The partners of Philadelphia's OST PD Project believe that the Competencies respresent fundamental areas in which all out-of-school time staff should perform well to ensure positive program and youth outcomes. The competencies can be used to recruit, train, assess and organize around staff. There are 9 Staff Competencies with a total of 52 content areas. Details can be found at: http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/ostrc/prodev/competencies.html.