Tip Sheet: Do you need a Validated Survey?
This tip sheet provides guidance on choosing survey tools appropriate to your purposes. Specifically, it details considerations around validated (versus custom) surveys
Resource Category: YDEKC
Passing on the Learning – Practices That Support the Whole Child
This artefact from Youth Development Executives of King County (YDEKC), was published in 2019 as part of a reflection on the Whole Child, Whole Day Mini-Grants Initiative.
Road Map Region SEL Landscape Scan 2018
This scan of the Social and Emotional Learning landscape in the Road Map region in King County, WA was created by Youth Development Executives of King County (2010-2023) to document systems and structures that support whole child outcomes across the whole day. The scan was published in September 2018.
Social and Emotional Learning Landscape Scan Executive Summary
This is the executive summary of Social and Emotional Learning Landscape Scan: Systems & Structures that Support Whole Child Outcomes in the Road Map Region, which aims to better explain what systems, strategies, and practices are in place that support whole child outcomes across the whole day in the Road Map Region. This scan was published by Youth Development Executives of King County (YDEKC, 2010-2013) in September 2018.
Skills & Dispositions, Part 1: Definition and Measurement
An overview of the most influential research on student motivation, engagement, and 21st-century skills. This paper, originally published in 2012 and revised by in 2014 by Youth Development Executives of King County, presents a holistic framework for thinking about student success. It provides operational definitions for the skills and dispositions that matter most, and suggests ways that educators, parents, and out-of-school-time program providers can begin to measure these skills in young people. This is the first of a two-part series. The second part covers strategies for building motivation, engagement, and 21st-century skills.
Skills and Dispositions Executive Summary
This artifact is a brief executive summary of YDEKC’s series on student motivation, engagement, and 21st-century skills. The first part of the series, published in 2012 (revised in 2014) proposed a working definition of motivation and engagement, and suggested possible approaches to measurement. The second part, released in 2014, describes a number of strategies for building motivation and engagement in schools and in out-of-school-time settings. YDEKC (Youth Development Executives of King County) served the King County region of Washington State from 2010 to 2023.