Ollystar Educational Foundation
- Nonprofit
* To ensure that all talented vulnerable children and youths who hail from communities in Africa have access to quality education.
* Empowering and inspiring children and youths, so they are free to act on their own and become leaders of their communities.
* And to instill values such as; honesty, integrity, respect for others, self-worth, confidence, and good work ethic.
- Growth: An organization with an established product or program that is rolled out in one or more communities.
Responsible for hiring project staff, overseeing project development and operation, establishing and maintaining links with Local and International Government agencies, and budget.
Project Director (full time)- Responsible for hiring project staff, overseeing project development and operation, establishing and maintaining links with Local and International Government agencies, and budget.
Project Coordinator (full time) - Responsible for establishing the Resources & Faculty Center, developing working relationships with formal and informal Project leaders, establishing links to sponsoring organizations, and scheduling of programs.
Volunteer Coordinator (full time) - Responsible for recruiting university student volunteers, establishing and maintaining a working linkage with the Department of Education, developing and offering training programs for volunteers, scheduling volunteers for service at the Center. The Volunteer Coordinator will have a background in tertiary education and will be housed in the Department of Education.
Project Evaluator (part time) - Responsible for collecting entry level data regarding project development and information and conducting periodic assessment of changes in their level of knowledge, comprehension, and application of that information. Also responsible for developing and implementing a system for periodic formative evaluation of the work of the students.
Center Assistant (part time) - Responsible for maintaining the structure and appearance of the Center, routine correspondence, and other forms of communication with stakeholders in the community.
Graphic Artist (part time) - Responsible for creating illustrated posters to teach about project information, layout/design of project publications, and development of students’ recruitment and training materials.
Quality Physical and Digital Education For Vulnerable Children and Youths in Africa.
The solution is design to provide free onsite and online world class Elementary, Secondary and higher education with a suitable infrastructure that support sustainable development, for indigent children and youths in Africa, which will allow them to rise out of abject poverty, create job opportunity for them and their families. And it will to instill values such as; honesty, integrity, respect for others, self-worth, confidence, good work ethic.
To empower and inspire children and youths, so they are free to act on their own beliefs, advocate for themselves and others and become leaders of their communities. Because to educate a child = change a Community = change the world.
The solution will to alleviate: abject poverty, high level of illiteracy, poor knowledge in science & technology, and will reduce the rate at which children and youths are exposed to beggaring, banditry, prostitution and terrorism.
Ollystar works to build and run free excellent Onsite and Online Elementary, Secondary and university education for vulnerable children and youths, with a suitable infrastructure that supports sustainable development, for indigent children and youths who hailed from poorer communities in Africa, which will allow them to rise out of abject poverty, eradicate illiteracy, create job opportunities. And to uplifting Children living in extreme poverty, mitigate the high rate of school dropouts, and to reduce the high rate of poor knowledge in science and technology.
The digital and remote learning networks will make education available to pupils and students in crisis environments where violence, riot, insurgency are the businesses of the day, to reduce cost of feeding, transportation, insecurity, and many more. Which is less risky, safe, and protective for marginalized children, especially girls.
- Women & Girls
- Pre-primary age children (ages 2-5)
- Primary school children (ages 5-12)
- Rural
- Poor
- Low-Income
- Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons
- Persons with Disabilities
- Level 1: You can describe what you do and why it matters, logically, coherently and convincingly.
• Formative evaluation, and
• Summative evaluation
• Formative evaluation will be conducted through interviews and open-ended questionnaires. Staff and students will be asked about the day-to-day operation of the Project, the topics covered in the training program, the attractiveness of the training materials, and other questions to provide feedback for the ongoing improvement of the operation of the Project.
The Project Evaluator will meet regularly with project staff to share findings from the formative evaluation effort. Periodic reports will be prepared that identify the major findings of the formative evaluation and how they have been used to improve Project operation.
• Summative evaluation will begin with the establishment of baseline data at the beginning of the Project (using a random sample of standard education to assess their departmental knowledge) and then be conducted at 6 month intervals (just prior to each group of volunteers completing their Project service).
• Ensuring that students gain literacy, numeracy, and social emotional skills that is foundational to future learning and success.
• To focus and concentrate investments measurably and sustainably improving learning and educational outcomes.
Implementation, Supervision and or Co-creation.
Engagement in LEAP project will boost leadership, coaching, communication, rein- forcements, recognition
why is evidence-based decision making important
- Formative research (e.g. usability studies; feasibility studies; case studies; user interviews; implementation studies; pre-post or multi-measure research; correlational studies)
- Summative research (e.g. correlational studies; quasi-experimental studies; randomized control studies)
• Ensuring that students gain literacy, numeracy, and social emotional skills that is foundational to future learning and success.
• To focus and concentrate investments measurably and sustainably improving learning and educational outcomes.
• To work in partnership and leverage resources.
• To Drive decision-making and investment, using evidence and data
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• To ensure that children and youths, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable, have increased access to quality education that is safe, relevant, and promotes social well-being.
• To ensure that youths gain the skills they
needed to lead productive lives, gain employment, positively contribute to society.
• To build higher educational institutions that will have the capacity to be central actors in development conducting and applying research, delivering quality education and engaging with communities.
• To Ensure that students gain literacy, numeracy, and social emotional skills that is foundational to future learning and success.
• To focus and concentrate investments measurably and sustainably improving learning and educational outcomes.
• To work in partnership and leverage resources.
• To Drive decision-making and investment,
using evidence and data
• To ensure that children and youths, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable, have increased access to quality education that is safe, relevant, and promotes social well-being.
• To ensure that youths gain the skills they
needed to lead productive lives, gain employment, positively contribute to society.
• To build higher educational institutions that will have the capacity to be central actors in development conducting and applying research, delivering quality education and engaging with communities.