Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Community Partnerships
Module 4
| Contents | Preface
| Introduction
| Module 1
| Module 2
| Module 3
| Module 4 | |
Practicing the Collaborative Process
Handout 8: Evaluating the Progress
Overview
As an ongoing process, evaluation tells partners how well they and their strategies are working and guides decisions on changes or modifications to the collaborative effort. While evaluation by outside specialists may be preferable, much information can be obtained through low-cost self-evaluation.
Self-evaluation does not need to be complex. Finding out what's working and what corrections might make things work better can come from a relatively simple evaluation that includes measures of:
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Effort
- Are our efforts helping us achieve our mission?
- What significant environmental factors have inhibited or helped our capacity to collaborate?
- Do we need to bring some new partners to the table?
- Is our Plan of Action being implemented?
Effectiveness
- Are we reaching the right people?
- Are we making an impact? What's different?
- What happened that we didn't expect?
- Is our Plan of Action still appropriate?
Efficiency
- Are our goals attainable?
- Are our resources sufficient in light of the issues we face? The intensity of our strategies?
- Are we making the best use of our talents and strengths?
- What can we do to make our work more efficient?
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