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Year Published: 2016
4-H Tech Wizards is an evidence-based afterschool mentoring program that trains youth on various technologies within a bilingual, bicultural learning environment. In this selection of evaluation data from the 2012-2013 school year, participants demonstrated gains along three major categories of youth outcomes—interest in STEM, capacity to engage in STEM, and finding value in STEM.
Program Name: 4-H Tech Wizards
Program Description: 4-H Tech Wizards is an evidence-based afterschool mentoring program that trains youth on various technologies within a bilingual, bicultural learning environment. The program is implemented through the 4-H National Mentoring Program, a partnership between the National 4-H Council and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Originating in Oregon, the program has been taken to scale nationwide.
Scope of the Evaluation: National
Program Type: Afterschool
Location: 26 states
Community Type: Rural, Urban, Suburban
Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Demographics: Open to all, but focus is on Hispanic and other under-served, high-need youth. Demographics vary based on the local community.
Program Website: https://4-h.org/parents/stem-agriculture/tech-wizards
Evaluation Methods: Outcome data is collected using formal skill assessment tools; surveys; service logs; observations; and interviews with youth, mentors, staff and family members.
Evaluation Type: Non-experimental
Outcomes:
Below is a selection of evaluation data reported by the program around three major categories of youth outcomes—interest in STEM, capacity to productively engage in STEM, and finding value in STEM. These outcomes are an excerpt from a 2016 Afterschool Alliance paper, "The Impact of Afterschool STEM: Examples from the Field."
Capacity: I can do this
Value: This is important to me
Associated Evaluation: http://afterschoolalliance.org/documents/AfterschoolSTEMImpacts2016.pdf