Post on 12-Jul-2020
Friend to Groucho Marx:
“Life is difficult!”
Marx to Friend:
“Compared to what?”
Program Evaluation in Workshops & Trainings
Angie Becker Kudelka, BWSR
Clean Water Summit - 2013
Is evaluation really
possible for
1- time
workshops &
trainings?
An appraisal or assessment used to determine merit or significance of something (a program; a process, etc.)
To be accountable (e.g. required by a funder)
To measure success and/or results
For program improvement
What makes evaluating workshops and trainings difficult?
On a scale of 1 to 5…
How much did you like….
How satisfied were you….
How did the presenters do….
Please rate the food… facilities…. location
“Everything that can be counted does not
necessarily count; Everything that counts
cannot necessarily be counted”
Albert Einstein
To provide high quality training for local
government staff that maintains and improves the
delivery of conservation work and meets the shared
expectations of BWSR and local resource
management boards.
To provide a systematic training framework
To be practical for LGUs to apply on the job
To be cost-effective for LGUs to attend
To increase LGU competency in delivering BWSR programs
To use hands-on learning to illustrate content
To promote peer-to-peer learning
What do you need to know? What do you want to know? How will you use it? How well do you know your audience? What level of effort does this take? What are your goals for the workshop or
training?
Easiest to Collect – tells us what we did. Records:
Activities
Participation
Easiest to Collect – tells us what we did. Records:
Activities
Participation
Learning: changes in awareness; increase in knowledge Application: changes in behavior; using new skills Results: changes in the business; on the landscape;
impacts to water
Pre-post Questions BEFORE and then AFTER workshop AFTER-AFTER workshop
Quiz Test specific knowledge pieces Self Assessment Ask “What did you learn?”
71 hrs of unique training content (39 sessions)
3,700 contact training hours
356 attendees (274 LGU)
3,200 hrs Staff planning/delivery hours
86% said they met personal goals
95% said Academy met training needs