What do we need to do to prepare for the changed educational environment that we are going to face between now and at latest next fall? This is something that every educator – teacher, administrator, policy-maker – should be asking themselves now.
We Know What to Do With Lemons (Not that there's anything wrong with lemons)
Tell Us Your Stories
A simple ask here… Use the Comments field below to share your stories about something you’ve done in your school, district, museum, library, etc. to help teachers and students during this time of national emergency. What are you proud of? What has surprised you? What are your goals coming out of all of this?
Just tell us a story in the Comments. No need to tell us (or anyone) who you are. Just share. Alternatively, if you’d rather share your input privately, then feel free to contact Sun Associates directly.
Soon, we’ll summarize everyone’s input in the way that evaluators do and draw out some common themes to share with the future.
Refining Goals and Establishing Indictators
Regardless of your project’s scope, there are a few good common sense steps that your team can take to set the stage for effective evaluation. Planning effectively for project evaluation involves making time for discussing and clarifying your project goals, defining expectations - indicators - for project outcomes, and giving some thought as to what data you want to collect to document those outcomes. Get started on that process with some simple tools for identifying discussion participants and starting to clarify goals and indicators.
Can I Use Your Survey?
Before you just use data collection tools wholesale, take a little time to think about 1) what you really want and need to know, and 2) how you might edit various tools to meet your needs. Considering these issues is in fact part of a process for creating and conducting effective program evaluations and audits.