Hazelwood School District Program Evaluation Mary Piper Designing

Hazelwood School District Program Evaluation Mary Piper

Designing Evaluation n How will information be gathered? n What is measured or assessed? n How will information be used?

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Description Participants’ reactions Initial Satisfaction To improve program design and delivery

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Description Participants’ New Knowledge and Skills learning To improve program content, format, and organization

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Description Organization Change Agent support and To document, adopt, and change inform future change efforts

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Description Participants’ Implementation use of new To document and knowledge improve the and skills implementation of program content

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Student learning outcomes Description Impact To focus and improve all aspects of program design, implementation, and follow-up; to demonstrate the

Levels of Program Evaluation Level Description Return on Value of training Investment To determine the (ROI) value of the program in terms of resources (time, money, and/or people)

Evaluating Professional Development Thomas Guskey

Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Development Jo. Ellen Killion

The Death and Life of the Great American School System Diane Ravitch Context Move from a focus on accountability to a focus on curriculum Evidence Common Core Standards

A Chance to Make History Wendy Kopp Context Transforming public education Evidence Teach for America

Mindset Carol Dweck Context Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset Evidence Evaluation of Industrial Age programs needs to move to an Information Age model with ongoing evaluation which allows for rapid course corrections

HSD Students n n n n 18, 405 students in K-12 2 nd largest in St. Louis County 70. 2% African American 26. 4% Caucasian 1. 2% Asian and Hispanic 46% free & reduced lunch 26 different languages 55% mobility

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Transformational Change versus Tinkering Change Mass Customized Learning is about transformational change. The Industrial Age is about mass producing education. The Information Age is about mass customizing learning

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Where We Are Where We Need to Be n n n The reality in today’s Information Age, is. . . that it is now possible for: anyone to learn anything from anywhere at any time in any way from worldwide experts from a specific teacher.

Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning Everybody is mass customizing; everybody – except education. i. Phone: customize music My Yahoo: news page Starbucks: coffee Facebook: contacts i. Pad & Google: sightseeing

Mass Customized Learning Meets every learner at his/her learning level, n Provides learning opportunities that sync with the learner’s most effective learning styles, and n Allows the learner to study and learn skills and concepts using content that is relevant and interesting. n MASS CUSTOMIZED EVALUATION