Boys And Girls Club Of Transylvania County Inc

THE MISSION OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD/TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IS TO ENABLE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO NEED US MOST, TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE, CARING, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS. WE ARE MORE THAN AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE ARE A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION SERVING SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH FROM FIVE TO 18 YEARS OLD.

ORGANIZATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2021 PROGRAM IMPACT TEEN SURVEY IN AN OPEN ENDED QUESTION, 91% OF TEENS SAID THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THE CLUB SUPPORTED THEM WAS THROUGH STAFF HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE OR OFFERING TO HELP WITH SCHOOLWORK. 70% OF RESPONDENTS SELF-REPORTED THAT THEIR OVERALL EXPERIENCE AT THE CLUB DURING VIRTUAL DAYS WAS A POSITIVE ONE. IN RESPONSE TO THE STATEMENT THE CLUB HAS PROVIDED A CALM, PRODUCTIVE SPACE FOR ME TO DO SCHOOLWORK, 100% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT STATEMENT WAS SORT OF OR VERY TRUE. IN RESPONSE TO THE STATEMENT STAFF WAS READY AND ABLE TO HELP WITH ANY SCHOOL WORK WHENEVER I NEEDED IT, 100% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT STATEMENT WAS SORT OF OR VERY TRUE, WITH 96% OF RESPONDENTS SAYING IT WAS VERY TRUE. 21-DAY CHALLENGE SURVEY (MARCH 2021) 100% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS BENEFICIAL AND THAT THEY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. MULTIPLE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THE CHALLENGE TOUCHED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY TOPICS THAT THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH OR HADNT LEARNED ABOUT BEFORE. 100% OF RESPONDENTS LISTED SPECIFIC WAYS THAT WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM THE CHALLENGE WILL INFLUENCE THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS AT THE CLUB. SOME OF THE MAIN IDEAS WERE LISTENING NON-JUDGMENTALLY TO UNDERSTAND, USING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE OPEN CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY, SHIFTING LANGUAGE TO BE RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE, ACCEPTING THAT WE DONT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT A MEMBER HAS FACED OR HOW THEY MUST NAVIGATE THE WORLD, LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WHITE SUPREMACY INFILTRATES EVERYDAY LIFE, AND PROVIDING AN INCLUSIVE, BRAVE SPACE TO SPECIFICALLY EMPOWER OUR MINORITY MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF COLOR. WHEN ASKED, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOUD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE?, MULTIPLE RESPONDENTS COMMUNICATED A DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO LEARN AND WORK TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THEY LEARNED. ONE RESPONDENT SAID THEY WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT WHAT WE LEARNED AS A TEAM HERE AT THE CLUB. TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE TRAINING SURVEY (MARCH 26TH, 2021) 100% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY FOUND THE TRAINING HELPFUL. SPECIFICALLY, RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY FOUND THE BREATHING AND CALM- DOWN EXERCISES, EXPLANATION OF HOW TRAUMA HAPPENS AND AFFECTS THE BODY, AND LEARNING HOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE OUR BODY TO PROCESS AND HEAL THE MOST HELPFUL PARTS OF THE TRAINING. RESPONDENTS LISTED WAYS THEY CAN APPLY WHAT THEY LEARNED IN INTERACTING WITH OUR MEMBERS. ANSWERS INCLUDED TEACHING CALM-DOWN EXERCISES AND STRATEGIES TO OUR MEMBERS WHILE THEYRE IN A CALM STATE (RATHER THAN WHEN THEIR LID IS FLIPPED), MAKING THESE STRATEGIES PART OF OUR EVERYDAY ROUTINE, BEING MORE AWARE OF THE PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO STRESS AND TRAUMA, AND CHANGING OUR LANGUAGE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERS AND MAKE SURE THEY FEEL SAFE AND INCLUDED. WHEN ASKED, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOUD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE? ONE RESPONDENT SAID THEY LOVE THAT BECCA WAS MODELING AND TEACHING AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT HER TONE AND WORD CHOICE WERE INTENTIONAL. ANOTHER SAID THEY APPRECIATED THE PARTS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TRY AND PRACTICE THE TOOLS. OTHERS SAID THEY APPRECIATED THE TRAINING AND BECCAS PERSPECTIVE ON RESILIENCE AND TRAUMA. PROGRAM OUTCOMES ART EDUCATION 370 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN ART. BGCA ARTS ACCOMPLISHMENT BGCA PUT OUT A PROJECT FOR THE YOUTH TO INVITE THEM TO COME UP WITH A PIECE OF ART IN RESPONSE TO THE YEAR 2020. ADDISON ROBINSON CAME UP WITH A POSTER IN RESPONSE TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT. HER PIECE WAS PICKED ALONG WITH 25 OTHER GROUPS OF YOUTH OUT OF 120 SUBMISSIONS. HER VISUAL ART WAS FEATURED IN THE BGCA VIRTUAL ART GALLERY AS PART OF BGCAS NATIONAL CONFERENCE. ART FOR GOOD FOUR PIECES OF ART WERE MADE BY KIDS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE MADE AN IMPACT AT THE CLUB. THESE ART PIECES ARE AN EXPRESSION OF OUR THANKS. SUMMER 2021 ART SURVEY 91% OF MEMBERS SAID THAT ART HAS TAUGHT THEM A NEW SKILL OR THEYVE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 83% OF MEMBERS SAID THAT ART HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BE CREATE/USE MY IMAGINATION. 80% OF MEMBERS SAID THAT ART HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO THEM, EVEN IF ITS NOT THEIR FAVORITE PROGRAM. ACADEMIC SUCCESS 348 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN POWER HOUR. SUMMER 2021 (JUNE-AUGUST) ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS 33.75 HOURS OF TUTORING WERE PROVIDED TO 13 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS THIS SUMMER (IN ADDITION TO THE 121.25 HOURS PROVIDED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR). 13 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN 14.25 HOURS OF ISTATION (MATH AND READING) PRACTICE. SUMMER READING HOUR 232 MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN SRH DURING SUMMER 2021 (100% OF ENROLLED MEMBERS). MEMBERS IN GROUPS 1-3 WHO ATTENDED AT LEAST 75% OF THEIR SUMMER READING HOUR SESSIONS AND WERE PRESENT DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING (15) COMPLETED HEGGERTY PHONEMIC AWARENESS ASSESSMENTS ADMINISTERED BY THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR. OF THESE MEMBERS, 100% OF GROUPS 1-2 AVERAGED A 4 OR HIGHER (OUT OF 5) FOR ALL ASSESSED PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS, INDICATING A DEVELOPING OR PROFICIENT KNOWLEDGE OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS, USING THE PHONEMIC AWARENESS END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS FOR KINDERGARTEN (GROUP 1) AND 1ST GRADE (GROUP 2) PRODUCED BY HEGGERTY; AND 100% OF MEMBERS ASSESSED IN GROUP 3 SCORED AT LEAST AN 80% IN THE MAJORITY (MORE THAN 50%) OF THE PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS ASSESSED THROUGH THE PHONEMIC AWARENESS SKILLS. SCREENER ASSESSMENT FOR 2ND GRADE AND ABOVE. MEMBERS IN GROUPS 4-7 WHO ATTENDED AT LEAST 75% OF THEIR SUMMER READING HOUR SESSIONS AND WERE PRESENT DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING COMPLETED AN ORAL READING INVENTORY FROM WONDERS: PLACEMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT BY DONALD BEAR, PUBLISHED BY MCGRAW HILL ADMINISTERED BY THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR. OF THESE MEMBERS, 100% WERE READING INDEPENDENTLY ON THEIR RESPECTIVE GRADE LEVELS. NOTE: OUR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS WERE EXTREMELY LOW DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF 2021 SUMMER PROGRAMMING BECAUSE OF POSITIVE COVID CASES. OF 101 MEMBERS SURVEYED DURING WEEK 7 OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING IN GROUPS 1-7 ABOUT SUMMER READING HOUR: 63% OF MEMBERS SAID THAT THEY FELT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILLS DURING THE SUMMER, 55% OF MEMBERS SAID THAT SRH WAS GENERALLY A NEUTRAL OR POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, AND 74% SAID THAT THEIR GROUP READ BOOKS THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF AND/OR WERE NEW TO THEM. OF 61 MEMBERS SURVEYED IN GROUPS 3-7, 33% SAID THAT THEY READ ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CHALLENGED THEM OR GAVE THEM A NEW PERSPECTIVE. STEM CAREERS 208 MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN STEM DURING SUMMER 2021 (90% OF ENROLLED MEMBERS). OF 73 MEMBERS SURVEYED DURING WEEK 7 OF SUMMER PROGRAMMING (NOTE THAT G2 WAS OUT WHEN THIS SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED BECAUSE OF A POSITIVE COVID CASE) IN GROUPS 1 AND GROUPS 3-7 ABOUT THE STEM CAREERS PROGRAM: 63% SAID THEY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT STEM CAREERS, 73% SAID THEY LEARNED ABOUT AT LEAST ONE NEW STEM CAREER THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF OR DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, AND 38% SAID THEY WOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER A STEM CAREER IN THE FUTURE. CUMULATIVE 2021 ACADEMIC SUCCESS STATISTICS 30 POWER HOUR OBSERVATIONS, SCHEDULED AT RANDOM AND CONDUCTED FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EACH BY THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR, RESULTED IN AN AVERAGE OVERALL SCORE OF 11.5/15, AND THE FOLLOWING AVERAGES FOR EACH POWER HOUR OUTCOME MEASURE: NOISE LEVEL: 3.6/5 MEMBER FOCUS: 3.5/5 LEADER SUPPORT/ENGAGEMENT: 4.4/5 424 RESPONSES WERE RECORDED AS PART OF FOUR QUARTERLY POWER HOUR SURVEYS COMPLETED BY MEMBERS, RESULTING IN THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES, ON AVERAGE: 77% OF MEMBERS STATED POWER HOUR IS A QUIET ROTATION WHERE I CAN FOCUS. 81% OF MEMBERS STATED I AM ABLE TO COMPLETE SCHOOLWORK (IF I HAVE IT) DURING POWER HOUR. 91% OF MEMBERS STATED I KNOW THAT I WILL RECEIVE HELP DURING POWER HOUR IF I ASK FOR IT. 85% OF MEMBERS STATED POWER HOUR IS FOCUSED ON SCHOOL/LEARNING- RELATED ACTIVITIES. 34 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN 246.25 HOURS OF VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON TUTORING PROVIDED BY 17 UNIQUE VOLUNTEER TUTORS 48 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS WERE SERVED THROUGH ACADEMY STUDY PLANS MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED 185.75 HOURS OF INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED WORK PROVIDED BY 13 UNIQUE STAFF MEMBERS. HEALTHY LIFESTYLES 115 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE CLUBS SPORTS TEAMS. BASKETBALL 79% OF PLAYERS WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE PLAYING BASKETBALL AT THE CLUB. 100% OF PLAYERS REPORTED HE/SHE LEARNED NEW SKILLS (OR IMPROVED YOUR SKILLS). 67% OF PLAYERS INCREASED THEIR TEAMWORK SKILLS & LEARNED HOW TO BE A BETTER TEAMMATE. 76% OF PLAYERS REPORTED HE/SHE BECAME MORE CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES. 94% OF PLAYERS FEEL MORE INVESTED IN THE CLUB AND EXPERIENCED A SENSE OF BELONGING. 100% OF PLAYERS FEEL LIKE THEIR COACHES LISTEN TO AND CARE ABOUT THEM. 97% OF PLAYERS FEEL LIKE THEIR TEAMMATES RESPECT THEM. 100% OF PLAYERS FELT THEIR COACHES WANTED THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 89% OF PARENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR CHILDS EXPERIENCE PLAYING BASKETBALL AT THE CLUB. 78% OF PARENTS BELIEVE THEIR CHILD INCREASED HIS/HER TEAMWORK SKILLS. 73% OF PARENTS REPORTED THEIR CHIL