Georgia Hall
Director and Senior Research Scientist
B.A. Duke University, M.A. Clark University, Ph.D. Boston College.
Georgia Hall is Director of the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and specializes in research and evaluation on youth development programs, settings, and learning experiences.
Georgia Hall is a Director and Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College and specializes in research and evaluation on youth development programs, settings, and learning experiences. Georgia is currently serving as the Principal Investigator on NIOST’s technical assistance partnership with the Massachusetts’ Department of Education 21st CCLC Program. NIOST’s work includes the development and refinement of statewide assessment tools for 21st CCLC, along with the development of online training tools and in-person training and technical assistance delivery to 21st CCLC sub-grantees. Georgia also serves as the Principal Investigator on NIOST’s project work with GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math and Science) and leads NIOST’s research activities for The Building Literacy Rich Environments in OST Programs project in Philadelphia funded by the William Penn Foundation.
Georgia regularly presents on topics related to program quality, measurement, and staff training to OST audiences around the country. Georgia is the Managing Editor of the Afterschool Matters journal. Georgia and her NIOST colleagues edited the recently released book "The Heartbeat of the Youth Development Field: Professional Journeys of Growth, Connection, and Transformation" which is a new volume in the series "Current Issues in Out-of-School Time" published by IAP.
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Background
Georgia is currently serving as the Principal Investigator on NIOST’s Technical Assistance Partnership with the Massachusetts’ Department of Education 21st CCLC Program. NIOST’s work includes the development and refinement of statewide assessment tools for 21st CCLC, along with the development of online training tools and in-person training and technical assistance delivery to 21st CCLC sub-grantees. From 2011 – 2014 Hall managed the evaluation of the 21st CCLC Summer Learning Pilot program. Hall conducted site visits with NIOST staff to 10 sub-grantee school districts to monitor and evaluate quality of program implementation, in addition to analyzing youth outcome data collected at the program and school district level. Georgia recently began working as NIOST’s Principal Investigator working in collaboration with Global Evaluation and Applied Research Solution (GEARS) on the 21st Century Community Learning Centers State Monitoring and Technical Assistance Project with the Federal Department of Education.
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Education
Hall earned her B.A. from Duke University and her M.A. from Clark University. She holds a Ph.D. from Boston College.
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Presentation Highlights
The HOST (Healthy Out-of-School Time) Coalition--a growing network of youth organization leaders, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders--work in partnership with the National AfterSchool Association to promote the Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards (HEPA) for Out-of-School Time programs which they adopted in 2011. HOST's vision is to foster health and wellbeing practices in out-of-school time programs nationwide, using science-based standards for healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, and social supports for these behaviors including staff, family and child engagement.
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Affiliations
Hall is the Managing Editor of Afterschool Matters, a journal for OST practitioners, researchers, and other related professionals. Georgia is a Board Member of the American Camping Association, New England and is an enthusiastic youth soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball coach in her local community.
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Contact Information
Phone: 781-283-2530
Fax: 781-283-3657
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