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Montse replied to the discussion What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:44:41 -0400

Reply to What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting?

DO:
-Number of campers

-Interest in STEM (Day 1 vs Day 5)

-Understanding of STEM (Day 1 vs Day 5)

-Knowledge on Native language, traditional territory, Indigenous stories

-Understanding of braiding knowledges

-Rose, thorn, bud
DON’T

-Level of enjoyment (from 1 to 5)

Montse replied to the discussion What are some barriers to evaluation that your organisations/programmes face? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:24:13 -0400

Reply to What are some barriers to evaluation that your organisations/programmes face?

Having one week summer camps with children from 6 to 12 years old.

There is a tricky balance between wanted to do evaluation surveys and still being friendly and youth appropriate.

Besides, as we don’t have enough staff to have someone transcribe their answers, it needs to be written, which makes it more tedious + hard to understand their handwriting.

Montse replied to the discussion How can evaluation ‘improve’ youth programs rather than just ‘proving’ that they work? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:28:17 -0400

Reply to How can evaluation ‘improve’ youth programs rather than just ‘proving’ that they work?

In previous years, we have found that the turnover of staff + lack of responsibility / ownership of the evaluation aspect made it so that it got forgotten.

I believe that the staff needs to be informed of the importance of the evaluation, why we are doing, why it is important for them to help us answer these questions / run…