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ABOUT USThe hours between the time thatchildren get out of school and the timethat working families come home isconsidered "prime time" for continuouslearning and growth or risky behaviors.This critical window of time afterschool presents not only challengesbut also opportunities to impact youthdevelopment. Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. isa non-profit, organization that hasbeen dedicated to out-of-school time(OST) programs for more than 20years. Prime Time oversees a systemfor reaching quality standards throughassessment, program improvementand quality coaching. It also providesprofessional development, careeradvising and networking opportunitiesto OST practitioners, and throughpartnerships, makes a range of enrichment activities available. 3HistoryIn 1996, key stakeholders in Palm BeachCounty, Florida, convened to shareresources to improve the quality of localafterschool and summer programs. Fouryears later, in 2000, the group formed aseparate non-profit organization, PrimeTime Palm Beach County, Inc. Theorganization was -- and still is --dedicated to ensuring that out-of-schooltime programs are of the highest qualityso as to keep youth engaged in learning,and on track for academic success andhealthy social development.

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PRIME TIMESupport for Children and YouthTo serve children and youth attending eligible OST programs, Prime Time partnerswith local content expert organizations to offer hands-on learning opportunities in avariety of content areas including: supporting school-day learning; caring for thewhole child; discovering arts and culture; exploring technology; and leadership andcareer pathways.Support for the OST ProfessionalPrime Time has partnered with stakeholders and educational institutions in thecommunity to create a comprehensive professional development system thatsupports OST professionals in Palm Beach County along a targeted pathway ofprofessional development and training. The system, which connects education,compensation and retention, consists of core competencies, credit and non‐crediteducational pathways, scholarships and other financial incentives and careeradvising.In addition, Prime Time brings afterschool and summer program providers together tonetwork with one another and build skills, to learn about new trends and OSTopportunities, and to share information about program and staff resources.Support for the OST ProgramThe Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System (QIS) offers coaching andtechnical assistance to increase OST program quality. Using the Palm Beach CountyQuality Standards for Afterschool as the foundation for the work, Prime Time's qualityadvisors guide participating programs through a program improvement process thatincludes self‐assessment, action planning and implementation of program goals forimprovement. Support for the Out-of-school Time FieldPrime Time conducts evaluations of its services to inform continuous qualityimprovement efforts and to access funding for additional resources for Palm Beachand Martin County's OST communities. Prime Time creates surveys and assessments,collects and analyzes data, and works with external evaluators to collect informationon best practices and lessons learned that can be shared locally and nationally in aneffort to strengthen the OST field.5

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CHILDREN & YOUTH CADRE: Creative Arts Designed to Reinforce Education (Center for Creative Education) Mobile Marine Lab (Florida Fishing Academy)Stories and STEM (Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County) Diving into Ocean Connections (Loggerhead Marinelife Center)Fitness Jamz (Digital Vibez)Teaching Empathy through Nature (Florida Atlantic University (FAU) – Cooking Matters (FLIPANY) Soccer for Success (FLIPANY)Angling for a Healthy Future (Florida Fishing Academy) Girls on the Run (Girls on the Run Palm Beach) Read! Lead! Succeed! (Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County) Community Inclusion Program (The Arc of Palm Beach County) YMCA Physical Activity & Wellness (YMCA of South Palm Beach County) Supporting School-day Academic Learning Caring for the Whole Child Pine Jog Environmental Education Center)Discovering Arts and Culture • Let’s Dance (Divinity Dance)• KidzArt (KidzArt Palm Beach)• Multicultural Arts Program (Lake Worth Playhouse) • Reimagine your World: Creativity through Conservation (Resource Depot) • Prime Time Young Singers Choirs (Young Singers of the Palm Beaches) • Today’s Digital Citizens (Youth Speak Out International) Exploring Technology• Passport to STEM (Cox Science Center and Aquarium)• HADO (Green Mouse Studios)Leadership and Career Pathways• Summer Youth BizCamp Challenge (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)Prime Time strives to provide children and youth with a widerange of hands-on learning experiences. In partnership withlocal content expert organizations, Prime Time makes availableexpanded learning opportunities (ELOs) to eligible afterschooland summer programs. SUPPORT forNicole EdwardsDirector of Community PartnershipsExpandedLearning OpportunityProviders6

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OST PROFESSIONALSPrime Time offers an entire suite of high-quality professionaldevelopment offerings to increase practitioners’ knowledge andskills so that they may positively affect the quality ofprogramming that is delivered in out-of-school time hours.Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc., has partnered withstakeholders and educational institutions in the community tocreate a comprehensive professional development system thatsupports afterschool practitioners in Palm Beach County along atargeted pathway of professional development and training.IACET Accreditation: an internationally recognized accreditation that ensures that PrimeTime can provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for trainings and proves that weprovide high-quality instruction by following IACET standards.Core Competencies: define what practitioners need to know and do according to a set ofstandards that support professionalism of the afterschool field.Non-Credit Pathway: includes Prime Time-developed trainings, attendance at conferencesand workshops, academic initiatives, entry-level courses offered through Department ofChildren and Families, Department of Education and Palm Beach State College, andattendance at conferences and workshops.College Credit Pathway: in partnership with Palm Beach State College, a YouthDevelopment College Credit Certificate leads to an associate’s degree in Human Servicesand on to a bachelor’s degree in Supervision and Management or Human Services.Scholarship Program: covers the cost of tuition and books for OST practitioners takingyouth development-related college credit coursework.ACHIEVE Out-of-School Time: incentive program that promotes staff retention andrewards practitioners for participating in trainings and earning certificates and degrees,with an emphasis on best practices in youth development.Career Advising: facilitates professional and personal development planning includingcourse registration, assistance with college applications andThe system consists of key components that connect education, compensation and retention: educational goal setting that fosters a commitment to continued professional development.SUPPORT forKatherine GopieDirector of Professional Development8

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OST PROGRAMSPrime Time uses the Palm Beach County Program QualityAssessment (PBC-PQA) tool, one-on-one consultation, technicalassistance and specialized trainings to help programs effectivelydevelop and deliver high-quality out-of-school time (OST)experiences for children, youth and their families engaged in thePalm Beach County Quality Improvement System. Prime Time’squality advisors work on-site with OST providers to assess programneeds and develop multi-year plans for improvement. They alsoprovide recommendations for quality improvement and on-site self-assessment trainings with coaching.Quality Standards for AfterschoolThe following standards were developed in partnership with the School District of Palm BeachCounty, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation, Family Central,local afterschool providers and various funding agencies. The contributions of these diversestakeholders helped to ensure that this system addresses the varying needs of out-of-schooltime programs across Palm Beach County.STANDARD 1: Solid Organizational FrameworkThe afterschool program is structured and organized to ensure the health and safety ofchildren and youth in the program. The administration utilizes sound business practices andpromotes the development, training and retention of qualified staff.STANDARD 2: Supportive Ongoing RelationshipsThe afterschool program staff involves youth as partners in the program and encourageschildren and youth to work together.STANDARD 3: Positive and Inclusive EnvironmentThe afterschool program promotes psychological and emotional safety. The afterschoolprogram staff creates a welcoming environment that fosters a sense of belonging for childrenand youth, families and staff.STANDARD 4: Challenging Learning ExperiencesThe afterschool program provides positive learning experiences for children and youth that build upon youth interest and supports active engagement in enrichment activities.STANDARD 5: Family Outreach and InvolvementThe afterschool program promotes positive communication with families and supports parental involvement in the educational experiences of children and youth.SUPPORT forTeal ChanceDirector of Quality Improvement9

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OST FIELDPrime Time is Palm Beach County’s "go-to" resource to findinformation on the best and most promising practices occurringacross the out-of-school time field. We also ensure that our ownlessons learned are shared locally and nationally throughpublications and presentations.SUPPORT forCeline ProviniDirector of ResearchSocial and emotional skillsSchool gradesStandardized test scoresSchool attendanceOn-time grade promotionBy delivering a variety of powerful supports and financial incentives, including coaching,advising, training, networking opportunities, scholarships and more to afterschool and summerprograms, research shows that Prime Time can successfully empower these programs to createsafe, supportive and welcoming environments, and encourage positive social interactions andengagement in youth.Research shows that high-quality OST programs positively impact:10

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Prime Time services create favorable conditions for increasing program quality.342342financialfinancial incentivesincentives awardedawarded Practitioners cite financial concerns as achallenge regarding remaining in the field. Inresponse, Prime Time offers scholarships andfinancial incentives to support educationalattainment and increase staff retention. Thesesupports help qualified staff stay at theirprograms. Less turnover, in turn, helps programsbenefit from training and maintain quality. In 2021-2022572572 scholarshipsscholarships awardedawarded2,3102,310OST professionalsOST professionals attended trainingsattended trainingsPrime Time services increase program quality. The Palm Beach County Quality ImprovementSystem (QIS) helps OST programs increaseand maintain quality, helping ensure consistentpositive experiences for youth. In 2021-2022147147OST programs participatedOST programs participated in the QISin the QISIncreased program quality positively impacts youth. Youth attending higher-quality OST programsare less likely to be retained in their grade. Expanded learning opportunities (ELOs)provide challenging and engaging experiencesfor youth, often experiences they would nototherwise have.OST programs that implement social andemotional learning (SEL) quality enhancementhave demonstrated a positive impact on youthSEL.In 2021-2022171,435171,435learninglearningexperiencesexperiences were offeredwere offered123429,42529,425 youth wereyouth were impactedimpacted5IMPACT11

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1. Lindeman, L.L., Smith, C., Peck, Stephen C., & Harvey, S.L. (2019). Evidence of Positive Impact on Afterschool and Summer Programsin Palm Beach County: A 10-year Validation Study of Prime Time’s Integrated Quality Improvement System. Retrieved fromhttps://simplebooklet.com/10yearvalidationstudy#page=1.A 2018 Prime Time survey of OST staff found that financial considerations strongly influence the length of time staff anticipatedstaying in the field. An analysis for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 showed the vast majority of practitioners who received an ACHIEVE award in agiven year continue to work for the same program in the following year. Participation in Prime Time services was associated with lower staff turnover across three years of QIS participation. OST programs with lower staff turnover were more likely to show the benefits of training and more likely to improve in quality. For the six years from 2007-2012 and the five years from 2013-2017 (both before and after the PBC-PQA assessment was revisedin 2012, setting a higher bar for quality), all of the following increased steadily: the number of programs in QIS, the percent ofprograms that achieved an overall score of at least 3.4 out of 5, and the percent of programs that achieved an overall score of atleast 4.1 out of 5. (A score of 3.4 represents the threshold for minimum quality, while a score of 4.1 represents the threshold forhigh quality.) Based on data representing OST programs’ first three years in the Quality Improvement System, almost all OST programs (91%)that fully utilized Prime Time's services (e.g., quality coaching plus trainings and networking events) improved in quality, and morethan half improved dramatically (e.g., from moderate to exemplary quality). In contrast, among those programs that participatedonly in core services (quality coaching), 29% improved, and only 14% improved dramatically. The impact of trainings becomes visible by the second year of programs’ participation in QIS (between the second and thirdassessments). Programs with higher training levels had an average overall score 0.2 higher than that of programs with lowertraining levels (0.2 would move a program from just under to just over the “high quality” threshold). Using a quasi-experimental design that controlled for youth and school characteristics, researchers compared outcomes of twogroups of grade 1-7 youth who received afterschool subsidies: (1) those who attended higher-quality District afterschool programsduring the 2011–12 school year and (2) those who attended lower-quality District programs. Students who attended higher-quality programs for at least 30 days, compared to those who attended lower-quality programs forat least 30 days, had fewer absences, were less likely to be retained, and had fewer behavioral incidences. Group differences werefound to be statistically significant only for the retention outcome, and that effect was modest. 2. Lindeman, L.L., Smith, C., Peck, Stephen C., & Harvey, S.L. (2019). Evidence of Positive Impact on Afterschool and Summer Programsin Palm Beach County: A 10-year Validation Study of Prime Time’s Integrated Quality Improvement System. Retrieved fromhttps://simplebooklet.com/10yearvalidationstudy#page=1 .3. Naftzger, N., Hallberg, K., & Yang, T. (2014). Exploring the Relationship Between Afterschool Program Quality and Youth Outcomes.Findings from the Palm Beach County Quality Improvement System Study—Summary. American Institutes for Research report. 4. 2021-2022 Customer Impact Survey: Do ELOs provide challenging and engaging experiences for youth? Across all ELOs, the average rating was 8.6 out of 10*.*Scale of 1-10, where 1 = Not at all and 10 = Very much5. Jean-Baptiste, A.E., Gianella, S., & Provini, C. (2022). Youth social and emotional learning in quality-enhanced, out-of-school timeprograms. Journal of Youth Development, 17(4), 195-215. Covering the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Prime Time study found that OSTprograms' participation in a social and emotional learning (SEL) quality enhancement program positively impacted youth SEL. Theimpact on youth SEL emerged alongside the positive effects of foundational program quality achieved through participation in thePalm Beach County Quality Improvement System. 12

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OfficersAlison Adler, Ed.D., Board PresidentConsultantLawrence Gordon, Vice PresidentVice Mayor Town of Haverhill,President of Phoenix Mediation,President Palm Beach County Caucus of Black Elected OfficialsTodd Farrell, TreasurerPartnerGrant Thornton LLPAngela Prudenti, SecretarySenior CounselSachs Sax CaplanMembersAruna Gilbert, MSW, MemberChief Program and Policy OfficerEarly Learning Coalition of Palm Beach CountyKiwana S. Howell, MemberDirector, Extended Learning(Afterschool Programming)School District of Palm Beach CountyReuben B. Johnson, III, MemberCommunity VolunteerCorey Murphy, MemberCommunity Impact OfficerCommunity Foundation for Palm Beachand Martin CountiesSheila Scott-Lubin, MemberInterim Associate Vice President,Academic AffairsPalm Beach State CollegeLindsay Wallace, MemberCommunity VolunteerProject Manager,Nextera Energy Inc.Suzette L. Harvey, ex officioPresident/CEOBOARD OFDIRECTORS14

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STAFFOperationsDeana Jo BookerChief Operating Officer/Controller561-600-9522dbooker@primetimepbc.orgDenise BrownDirector of Human Resources561.732.8066 x126dbrown@primetimepbc.orgPaola CedenoData and Events Manager561-600-9539pcedeno@primetimepbc.orgStefania GiannellaResearch Associate561-600-9529sgiannella@primetimepbc.orgAnnick Eudes Jean-BaptisteResearch Manager561-244-5925ajeanbaptiste@primetimepbc.orgSuzette L. HarveyPresident/CEO561-600-9530sharvey@primetimepbc.orgKatie JacobDirector of Communications561-600-9524kjacob@primetimepbc.orgChad Pieratt-DavisStaff Accountant561-600-9537cpierattdavis@primetimepbc.orgCeline ProviniDirector of Research561-600-9521cprovini@primetimepbc.orgEnid TavaresAdministrative Specialist561-200-3383etavares@primetimepbc.orgKimberly TerranovaExecutive Operations Administrator561-600-9520kterranova@primetimepbc.orgMaria ValleFinancial Business Specialist561-600-9523mvalle@primetimepbc.org15

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STAFFProfessional DevelopmentKnellee BisramWell-being and Life Skills Specialist561-244-5119kbisram@primetimepbc.orgJaisa GodwinProfessional Development AdministrativeCoordinator561-244-5990jgodwin@primetimepbc.orgKatherine GopieDirector of Professional Development561-600-9525kgopie@primetimepbc.orgLisa GregoireProfessional Development Specialist561-600-9546lgregoire@primetimepbc.orgKamiah HodgeMiddle School Professional Development Specialist561-600-9531khodge@primetimepbc.orgShabrae JacksonProfessional Development Specialist561-600-9545Sjackson@primetimepbc.orgElisa MoroCareer Advisor and Registry Coach561-600-9528emoro@primetimepbc.orgPatricia SassonSTEAM Professional Development Specialist561-600-9547psasson@primetimepbc.orgAnton SpaldingProfessional Development Manager561-600-9544aspalding@primetimepbc.orgNicole TarsiaProfessional Development Scholarshipand Incentives Specialist561-600-9527ntarsia@primetimepbc.org16

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