GOAL: To help young people develop academic, behavioral and social skills through homework completion, high-yield learning activities and tutoring.

WHY: Boys & Girls Clubs seek to provide an outcome-driven Club Experience that helps young people achieve academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. When Boys & Girls Clubs offer extended learning opportunities and educational enrichment programming during the non-school hours, they help improve young people’s academic performance and encourage them to graduate from high school, pursue a post-secondary education and develop a lifelong love of learning. Homework completion is a critical component of young people’s academic success.

WHO: Boys & Girls Club members ages 6 to 18

WHAT: The Power Hour program model helps Club professionals:

• Create a climate of academic success in the Boys & Girls Club

• Conduct engaging homework help programs for Club members in elementary,

middle and high school

• Make homework and other learning activities enjoyable, as well as academically

beneficial – “Fun with a Purpose”

• Integrate technology in Power Hour activities

• Organize a program schedule and space for optimum results

• Implement one-on-one or small-group tutoring for youth who need additional

help in specific areas

• Develop an incentive system to motivate youth to increase their participation

• Recognize young people’s efforts and achievements

• Engage hard-to-reach or reluctant youth in homework help and tutoring

• Recruit and retain program volunteers

• Collaborate with schools, parents and other community partners

• Measure the outcomes of Power Hour

• Pursue local sustainability funding with a sample grant funding proposal

• Replicate proven best practices from other Clubs