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After-School Program Director's Manual (Teresa Pregizer 06-07)

Member Name: Teresa Pregizer

Service Site: S.A.Y Yes! Pico Union

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Project Focus:

This project outlines how Teresa Pregizer created a detailed manual for the director and mentor positions at S.A.Y. Yes! in order to make sure institutional knowledge of resources and best practices is retained from year to year, even if there is staff turnover. In this way, future directors will better be able to build on previous experience, rather than starting over from scratch.

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Creating a Policy & Procedure Manual for HERC Mentoring Program (Alphonso Westley 05-06)

Member Name: Alphonso Westley

Service Site: Boston HERC

Location: Roxbury, MA

Project Focus:

In this project, Alphonso Westley describes the way in which he formalized many of the procedures already in place at the Boston HERC so that there would be less confusion when staff transition occurs. He lists the documents which a good policy manual should occur, and also stresses that it is important to write a formal mission statement to define your organizational vision.