm Beach County prepared for a new year lled with educational experiences, fun activities and healthy snacks, Prime Time hosted a workshop for all three of Kingswood Academy’s afterschool locations (Greenacres, Lake Worth and Palm Springs).Throughout the workshop, sta learned key ingredients for out-of-school time (OST) success as they discussed their quality goals for the upcoming year while engaging in interactive activities.In May 2022, Prime Time Palm Beach County hosted its third annual Afterschool Symposium on a virtual platform. This year’s theme was Emerge: Reaching New Heights in Out-of-School Time. Prime Time celebrated the exemplary eorts of our local out-of-school time practitioners while oering professional development workshops that will make long-lasting impacts on our community and the children we serve.Dr. Chantrise Sims-Holliman, CEO of Disturb the Universe, LLC, award-winning former educator turned motivational speaker and author best known for teaching others how to move mountains, served as Prime Time’s keynote speaker. She connected her message of hope and resilience to the strides local afterschool professionals had made during the year through a presentation that called out practitioners for being superheroes of afterschool resilience.Prime Time Hosted Engaging Workshops to Prepare Afterschool Professionals for the New School YearAfterschool SymposiumPrime Time Quality Advisor Anita Winkis visits Starlight Cove Elementary Afterschool Program as a follow-up to the training series Restorative Practices in OST.
18Prime Time Palm Beach County sponsored the 11th annual KidsFit Jamathon hosted by Digital Vibez on July 22, 2022, in Belle Glade with 507 youth in attendance and July 28, 2022, at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach with 2,424 in attendance.Every year Prime Time Palm Beach County calls afterschool directors who are participating in the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System to a gathering to network, learn and engage in interactive activities they can use back at their programs. In September 2022, more than 100 afterschool directors representing 101 programs attended in-person for the rst time in three years at the Royal Palm Beach Cultural Center. As attendees joined the event, they were split up into groups and given direction on where to begin their morning journey through ve rooms designed to mirror afterschool clubs.“Back-to-basics” was the overarching theme of the day. Despite many places shutting their doors, our unsung heroes have showed up for our children for past three years to ensure children and youth had a safe place to go to every day after school. Prime Time made it its mission to promote positivity and model how to facilitate engaging activities and games so directors could leave feeling energized with resources they could use right away.Afterschool professionals attended Prime Time’s ELO Launch Party on September 14, 2022, at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium. Attendees learned about hands-on learning experiences they can schedule at their programs through discussion, activities and demos provided by providers.KidsFit JamathonQIS Directors GatheringELO Launch PartyFAU Pine Jog Environment Education Center explains to afterschool practitioner what is oered to youth through funding provided by Prime Time.YMCA of South Palm Beach County Director of Community Wellness Sara Jones greets afterschool professional at Prime Time ‘s ELO Launch Party.The way the sessions were presented was great, it gave me the idea to incorporate it in my program on a full day and have the kids rotate through different activities that last 30 minutes. Also, the examples each presenter provided on how to make groups, aention geer, structures, etc. was helpful and it was a refresher about the way we used to do things before Covid.- Afterschool Professional and Attendee of the QIS Directors Gathering
19SUPPORT FOR THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME FIELDPrime Time is Palm Beach County’s “go-to” resource to nd information on the best and most promising practices occurring across the out-of-school time eld. We also ensure that our own lessons learned are shared locally and nationally through publications and presentations.A Prime Time poster presentation at the May 2022 Association for Psychological Science annual conference demonstrated that when out-of-school time (OST) sta received enhanced SEL-related training and coaching, a positive impact emerged for youth, beyond the benets of quality-related support provided through QIS.The National Afterschool Association noted the OST eld’s long-standing challenge with recruiting and retaining direct-service sta, and Every Hour Counts emphasized the need to stabilize the OST workforce following the pandemic’s additional negative impact.It was therefore no surprise that the top needs emerging from a fall 2021 Prime Time survey of OST programs included more sta and a streamlined hiring process. Of 87 respondents, 89% had positions posted for hiring new sta, and the majority had a waitlist of youth.In response to these challenges, Prime Time collaborated both locally (with the School District’s Department of Extended Learning) and nationally to recommend and implement strategies that support a strong OST workforce. This work resulted in the development of a hiring resource for local afterschool programs to communicate incentives and oerings Prime Time oers when you enter the eld: Attract New Job Candidates to Your Afterschool Program, with the help of Prime Time Palm Beach County.Youth Show SEL GrowthSupporting the OST Workforce During a Challenging Year
20REVENUE & EXPENSESAdmin 5%Supporting the School-Day Academic Learning 11%Government - Expanded Learning Support $4,190,530 / 49.4%Community Outreach 9%In Kind Contributions and other $97,366 / 1.1%Caring for the Whole Child 16%Discovering Arts and Culture 9%Exploring Technology 8%Research 5%Government Support Programming $3,660,441 / 43.1%PD and Training 19%Foundations $535,000 / 6.3%QIS 14%Prime Time 2021-2022 Revenue: $8,483,337*Prime Time 2021-2022 Expenses: $8,628,727STEAM Initiative 4%For the scal year ended September 30, 2022, Prime Times total revenue was $8,483,337 including grant revenue of $7,850,971 and other revenue of $632,366 from foundations, donations, interest income and in-kind contributions. Prime Time was awarded grants from the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County, The DeLuca Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, Palm Beach County Youth Services Department, Children’s Services Council of Martin County and ExpandED Schools/Every Hour Counts.For the scal year ended September 30, 2022, Prime Time’s total expenses were $8,628,727 consisting of program expenses of $8,206,566 (95%) and administrative and general expenses and fundraising expenses of $422,161 (5%).*Foundation funded revenue was recognized in previous scal years for 2021-2022 budgeted expenses. The funding was recorded in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP)
21BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFFOFFICERSMEMBERSADMINISTRATIONCOMMUNITY PARNTERSHIPSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTQUALITY IMPROVEMENTRESEARCH*As of September 30, 2022Alison Adler, Ed.D., Board President ConsultantLawrence Gordon, Vice President Vice Mayor, Town of Haverhill President, Phoenix MediationTodd Farrell, Treasurer Senior Manager Grant Thornton LLPAngela Prudenti, Secretary Senior Counsel Sachs Sax CaplanKiwana S. Howell, Member Director, Extended Learning (Aerschool Programming) School District of Palm Beach County Reuben B. Johnson, III, Member Community Volunteer Corey Murphy, Member Program Director Philanthropy Tank Lindsay Wallace, Member Community Volunteer Project Manager Nextera Energy Inc. Suzette L. Harvey, ex ocio President/CEODeana Jo Booker Chief Operations Officer/ControllerDenise Brown Director of Human Resources Paola Cedeno Event and Data Management SpecialistSuzette L. Harvey President/CEO Joey Heeran Communications Specialist Katie Jacob Director of Communications Chad Pieratt-Davis Staff AccountantEnid Tavares Office Administrative Assistant Kimberly Terranova Executive Operations Administrator Maria Valle Financial Business SpecialistNicole Edwards Director of Community Panerships Luisa Vincent Community Panerships Manager Jamie Rottura Community Panerships SpecialistKnellee Bisram SEL Specialist Jaisa Godwin Professional Development Admin. Coordinator Katherine Gopie Director of Professional Development Jennifer Jones Professional Development Manager Elisa Moro Career Advisor/Registry CoachPatricia Sasson STEAM Professional Development Specialist Anton Spalding Middle School Professional Dev. Specialist Nicole Tarsia Professional Development Scholarship and Incentives SpecialistYolanda Adams Quality AdvisorJunior Beauzier Quality AdvisorTeal Chance Director of Quality Improvement Daniel Hudspeth Quality Advisor Andrea I. Hurtado Quality AdvisorRose Newbold Assessment Manager Lynn Stanavitch Quality Improvement Initiative Manager Rebecca Moore Weatherspoon Quality AdvisorAnita Winkis Quality AdvisorStefania Giannella Research Associate Annick Eudes Jean-Baptiste Research ManagerCeline Provini Director of Research
FUNDER ACKNOWLEDGMENTPrime Time gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its funders. Their investments have made it possible for Prime Time Palm Beach County to develop an array of supports to increase capacity of out-of-school time providers to deliver high quality programs to the children and youth of Palm Beach County.Prime Time is particularly grateful for the continued support of its primary funder, the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach CountyThe Frederick A. DeLuca FoundationThe Wallace FoundationPalm Beach County Youth Services DepartmentIn addition, Prime Time gratefully acknowledges the following funders for their contributions greater than $5,000 for the 2021-2022 scal year:2023 Annual Report(Updated).indd 232023 Annual Report(Updated).indd 23 5/2/23 3:02 PM5/2/23 3:02 PMChildren's Services Council of Martin CountyExpandED Schools / Every Hour Counts