The Dollar Works 2 curriculum includes several new components to aid in evaluating programs and meeting educational goals. Program instructors decide what evaluation process is most appropriate given the educational setting:
- Feedback: General information (number of participants, etc.) and the participant (“learner”) response to the learning environment (room set-up, time of the program, and general feelings about the learning experience, etc.).
- Tool: A tool for gathering this level of information is not included in the curriculum as sponsoring agencies/groups usually provide their own tool for this information. If no tool is available, learners can be asked to provide additional comments on the end-of-unit or end-of-series evaluations that are enclosed with the curriculum.
- Immediate Outcomes: Learner response about immediate outcomes including their attitude on learning, new knowledge gained, and their intent to use new skills.
- Intermediate Outcomes: Learner response about potential change in their behavior.
- Tool: Use the end-or-unit or end-of-series evaluation tool(s) to gather this level of evaluation data. In order to accurately assess intermediate outcomes, you generally need to have three or more hours of training in an educational setting with the learner.
- Program Impact: Learner response about how they have actually changed their behavior.
- Tool: Use the pre- and 4-to-6 week post-assessment tool to gather information about the actual change of behavior. These can be adapted for the specific program goals and units taught during the series.
An exciting new feature of the curriculum is the Dollar Works 2 Online Data Collection and Reporting System. By logging into the system and entering evaluation data, customized evaluation reports can be produced.
Enter the Dollar Works 2 Online Data Collection and Reporting System
