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Program evaluation is an essential, if not the largest, part of agency work. Agencies have many components, or programs and services, that they provide for their clients. For this assignment, you will design a program evaluation.
For this assignment, you have the flexibility to choose an agency or program from your current or past field placement, a job you have held, or any other organization that aligns with the requirements of the assignment. Whether you draw from your hands-on experience in a placement, reflect on a previous position, or explore a different organization, the key is to select a context that allows you to effectively address the assignment’s components.
Consider the agency or program’s relevance to the assignment’s steps, ensuring it provides a suitable backdrop for discussing program details, implementation methods, the target population, and evaluation design. This diversity of options allows you to showcase your understanding and application of course concepts in a real-world context that you find personally meaningful or professionally relevant. Feel free to choose the setting that best aligns with your experiences and interests.
Instructions
Step 1: Program, Theory/Rationale, Goals, and Major Objectives of the Program
Describe the agency or unit in which the program is housed. If the agency provides the EBP identified you can describe how that is described on the website. Or you use this organization as one that could implement a program that uses that EBP.
Introduce the agency and or program (briefly, you will be addressed further in this assignment): What is the major purpose of the program? What are the objectives of the program?; What is the empirical evidence for this program? To address this part of the assignment, incorporate references to at least 6-8 reports, scholarly articles, or other forms of secondary data in a meaningful way.
Step 2: Methods of Program Implementation
Describe the setting for the program.
What specific services does the program offer?
Describe how the program services/activities are related to the program objectives.
When, where, how often and for how long are services provided?
Who provides the service?
Step 3: Target Population of the Program
Describe the client population targeted and served by the program.
What are the eligibility requirements for the program?
If possible, describe how clients are identified, recruited, and selected for the program. Do these recruitment activities further the possibility that the target population will be reached?
Step 4: Evaluation Design
Complete a logic model. Refer to the textbook chapter in readings for information. You can use this template, any other you find on the internet, or design one yourself.
SW591_Simple_Logic_Model_Format.docx
What are your evaluation questions?
What specific evaluation design would you use to evaluate the program?
Would you use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods and why? Describe your study’s design.
Discuss the strengths and limitations of the design in terms of its ability to answer your evaluation question(s). If you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of a program, what are the threats to internal validity?
What are the potential ethical implications of your evaluation design?
Step 5: Sample
What type of sample would be utilized and why?
How would clients (or sources of data) be recruited, contacted, and followed for the evaluation?
Do you anticipate any problems gathering the sample or with sample attrition? If so, what are possible solutions to these problems?
Step 6: Data Collection/Administration & Analysis
Describe and critique how you would: “administer” the proposed tool and/or instrument (i.e., self-administered, administered by someone other than the client/group to whom, by whom, how often, how much time in between and why, etc.); collect qualitative data (interviews, focus groups, CBPR, observations, etc.); and/or what forms of primary and secondary data you would use.
If you use quantitative methods, describe what findings you would discuss and one statistical test you would use and which data are necessary to utilize that test.
If you use qualitative data, discuss in some depth how you would analyze it.
Step 7: Conclusions
Discuss the limitations of your proposed study, and any difficulties in implementing this evaluation.
Discuss briefly how you would involve program staff in the evaluation process.
Discuss briefly potential ethical implications of your proposed evaluation.
Formatting: Your evaluations should be 2-3double-spaced pages in length, not including the title page, abstract, and reference page. Ensure that your proposal follows APA formatting guidelines and is free from grammatical errors. Ensure that your evaluations flows logically and that each section builds upon the previous ones. Use headings and subheadings to organize your content effectively. Lastly, carefully proofread your proposal to eliminate any grammatical errors or formatting issues.
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In addition to submitting your evaluations here, for your instructor to view and grade, please share your evaluations with your classmates in the relevant discussion forum. You will have an opportunity to review and rate one another’s evaluations.