project development - maed major in educ mngt

project development - maed major in educ mngt

1. PROJECT EVALUATION

2. Project Evaluation Goal: Create effective education projects that can serve as model of excellence

3. Project Evaluation Types of Evaluation Ways of Collecting Information Ethical Considerations

4. This information is intended to: Answer questions about project evaluation Provide guidance in using evaluation as a project improvement tool

5. WHAT IS PROJECT EVALUATION?

6. What education coordinators want to know? How many individuals participated in an event If participants were satisfied with the logistics If staff members and volunteers feel confident in their ability

7. Evaluation (Patton, 2002) Systematic collection of information about activities, characteristics, and outcomes of projects in order to make judgments about the project , improve effectiveness , and or inform decisions about future programming.

8. Evaluation Provides well-documented and considered evidence to support the decision-making process .

9. Project Evaluation Helps determine: Project’s merit (Does it work?) Worth (Do we need it?) Helps decision-makers determine if a project: Should be c ontinued Suggests way to improve

10. Project Evaluation Documents projects, programs, and accomplisments G ather information on the reason why a project is or is not meeting its objectives

11. Importance of Evaluation to Project Design and Implementation to understand in a systematic way what is and what is not working in a project provides perspective provides evidence provides the type of information necessary for sound decision-making

12. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations Participants core to the success of the project Project Sustainability – depends on the degree to which participants benefit directly from the experiences or services

13. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations B. Project Improvement strengths and weaknesses map out relationships among components Information gathered can be used to: redesign the project increase efficiency and effectiveness

14. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations C. Public Relations promote the product and services evaluation results will be viewed as more substantial and reliable

15. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations D. Funding What educators want to know? comprehensive, outcomes-based evaluation types of impacts the project has made evidence of project effectiveness *Continued, scaled, backed, discontinued or enhanced

16. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations E. Improved Delivery An evaluation can… clarify the purposes of the project F. Capacity Building provides opportunities for skill-building and learning Insights: inform a strategic examination of projects identify priorities, overlaps, gaps, and model programs

17. Additional Benefits of Conducting Project Evaluations G . Clarifying Project Theory “When the why is clear, the how is easy.” opportunity to revisit the theory behind the project “ownership” H. Taking Stock opportunity to reflect on the project consider where the project is going accomplishments vs. expectations “learning through the project”

18. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation

19. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation

20. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation

21. Evaluation (Patton, 2002) Systematic collection of information about activities, characteristics, and outcomes of projects in order to make judgments about the project , improve effectiveness , and or inform decisions about future programming.

22. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation STEP 1. Reexamine issue, audience, and project’s objective fully understand the project, its components , the relationship among the components, the audiences , and the intended outcomes . reexamine project objectives reexamine logic model

23. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation STEP 2. Establish the Planning Team each plays a different role and sees the project through a different lens purely advisory role more hands-on role

24. Steps in Planning a Project Evaluation STEP 3. Identify a Purpose for the Evaluation Scope of Evaluation: purpose of evaluation what is going to be evaluated who will use the evaluation