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Title: Evaluation Basics for Youth Programs


1
Evaluation Basics for Youth Programs
  • Ben Silliman, Ph.D.
  • Dept. of 4-H Youth Development

2
Reasons to LoveProgram Evaluation
  • Personal feedback on personal effectiveness
  • Practical information for improving delivery
  • Professional process and outcomes data to show
    accountability, impact

3
Understanding Evaluation
  • Name the best thing(s) youve seen/experienced in
    a youth-at-risk program
  • Name the worst thing(s) youve seen/experienced
    in a youth-at-risk program

4
Dimensions of Evaluation
  • Good things come from
  • A clear vision of what is happening
  • A positive climate for youth
  • Programs that make a difference
  • Organizations that run effective programs

5
Dimensions of Evaluation
  • Good things come from research-based
  • Environmental scanning
  • Program evaluation
  • Outcome evaluation
  • Organizational/
  • professional evaluation

6
Environmental ScanningWhat do people need?What
resources do people have?
7
Needs and Asset Mapping
  • Demographic Data
  • Community Economic and Social Surveys
  • Focus Groups
  • Targeted Needs Assessments
  • Community Coalition consensus

8
Program EvaluationHow good is the program?
9
Positive Climates/Best Practices
  • Safe Environments
  • Structure Appropriate for
  • Supportive Relationships
  • Social Inclusion
  • Standards of Conduct
  • Skill Learning Focused
  • Contribution-Oriented
  • Connections to Family, Community

10
Program Climate
  • Physical and Psychological Safety
  • Safe, healthy facilities
  • Conflict resolution
  • Wellness habits

11
Program Climate
  • Appropriate Structure
  • Clear consistent boundaries
  • Age-based opportunities
  • Effective monitoring

12
Program Climate
  • Supportive Relationships
  • Warmth, affirmation
  • Communication
  • Positive guidance

13
Program Climate
  • Opportunities to Belong
  • Acceptance, inclusion
  • Cultural diversity/ tolerance
  • Teamwork

14
Program Climate
  • Positive Social Norms
  • High expectations for ethics, behavior
  • High achievement orientation
  • Service orientation

15
Program Climate
  • Efficacy and Mattering
  • Growth in confidence and autonomy
  • Ability to make a difference
  • Meaningful changes effected with individuals,
    organizations, communities

16
Program Climate
  • Opportunities for Skill Building
  • Mastery of practical skills in many domains
  • Ability to relate and navigate
  • varied cultures
  • Improvements in vocation-
  • related skills

17
Program Climate
  • Integration with Family, School, and Community
  • Parent involvement and family activities at home
  • Increased academic performance and school
    leadership
  • Youth-adult partnership

18
Outcome EvaluationWhats happening with the kids?
19
Logic ModelBuilding a Game Plan
  • The Big Picture Winning Legacy
  • Giant Steps A Habit of Playing Well
  • Small Steps Mastering the Fundamentals
  • The Right Stuff Good Preparation
  • Setting the Table Good Resources

20
The Logic of Evaluation
  • Inputs
  • Investments
  • of resources
  • Money
  • Staff
  • Volunteers
  • Equipment
  • Supplies
  • Effects of
  • constraints
  • Laws
  • Regulations
  • Funder requirements
  • Outcomes
  • Short-term outcomes
  • Knowledge
  • Attitude
  • Skills
  • Aspirations
  • Long-term outcomes (impacts)
  • Behavioral change
  • Social-economic change
  • Cultural change
  • Outputs
  • Products of programs
  • Classes taught
  • Materials distributed
  • Hours of service
  • Participants served

21
Evaluating Outcomesin Small Steps
  • Knowledge
  • Attitudes
  • Skills
  • Aspirations

22
Outcome Domains
  • Physical
  • Health
  • Safety
  • Wellness
  • Risk Reduction

23
Outcome Domains
  • Intellectual/Cognitive
  • Critical thinking/
  • problem solving
  • Academic achievement
  • Project skills/mastery
  • Decision-making
  • Creative thinking

24
Outcome Domains
  • Emotional
  • Coping
  • Stress management
  • Optimism
  • Self-efficacy
  • Character

25
Organizational/ProfessionalEvaluationHow (well)
do leaders make things happen?
26
Organizational Processes
  • Serving People
  • Designing and Producing Better Goods and Services
  • Building an Efficient and Effective Workforce

27
Six Sigma Processes
  • Define the project goals and customer (internal
    and external) requirements
  • Measure and determine customer needs and
    specifications benchmark competitors and
    industry
  • Analyze the process options to meet the customer
    needs
  • Design (detailed) the process
  • to meet the customer needs
  • Verify the design performance
  • and ability to meet customer needs

28
Professional Evaluation
  • Professional Standards
  • Novice-to-Expert Rubrics and Certification for
    General Specialized Competencies
  • Individual and Team goals, performance standards,
    and professional development
  • Continuous quality improvement

29
Human Subjects
  • Satisfaction, description is
  • program feedback
  • Individual performance change is consent-required
    feedback

30
Replicating and SustainingPrograms
  • Stage 1 Program running as planned, having
    intended effect (Process Evaluation/Formative
    Evaluation/Quality Control)
  • Stage 2 Change in knowledge, attitude, skill, or
    aspiration (Outcome Evaluation/Summative
    Evaluation/Achievements Impact)
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