2004-229R - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Cultural Council of Indian River County; After School Scholarship Program; Children's Services Advisory Committee of Indian River County F. PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) 1 . DEMOGRAPHICS : What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of information that qualify them for your target population ? How do you document their need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section B19 Necessary data elements will be collected from referral forms, it will be indicated that the information will be used for grant reporting purposes only. Children that are participating in the free or reduced lunch program or have an additional risk factor identified by the student support specialist or teacher from the school and indicate that there is an interest in learning about the arts qualifies them for the program. The presence of any of these risk factors indicates the need for services and the indicated risk factors will be documented for reference in the database. This information will be shared with the appropriate staff, which will take it under advisement . 2 . MEASURES : What data elements will you need to collect to show that you have achieved (or made progress toward) your Measurable Outcomes in Section D ? What tools or items are you using as measures (grades, survey scores , attendance, absences, skill levels) for your program ? Are you getting baseline information from a source on your Collaboration List in Section E? Are there results from your Activities in Section D that need to be documented ? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this data ? • Referral Form for use by Instructors, Teachers and Student Support Specialists. • Information Sheet for Participating After School Programs • Database of participating students, including demographic information and indicated risk factors. • Records of arts classes and field trips held at participating independent after school programs, for baseline information and reporting information. • Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion: This test measures self-concept and provides visual indicators of risk factors. A Registered Art Therapist, with a Masters Level Education, scores the test. • Data collection and refinement will be ongoing , 3. REPORTING: What will you do with this information to show that change has occurred ? How will you use or present these results to the consumer, the funder, the program , and the community? How will you use this information to improve your program ? The most important information gathered would be the presence of risk factors indicated by the referring entity, instructors during the course of the program or at the end of the program. Parents and Guardians will be involved in addressing these risk factors . Children that have additional risk factors indicated by the Silver Drawing Test will be identified and those children' s parents/guardians mill. be, contacted . A final report will be shared with the funder and the community, will have accesys to . the results. The Silver Drawing Test results will be pooled with the researcher' s national data�All final reports are o en to the public for review., .;, �$, rkrv'• y F i 2.�,. Saw. : wr w s y . ' Cr..e j� .^v €1 -: y {f; ^ c3J K R Y 4 y ' ^T �G�Y. ��• ��`�$ i� A __'_"`.'ry#'_"'. a�Yh� � r }.� �ht. . ^z�--4–^.—+r .+: ell1 'x{.{t%,'a i'hxi", y`1 "Ery tti +. nj rz 1 1 �y4..y'�'�t✓ ej� r +}+e s p Y .�.�E`Z 'inw { 3,t","` -. �4,k .A# '� m > a41 13 •1 I'y'4 r Yi +Tn1 4 df6e 9. • - Y!a F {1 'Tf �l - • p -Q •, . ` � r- -G'i,�Fi4 i ? �- �9'i . �' ., S4�sF' .. s ! ' <"` ,.. •wY e�ai*` `+ . ' . . T`=F��`: f: l. . ,. �,f. ktt` F