Evaluation,  Documentation & Hours

Earn a Bike

Youth participants, volunteers and staff sign in and out when they partake in activities. Signin sheets, for each program, include date, name, time in, time out and a description of the activity. Parents complete a registration and permission form, and income verification. Referrals to and from agencies are documented.

Community Bike Works' programs and goals address the

"40 Developmental Assets Youth Need to Succeed" by:

  1. providing services for the highest need elementary school children through partnerships with Central and Roosevelt Elementary Schools
  2. improved reading as demonstrated by our pre and post test
  3. requiring homework be completed in our Homework program
  4. having 30 minutes of every hour in our Reading & Homework Program spent on reading for pleasure
  5. one on one adult mentorship with three or more non-parent adults
  6. using youth as resources as mentors, youth volunteers and apprentices
  7. promoting youth service to others by working at city sponsored bike rodeos, participating in the city's  'adopt a block' and repairing bikes that are donated to others
  8. nurturing responsibility by signing the Earn a Bike contract
  9. receiving referrals from Allentown School District teachers and counselors to provide these services

Community Bike Works' programs require performance measurements.

All the children participating in the Reading & Homework Program will:

  • Take a Reading Test at the beginning and end of the three month program
  • 40 % of the children will show an increase in reading level of at least one grade
  • Produce a writing project that will demonstrate the use of proper sentence structure and grammar
  • Spend at least 50% of their time on reading development.

100% of the children in the Earn a Bike Program will demonstrate the ability to ride a bicycle safely by:

  • Successfully riding around obstacles without falling or hitting the obstacle
  • Balancing a bicycle while riding at slow speeds without falling
  • Performing successful emergency braking
  • Properly signaling turns and stops
  • Signing a contract to ride wearing a helmet

100% of the children in the Earn a Bike Program will demonstrate the ability to perform pre-ride bicycle safety inspections that include checking for:

  • Correct tire pressure
  • Brakes that function properly
  • The adequate tightness of seat, handlebar and front and rear axle nuts

Hours for on site activities:

  • 3 pm to 8 pm during the school year
  • 12 pm to 8 pm in the summer

Participants, girls and boys, are referred by Lehigh County Juvenile Probation, teachers, guidance counselors, case workers and the Police Department.

Earn a Bike