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Colleagues:

One more document has been posted on the ISEOST website. 
Entitled "Panelist Questions and Answers," it is a compilation of participants' 
hand-written questions and subsequent responses from several panelists. Visit 
http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/iseost for answers to questions such as:

1. What do ISE educators need to know about youth development, when they 
only see a group of youth one time for two hours? 
 
2. What learning impacts should we seek for our middle-school students, how 
should we measure success, and what are the implications for professional 
development?
 
3. What are some suggestions for recruiting and retaining older youth?  

4. What is the greatest challenge facing the field of ISE? What is the greatest 
challenge for OST?  Are they similar/different? 
 
5. What is the role of government in setting and supporting an out-of-school 
time agenda? 

6. What are some of the “mistakes” that can be made when implementing ISE 
during OST, especially with older youth? 
 
7. Is there anything we can learn from the formal educators, particularly with 
respect to professional development? 
  
Enjoy!

Nancy Peter, M.Ed.
Director, Out-of-School Time Resource Center
Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy
University of Pennsylvania
3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179
Phone: (215) 898-0640
Fax: (215) 573-2791
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.sp2.upenn.edu/ostrc

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